It's been a well-documented fact that something short of divine transcendence happens when you add Oreos to brownie batter and bake them (Oreogasm, anyone?). And anyone who's tried an M&M- or chocolate chip-studded brownie can attest that somehow, someway, the chocolate pieces make the decadent dessert taste even better.
So, naturally, we had to know what'd happen when we added another favorite treat—Kit Kats—to the mix. Initially, we tried to make our own Kit Kat-esque brownies, adding regular wafer cookies to the batter. Once baked, they tasted remarkably like fudgy brownies ... with a soggy chomp one could only liken to damp cardboard. Fail. Fail, fail, fail.
Back to the drawing board we went, trying the real deal: Adding a layer of Kit Kats to the center of the batter. Jackpot! The chocolate coating keeps the wafer from absorbing the batter, so the Kit Kats stay crunchy.
At that point, though, we wanted to take things a step further: What if you reimagined brownies as Kit Kats? That's what led us to use Keebler Fudge Stripes—they're a little bigger, so your crunch-to-chocolate ratio is a little more even—and add a decadent ganache top, like the chocolate that enrobes the Hershey's classic.
One box of Fudge Stripes almost perfectly fills an 8-inch by 8-inch pan, leaving one treat leftover for you to snack on while the brownies bake. That kind of efficiency is oddly satisfying.
If you're a purist and can't, in good faith, consider something a Kit Kat if it doesn't contain real Kit Kats, by all means, use those! These brownies are also an easy way to make use of leftover Easter (or, depending on the season, Halloween) candy.
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