1
: a legendary good-natured elf that performs helpful services at night
2
Brownie
: a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls typically in the second and third grades in school
3
: a small square or rectangle of rich usually chocolate cake often containing nuts
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some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk
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The brownies are topped with a mint buttercream filling and then with a chocolate ganache.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
At the sweeter end of the scale, brownies were a popular favorite (41 percent), followed by cookies (36 percent) and different types of cake, including cheesecake (21 percent) and cupcakes (18 percent).
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The craft cocktail menu includes a classic Mojito made with four year Flor de Caña, the Presidente with housemade grenadine and the Brownie Old Fashioned, with Rye, Strega, brownie port and house bitters.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
Known as the commissary, the kitchen is where all of Erewhon’s TikTok-famous hot bar and tonic bar menu items — buffalo cauliflower, coconut chicken tenders, kale salads and gluten-free coconut chaga brownies — are prepped before being delivered to its grocery stores around 5 every morning.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
At the sweeter end of the scale, brownies were a popular favorite (41 percent), followed by cookies (36 percent) and different types of cake, including cheesecake (21 percent) and cupcakes (18 percent).
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The craft cocktail menu includes a classic Mojito made with four year Flor de Caña, the Presidente with housemade grenadine and the Brownie Old Fashioned, with Rye, Strega, brownie port and house bitters.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
Known as the commissary, the kitchen is where all of Erewhon’s TikTok-famous hot bar and tonic bar menu items — buffalo cauliflower, coconut chicken tenders, kale salads and gluten-free coconut chaga brownies — are prepped before being delivered to its grocery stores around 5 every morning.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Brownie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownie. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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brownie
noun
brown·ie
ˈbrau̇-nē 
1
: a good-natured elf believed to perform helpful services at night
2
capitalized
: a member of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in the second and third grades
3
: a small square or rectangle of rich usually chocolate cake often containing nuts
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