Dreamy Toasted Coconut Meringue Brownies! Chocolatey, fudgey, chocolate chip studded brownie topped with a crisp, rich layer of brown sugar coconut meringue.
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It’s all about the fog this morning. Its so deep and dense that you can’t see more than a few feet in front of you. It has coated all the spider webs with glistening drops of dew that hold firmly like a string of beads on a chandelier. The fog horns are blowing mighty as the freighters make their way slowly through water amidst the blanket of blindness placed before them. And in the house it has left us feeling tired and snuggly.
Its the perfect kind of day to indulge in a Toasted Coconut Meringue Brownies. If I were at a bar and this were a cocktail I would tell the bartender to “make mine a double”, thats how badly I am in need of these today. But lucky for me its not a cocktail and the pan is here in my kitchen. I’m still gonna make it a double 😉 .
I started with my favorite brownie recipe, made a few adjustments and half baked it in a 9×13 pan. It’s hard to believe that these fab brownies could get any better but just wait. I whipped up a brown sugar meringue into stiff peaks, folded in finely shredded coconut and topped the hot brownie base with the coconut meringue. I sprikinled the top with more coconut and popped the pan back into the oven! The house is smelling A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, we got rich fudgey brownies baking, sweet, fragile meringue crisping. The coconut is toasting and browning like a sunbathing beauty.
Biting into this Toasted Coconut Meringue Brownie is no exception. You can feel the crisp meringue crackling along with the rich, dense, heavenly brownie. Together they compliment each other by being polar opposites, you know what they say, “opposites attract” and this Toasted Coconut Meringue Brownie is proof positive!! The coconut flavor ties both worlds together like the perfect belt.
Are you looking to step up your brownie game or maybe your obsessed with meringue, coconut and brownies. Whatever the reason you have to try these, you won’t be disappointed.
Enjoy!
Stacey
Here are some of the products I used to make these brownies:
- Bobs Red Mill – Macaroon Coconut  – This coconut smells like heaven and is shredded super fine.
- Guittard Chocolate Chips – if you want a chocolate that is luxurious and that melts like silk this is it!
- Guittard Cocoa Powder –Â This is a high quality cocoa powder and worth the splurge.
- Nielsen Massey Vanilla Paste – There’s nothing like it and it breaks my heart when I run out! You use it just like you would extract.
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Toasted Coconut Meringue Brownies
Ingredients
- BROWNIE:
- 1â…“ cups granulated sugar
- â…“ light brown sugar
- ¾ cup melted butter
- 2 Tbsp Scotch you can use milk if you don't want to use alcohol
- 2 large egg yolks reserve the whites for the meringue
- 3 tsp vanilla paste I used Nielsen Massey Vanilla Bean Paste
- 1 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup + 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder I use Guittard unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- MERINGUE:
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup shredded/fine coconut I used Bobs Red Mill Macaroon Coconut
- Chocolate sauce.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Line 9x13 pan with parchment paper, set aside.
- BROWNIE:
- In large bowl combine and stir the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
- In mixing bowl add sugars, butter, vanilla, Scotch and mix.
- Add the eggs yolks and mix well to combine.
- Slowly add in the flour mixture.
- Mix until well combined.
- By hand fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into pan and spread with off-set spatula or regular spatula.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- In the mean time make meringue.
- MERIGNUE:
- Whisk egg whites and vanilla until frothy.
- In small increments add in the brown sugar, whisking on med.
- Turn mixer on high and beat egg whites and brown sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Fold in 3/4 cup coconut.
- Spread over hot brownie base.
- Sprinkle with remaining coconut.
- Reduce oven to 325 degrees.
- Bake for 20 minutes and until nice golden brown.
- Remove from oven, cool completely.
- Drizzle with chocolate sauce (optional)
Notes
These are very rich and can be cut into smaller pieces if you wish.
That picture of the spider web is gorgeous!! Nature can be beautiful. But enough about nature. These sound so delightful, and I would love to curl up away from the cold with one of these!!
Hi Katherine, thanks! I was lucky to get that shot. These brownies would be great to curl up with 🙂 . Take care.
OH WOW!!! These brownies are on a completely new level of deliciousness. They look stunning, and I can only just imagine how divine it tastes. I love the coconut meringue topping….I am definitely saving this recipe to bake this weekend!!!! Absolutely love it!!!?
Thank you for the great recipe?
Hi Ashika! Im so thrilled you love these brownies as much as I do, they are really special. Take care.
These look completely incredible! Make mine a double, too!
Hi Kelsie! Thanks, definitely a double, no shame it that 😉 . Take care.
Wooo! What an amazing recipe!! The crispy coconut meringue and the fudgy gooey chococatey brownie base :* YUM!
Hi Deepika! Thanks, this recipe is a keeper 🙂 . Take care.
This brownie looks absolutely delicious, and with chocolate, coconut, and meringue how can they not be?! Eating these would definitely put me in a good mood!
Hi Thao! Thanks so much, its a winning combo of flavors and yes they are a mood enhancer 😉 . Take care.