MUST. HAVE. CHOCOLATE.

Here is your chance to torment me: post your favorite recipe which you make when you absolutely have to have a chocolate fix. Mine, of course, is chocolate microwave cake. And you? And do you go for white, milk or dark? (I go for dark, myself.)

I am trying to lose weight. This is not helping. Um . . . lo-cal recipes to enjoy chocolate while not busting the calorie budget are welcome, too.

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Love chocolate. I got us some truffles for Valentine's Day.

Here's a favorite recipe to bring to a gathering. It's easy, it's chocolate, you get a piece of it, but it usually doesn't last. I never bake with aluminum foil touching food, so I skip the foil and just grease the pan.

One Bowl Brownies

4 squares Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate
3/4 cups (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)

Heat oven to 350 F (325 F for glass baking dish). Line 13X9-inch baking pan with foil extending over edges to form handles. Grease foil.

Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwavable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.

Stir sugar into chocolate mixture until well blended. Mix in eggs and vanilla until well blended. Stir in flour and nuts until well blended. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out with fudgy crumbs. Do NOT overbake. Cool in pan. Lift out of pan onto cutting board. Cut into squares.

Makes about 24 brownies

Tip: For cakelike brownies, stir in 1/2 cup milk with eggs and vanilla. Increase flour to 1 1/2 cups.

Thanks for the Chocolate Microwave Cake recipe.