Ghirardelli Brownies in a Jar

I have always loved the layered jars of cookies or brownies. So when we needed Valentine’s gifts for 4 awesome preschool teachers, we decided to give it a try. To add some San Francisco flair, we made Ghirardelli brownies in a jar. (Disclaimer: Those beautiful layered jars that you see on Pinterest were most definitely not made by a 3 year old. These were.)

You will need:

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/3 cup Ghirardelli cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup Ghirardelli semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips

And a bunch of upcycled jars, with the labels removed. If you are anything like me, you have tons of empty jars on hand. But if not, ask your friends, family or neighbors. If all else fails, you could buy some empty mason jars. Empty pasta sauce jars are the perfect size.Add each ingredient to the jar, one at a time, pressing down the ingredients with a spoon in between layers. If you do this very carefully, you will end up with nice clean layers. If you let your 3 year old do it, you will have a lot of the ingredients that don’t quite make it into the jar, and some semi-clean layers.

I kind of like the not-so-perfect look. And it was more important to me that she be a part of this gift.

Now gather some wrapping materials and write the instructions onto a card to include with the jars.

The instructions for the jar:

• Empty the contents of the jar into a large bowl.
• Whisk in 1 tsp vanilla, 2 large eggs, and 6 TBS of melted butter.
• Pour batter into a greased 8×8 baking pan.
• Bake at 350° for approximately 15 minutes.

Wrap your recipe around the jar and tie with twine, and you have an inexpensive, easy, homemade gift that anyone would love to receive.

Happy Valentines Day!