"Whatever Floats Your Boat" Brownies

A few months ago one of my husband's co-workers brought a plate of these brownies to a potluck they were having at work. When he told me about them I was anxious to go online to find the recipe so we could have them at home. This recipe is so rich and fudgy and can be made even more delicious by adding in whatever-floats-your-boat; your favorite add-ins. There is a list of suggestions here but, my goodness, the sky is the limit with this one. I found this recipe at http://www.food.com. Blessings...

Recipe:

1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsps. vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt

Whatever Floats Your Boat Additions:
 1-2 cups chocolate chips or your favorite flavor
 1-2 cups raisins
 1-2 cups chopped maraschino cherries
 1-2 cups chopped nuts
 1-2 cups M&M's
 1-2 cups Reese's pieces
 1-2 cups miniature marshmallows

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease an 8-inch square pan or line with foil.
3. In a medium bowl combine melted butter and cocoa and stir until cocoa is dissolved.
4. Add sugar and mix well.
5. Add eggs one at a time and stir until well combined.
6. Stir in vanilla, flour and salt until you no longer see any flour (do not overmix).
7. Fold in "Whatever Floats Your Boat"
8 Spread in pan and bake for approximately 25 minutes.
9. Do not over-bake - your brownies will come out dry. Adjust time/temp accordingly for your oven. If you do the knife/toothpick test, it should come out with moist crumbs, not clean.
10. Cool completely before cutting into spuares.
11. For vegetarian omit the marshmallows.
12. For double recipe, bake in 9 x 12 pan and add 5 minutes to baking time.

Note: I doubled the recipe and baked them in a 9 x 13 pan. I cut the brownies into 36 bars.
115 calories per brownie with no add-ins.
I used 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips and 1 cup milk chocolate covered Heath Bits for my add-ins.
182 calories per brownie
If you go to the website you can get the orginal nutrition facts for the recipe.