I had great intentions of posting this recipe pre-valentine's day celebrations… but here I am a day late to share a delectable valentine dessert. Oh well. brownies are good most other days of the year too 🙂 I made carob brownies because chocolate doesn't agree with my nursing babe, and so for the sake of true love I will do anything for my babe (and for the love of chocolate). I can give up gluten no problem, and dairy can take a hike, who cares… but when I have to give up my extra dark chocolate, now that is where I find myself weak and sulking. Life is better with dark chocolate….period. Even if I just each an inch by inch square almost every day… that is enough, just a bite of pure goodness. I don't over-do it. I'm not a chocoholic. I'm not obsessed. Well, that is what I told myself before I stopped eating it.
I mean, when you go grocery shopping and all you can smell is the chocolate treat being baked in the bakery. Or, you dream in chocolate fountains. Or you want to lick the plate of the kind person next to you just indulging in their favorite fudge covered brownie sundae. I mean, seriously…. do I have a problem? I am deprived. I just need it…..ah!
So, I have to help myself. There has to be a compromise. There has to be a temporary solution. I can do this. I need to pull myself together. So, brownies, with carob…instead of chocolate… could that even be any good? Well, I baked to see what I could discover… and, they calmed the craving and made me very happy. 
Not bad. In fact, carob brownies are quite good. Hm, I think I can handle this. I…
