Amazing All-Brownie Wedding--Five Stars is Not Enough
If you're like us, you've probably had wedding cake that was good, but nothing ever stood out as fantastic or memorable. Certainly no show stoppers. Don't get me wrong, I like cake just fi...ne. My fiance/husband likes cake. But we don't love cake. The same with cupcakes that were all the rage a few years ago.
What we do love are brownies. Enter the Brownie Gourmet.
I had the good fortune of working in an office in Downtown Royal Oak when this gem opened in the summer of 2015. The owner, Michelle, and crew hand craft each brownie from scratch with real ingredients and lots of love. Diet food this is not.
While they do have your standard flavors like "Classic" and "Walnut", there is a constantly rotating variety of delicious creative options such as "red velvet" (because everything is improved with cream cheese frosting), "Cookie Dough" (brownie topped with a gooey layer of cookie dough), "Chocolate Chip Cookie" (the brownie/cookie offspring you didn't know you needed until just now), "Salted Caramel" (brownie + salted caramel) and my new favorite, the "Twix" (buttery shortbread base, classic chocolate brownie, buttery caramel and a chocolate ganache). They even have options for the non-chocolate lovers--a caramel pecan "Blonde" and the citrussy "Luscious Lemon." If you do not love brownies, you have not had a Brownie Gourmet Brownie.
Over the next several months, I tried every flavor, dropping by several times a week for an afternoon snack. (Feeling extra decadent? Have your brownie served as a sundae).
The Brownie Gourmet products were so good that I had my office use them as our vendor to send out holiday baskets to our clients. This was handled with the utmost professionalism. These were a real standout to our clients and we got many excellent commendations.
When it came time to plan our wedding, picking the Brownie Gourmet was a no brainer. I worked with Michelle to make our flavor selections. We went with a variety of petite brownies (cute little brownies in their own little cup), regular brownies cut into thirds and quarters and brownie pops (think cake pops but better). We had seven flavors of brownies, not including the brownie pops.
The Brownie Gourmet worked with our venue to design a custom display for these treats that fit in with our overall look and feel (you can be as involved as you want to be in these decisions; being busy and trusting the Brownie Gourmet, we went with a more hands off approach). The Brownie Gourmet handled the set up, and the display was stunning, down to the finest of details. It was a show-stopper. Not only did the brownie station look fantastic, it smelled wonderful (a testament to the freshness) and tasted amazing. We received (and continue to receive) excellent feedback about the brownie station. I had high expectations of the Brownie Gourmet and these were exceeded. I highly recommend the Brownie Gourmet for any wedding or event where you really want to impress your guests with an opulent display and rich, decadent treats. Five stars is not enough.