It’s National Brownie day, yum!! We’re celebrating with a list of local community bakeries, great brownie recipes, and fun baking pans shaped like cars that you can serve those delicious recipes in. Ready those engines and get in gear for the best holiday baking ideas on today’s blog.
Best Local Bakeries Serving Up Delicious Brownies
- Sweet Mandy B’s Bakery at 1208 W Webster Avenue, Chicago
- Bridgeport Bakery 2.0 at 2907 S Archer Avenue, Chicago
- Dinkel’s Bakery 3329 N Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
- Skinny Piggy Bakery at 1438 W Cortland Street, Chicago
- Jennivee’s Bakery at 3301 N Sheffield Avenue, Chicago
- Molly’s Cupcakes at 419 E Illinois Street in Suite 120, Chicago
- Goddess and the Baker, Wabash at 33 S Wabash Avenue, Chicago
- Defloured: A Gluten Free Bakery at 1477 W Balmoral Avenue, Chicago
- Vanille Patisserie at 2108 N Clark Street, Chicago
- Panaderia La Azteca at 814 10th Street, Waukegan
- Shril’s Drive-In Waukegan at 2132 N Lewis Avenue, Waukegan
- Dockside Ice Cream at 38 E Madison Street, Waukegan
- Tute’s Bakery and Taqueria 15 623 W Greenwood Avenue, Waukegan
- O Brothers Bakery at 2820 Belvidere Road, Waukegan
- Tina’s Italian Bake Shop 5101 Washington Street Suite 14A, Gurnee
- Blissful Brownies at 28566 Ballard Drive, Lake Forest
Best Brownie Recipes
- Love & Lemons Best Homemade Brownies
- Cafe Delites World’s Fudgiest Brownies
- Inspired Taste Cocoa Brownies
- Once Upon a Chef’s Supernatural Brownies
- Gluten Free on a Shoestring GF Brownies
- My GF Kitchen’s Best Ever Chewy Brownies
- The Absolute Best Vegan Brownies
- The Best Fudgy Vegan Brownies
- Peppermint Mocha Brownies
- Holiday Tree Brownies
- Warm Chocolate-Nut Brownies
- One Bowl White Chocolate Brownies
- White Chocolate Blondies
- Simple Vegan Brownies from Minimalist Baker
Great Baking Tins with Car Shape
These amazon silicone car molds for baking would be perfect for XL brownies and fudge cake recipes. Yum!
This great two pack of mini silicone chocolate car molds for cake, jello, candy and more! Would also be a great way to make brownie bites or chocolate minis for cake decorating.
For a little variety in your baking, try these clever little truck and car themed bakeware trays! And buy an extra set for multipurpose use for crafting in addition to the ones used for baking.