Brownies, man. In addition to the chocolaty goodness of a quality brownie (yes, I've had some crappy brownies, but have also had crappy cupcakes) let me tell you why brownies are superior to cupcakes:

1) No pesky paper wrapper to deal with after you are finished eating
2) Chocolate, and lots of it, all the time
3) Brownies are more portable, no frosting to get mussed
4) You can add all kinds of goodness to brownies like, nuts, dried berries and bacon.

I could go on...

In my opinion, blondies are simply fat cookies cut into squares or rectangles. They shall be renamed "sqookies", short for square cookies.

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