Greyston Bakery Do Goodies: Eat a Brownie, Do Good

Here's a chance to have your cake and eat it too:   Buy a brownie made by the Greyston Bakery and 100% of the profits will go to the Greyston Foundation, a network of spiritually-rooted, entrepreneurial community development programs that provides jobs, childcare, health services and community gardens to help individuals and families become self-sufficient.

Called Do Goodies, they come in four varieties - Chocolate Fudge; Walnut Fudge; Espresso Bean; and Brown Sugar Blondie; cost $2.49/generous brownie; and carry the following endorsement from Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben&Jerry's: "The only brownies we ever eat!"

Actually, not only are Greyston Bakery's brownies personal favorites of Ben & Jerry, these are the brownies the guys fold into their ice cream: The Brownie Artisans (I love the title) at Greyston are the exclusive producers of B&J's brownie mix-ins.

The brownies have a deep, deep chocolate flavor (they're made with unsweetened Belgian chocolate) and are super-fudgy, as in creamy and dense (and not at all cakey).

For now, the brownies are buyable at: Whole Foods (NY and NJ); Balducci's; Good & Natural (Bronx); Westerly Natural Market; Fairway; Kings (NY and NJ); Food Emporium and Gristedes.

If you don't live near a Do Goodie store, you can still get a taste of Greyston Bakery by baking from the book: The Greyston Bakery Cookbook: More Than 80 Recipes to Inspire the Way you Cook and Live.  The cookbook is terrific and it's written by a friend and someone many of you may know, Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan, the founder of The Kitchn at Apartment Therapy.

It's not often you can over-do it in the brownie department and feel really good about it.  At last, a(n almost) guilt-free indulgence.

Comments

[George]

What a fabulous reason to eat brownies :)

[Maria]

Brownies are my favorite treat...and even better when the funds go to charity! What a great reason to eat more than one:)

[dorie]

Holly, Let us know if you find the brownies outside of New York or New Jersey -- I think for now they may be "local". Thanks.

[Holly]

What a neat idea! Those brownies look awesome. I think Whole Foods just bought out one of the chains here, so I'll have to look for these there. I know we have a Ben & Jerry's shops, maybe someday they'll sell them there too.