• 1 cup butter or margarine melted

• 2 cups sugar

• 2 tsp vanilla

• 4 eggs

• 1 cup unsifted all purpose flour

• 1 cup Hershey’s cocoa

• ½ tsp baking powder

• ½ tsp salt

• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

• 1tsp espresso powder (optional)

• 1 bag chocolate chips

Blend butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Add eggs; using a wooden spoon, beat well.

Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually blend into egg mixture.

Stir in optional nuts/espresso

Spread in a greased 9-inch square pan. (glass is best but ceramic will work)

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until brownie begins to pull away from the edges of the pan.

If you insert a knife in the middle of the pan the knife should come away a bit gooey.

Remove from the oven and pour ¾ of the bag of chocolate chips on top, spread out gently.

Wait 30 seconds for the chips to begin to melt then using a palette knife or back of a tablespoon

Spread the melted chocolate over the entire top of the brownies.

Cool completely before cutting.