Pinot Noir Brownies

This post is sponsored by Mirassou, but all opinions, photos, and original recipes are my own. I love sharing my favorite products, tips, and tricks with you — it keeps the recipes coming!

Pinot Noir Brownies are the richest, fudgiest brownies I have EVER made. They are dense, loaded with dark chocolate, and have the beautiful hint of cherries, strawberries, and red currants that Mirassou Pinot Noir offers. 

Um, yes.

For the record I DID say Pinot Noir Brownies. They are my favorite for forever and always. They will be yours, too.

It’s a week of holiday parties around here {there and everywhere} and so my focus has been mainly on two things.

One: How out-of-control is my hair? Also what in the flipping world am I going to wear to all the holiday things?

And Two: Hostess gifts. They are crucial. Nothing annoys me more than people that show up empty-handed.

Okay, that’s not true. So many things annoy me. I have very little patience for lots of stuff {bad drivers, grocery store line-crowders, mouth noises while eating… this list could get really long. I’ll stop}. #characterflaw  But when parties are happening it’s SO important to remember to never show up empty-handed AND to remember to say thank you. Not saying thank you is a big pet peeve of mine.

Back to not showing up empty-handed though, hostess gifts are HARD!! Like you don’t want them to be hokey or garbage-ey. And sometimes you really don’t know the party hosts that well, like maybe they are just acquaintances or someone’s boss or a neighbor down the road that’s not your BFF.

It’s easy to get stumped on this kinda stuff.

Wine is definitely my hostess gift go-to, especially for the holidays.

This gift carries with it one very specific problem, though:

I actually have no idea how to buy a bottle of wine. Please tell me I am not alone on this.

I mean… I totally base this kind of purchase on pretty labels and price point. I can’t go around spending a zillion dollars on hostess gifts because I still have no freaking idea what I’m going to wear.

So.

The key for me is to find a brand that always works for me WITH a pretty label, and at a good price point, and then always buy that one to give.

A beautiful bottle of wine from Mirassou can easily welcome in the holiday season, no wrapping required! (Plus it’s only about $12 a bottle. Score.)

But.

If you wanna wrap it up in a pretty wine bottle gift bag you can.

I think that this makes a perfect hostess gift! And if you are feeling industrious you can make these Pinot Noir Brownies, put them on a cute plate, and take those, too.

We should really talk about these brownies.

FIRST. Know that they are so crazy rich you only just need a tiny bite, so this recipe makes quite a few tiny bites. The pinot noir in the brownie batter just sort of blooms the flavor in the chocolate, but the pinot noir in the fudge frosting adds this whole other delicious level because of the hints of cherries, strawberries, and red currants that Mirassou Pinot Noir has to offer.

They are amazing. You’d be hard pressed to find a host that doesn’t totally flip over a bottle of Mirassou plus these brownies.

Also they say thank you all by themselves, just in case you can’t find your people to say thanks on your way out.

Now. Since we got all that settled, can someone please tell me what in the world to wear?

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Mirassou.

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