My friend Thomas used to come from Sweden every summer to play hockey. Among the assortment of Swedish delicacies he would bring with him were his mother's brownies. I almost looked forward to the brownies coming more than the arrival of Thomas himself. Eventually we persuaded his mother to share the recipe and now we have them whenever we need a little pick me up. Rich and decadent, they make me feel like a winner off the ice as well as on.

Ingredients: Corn, Arrowroot and Rice Flours, Cocoa, Cane Sugar, Chocolate Chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, dextrose, soya lecithin), cinnamon, nutmeg, orange extract (alcohol, water and pure orange oil) vanilla extract (water, vanilla, propylene glycol, caramel color) and kosher salt.