Thank you @Lambchop for your kind sentiments. It’s hard, and it comes in waves, but there’s also gratitude for being with family and in relative safety and isolation. So many emotions. Those brownies would definitely help, lol.
BUT - you should try date balls. The kids are gaga over them, and they are a pretty good chocolate / brownie with nuts substitute - and definitely healthier (if you don’t eat 6 at one go… being around kids constantly is reminding me of the need to be very specific about these things 
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On the dessert front, I tried to make water chocolate mousse yesterday and failed for the first time. No electric whisk, interrupted four times by various child related things, and then I just gave up and ate a few spoons of essentially ganache and satisfied myself.
