Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Brownie Challenge. Bakeries and cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Brownie creations into this challenge. Each cafe and bakery will be featuring their brownie creations on their menu from April 14 – May 7, 2023.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the brownie creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best brownie creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Social media share your photos and messages by instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktok and other platforms throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #BrownieChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social sharing during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite brownie creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Remember to VOTE for your favourites during the challenge.
Here are the Brownie creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Mann & Co Bake Shop
I want s’more brownie
Price: $6.99
Created by: Team Mann & Co
Description – A graham crumb base with a fudgy brownie with milk chocolate chips, topped with a hickory smoked Italian meringue, Graham crumbs, and crushed cocooa sable. Everything including the graham cracker base for our brownie creation is made from scratch (Gluten-Friendly)
Ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, egg whites, vanilla, GF flour, baking powder, cornstarch, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, Belgian Milk chocolate chips, water, natural hickory smoke concentrate
Offered:- Tuesday – Sunday
Available: for pre-order, takeout and delivery by Uber eats, and Skip the dishes.
Mann & Co Bake Shop
13411 71a Ave, Surrey
Tel:(604) 503-1353
Web:https://mannandcobakeshop.com/
Instagram @mannandcobakeshop
Just Cakes Bakeshop
Rocher Brownie
Price: $5.25
Created by: the team
Description: Their classic brownie dipped in a roasted hazelnut and chocolate glaze, topped with ganache.
Ingredients: sugar, butter, cocoa powder, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, roasted hazelnuts, milk chocolate, cream
Just Cakes Bakeshop
#5-7548 120 Street, Surrey
Tel: 604 503 5577
Web: https://www.justcakesbc.com/
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
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Just Cakes Bakeshop
17767 64 Ave Unit #103, Cloverdale
Tel:
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
Vanilla Bean Bake Shop
Biscoff Brownie
Price $6.50 (including the milk), $5.50 (without)
Created by: Taylor
Description: Our extra large original fudgy chocolate brownie baked with biscoff cookie butter, topped with lotus biscoff cookies and a final drizzle of biscoff cookie butter, served with a class of cold milk.
Ingredients:
Available: all the time
Takeout and delivery: Take out available, however dine in is most ideal for the best experience
Vanilla Bean Bakeshop
11900 Haney Pl, #101, Maple Ridge
Tel: (604) 463-0662
Web: https://www.vanillabeanbakeshop.ca/
Instagram @vanillabean.bakeshop
Panne Rizo Gluten Free Bakery
Amante
Price $5.99
Created by: Alejandra Lopez
Description: Salted caramel, butter and chocolate chips brownie
Ingredients: -Rice flour, tapioca, sugar, brown sugar, butter, Cocoa, chocolate chips, Xantham gum, salt, eggs, vanilla.
Available: all the time
Pre-Orders: Calling to the store or schedule on Ubereats.
Panne Rizo Gluten Free Bakery
1939 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 736-0885
Web: https://www.pannerizo.com/
Instagram @pannerizo
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Jacqueline Chui
Food and Travel Blogger
Twitter @jacquelinechui
Instagram @jacquelinechui
Corey Lee
Instagrammer, tiktok and Influencer
Instagram @sweettoothguy
TikTok @sweettoothguyishere
Rose Lin
Instagrammer and Influencer
Instagram @with.rose.love