Dessert Disaster

Today was Fast Sunday, the day when Mormons abstain from two meals (or 24-hours-worth of eating), say a prayer to end it all, and then proceed to consume everything in sight.  After eating my delicious Pineapple Curry that I made on Friday, I decided that I wanted some dessert.  I had nothing (e.g., brownie mix) on hand, but I remembered all of those Pinterest things where you could just make a cake in a cup in the microwave and it's supposed to be delicious.

I found this recipe.  I didn't have any cocoa powder but I figured, hey, I'll just substitute melted chocolate chips and it'll be kind of the same, right?  Also, I didn't really put a ton of effort into accurate measurement.  In fact, I don't even have a tablespoon measure, so I used my cookie scoop because it looked about like a tablespoon.  And of course I can't let a recipe be, so I added vanilla extract (which might have actually saved the flavor a bit).

I put it in the microwave for a few minutes and this is what came out:

"It Came From the Microwave!!"

It reminded me of that "elephant toothpaste" reaction that people do in basic chemistry classes for fun.  It was bouncy, I'll give it that much.  When I was making the batter it didn't look "chocolatey" enough so I added a few more chocolate chips, but they all sank to the bottom of the ramekin and were kind of burned tasting.  Even so, it wasn't the worst thing I had ever put in my mouth (that award still goes to Poi).  After eating about half of it, though, I decided it would be better off in the trash can.  Perhaps if I try it again I'll actually follow the directions.  And buy cocoa powder.