It looks like a box of candy, but something even better is inside: 12 soft, deeply flavored, rich brownies selected from 20 varieties.

The bakery selections are delectable, too, in particular the rich, tiny brownie bites.

One dozen soft, rich brownies deliciously flavored with espresso, for $26.75; includes shipping.

But rich brownie ran with good, moderately sweet chocolate sauce.

Similar to a sable cookie, the tart was filled with a barely set ganache as rich and gooey as the best homemade brownie.

It is a rich brownie with chocolate sauce and mounds of whipped cream on top.

Afterward, the rich, chocolaty brownies disappeared in a hurry.

But the best dessert was the brownie kiss: chunks of rich chocolatey brownie resting on a raspberry coulis (with cannister whipped cream, alas).

This small company, in Peekskill, N.Y., began producing rich, intense brownies in a chocolate-walnut flavor for purists, and also flavored with raspberries, spices or cranberries.

Dessert was brownies, rich with chocolate but light on the palate.