eight's too late. oh, uh... er, never mind.

I have no personal experience with brownies, but I personally (because I'm a boozehound) would probably heat up some berries (frozen's fine) with some sugar and liquor (tequila tends to work well with berries, as does vodka) and kinda mash that all down together and heat it till it's simmering.

Then I'd put vanilla ice cream on the brownies and pour the berries on top. The heated berries will help the ice cream melt into the brownies. The liquor will make you not really even care if this works.

You could send them to me... I love rock-hard brownies.

Could you steam them?

(large pot , a few centimeters of water, a raised platform, and a dish to hold the brownies. Heat until water is boiling, open lid, put brownies on plate, close lid, leave steaming for 5 (10?) minutes, open lid, turn off heat [turning off heat before lifting lid = condensation and soggy whatever-it-is-you're-steaming].)

I'd go the ice cream route, myself. Put some on top, let it melt and soak some up, and you might have something edible there.

Best of luck. Seeing a pan of brownies go to waste would suck.

If they're completely hard and don't give at all, I don't think they can be saved. I've burned brownies like that and I couldn't do anything with them. Also, a lot of the brownie will probably be charred, so you don't want to use it for pie crust. How terrible!

'nother vote in favor of rock hard brownies!

Pour booze on them - cointreau is good. Something sugary, anyway. Warm the booze in a pan first if you like. mmmmmmmm.

I want to hear what pieoverdone has to say.