This is a celebration of the baked good, also known as the chocolate brownie, rather than the mythical creature. Not that you'd really want to eat the mythical being.
Brownies are flat baked squares or bars that first came to being in the US in the late 19th century. It's not known specifically how they came to be created - or rather, it may be, but there are three different versions, and it isn't known which of them, if any, might be true.
Brownies are made with chocolate (the type that isn't is known as a blondie) but they can have other ingredients added to them too, such as nuts, chocolate chips and cream (which can create a marbled texture) to name a few. They can be eaten as-is, as an accompaniment to a hot drink such as coffee, and are also a popular dessert, warmed and served with ice cream.
Brownies are sometimes considered to be cakes, other times to be cookies (or biscuits). In the UK, this is an important distinction, as cakes are zero-rated for VAT, whilst biscuits are not.
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