--- title: Feel Fancy Eating a $500 Brownie Covered in Gold description: Baby J's Burgers Chef Jason Harley created a $500 brownie covered in gold just in time for the holiday season to treat yourself and others. canonical: https://time.com/5480354/gold-brownie/ author: Elaine Selna article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-14T20:45:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:27.884Z og:title: Upgrade to a $500 Brownie Covered in Gold og:description: This lavish treat definitely exists og:url: https://time.com/5480354/gold-brownie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c023f35e8b497a6/6989418b4ee2626ea93139aa/golden-brownie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: golden-brownie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Upgrade to a $500 Brownie Covered in Gold twitter:description: This lavish treat definitely exists twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c023f35e8b497a6/6989418b4ee2626ea93139aa/golden-brownie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # One Way to Feel Fancy Is to Eat This $500 Brownie Covered in Gold by [Elaine Selna](https://time.com/author/elaine-selna/) ## Elaine Selna Dec 14, 2018 8:45 PM UTC  An overhead horizontal photograph of brownies. An overhead horizontal photograph of brownies.DebbiSmirnof—Getty Images/iStockphoto by [Elaine Selna](https://time.com/author/elaine-selna/) ## Elaine Selna Dec 14, 2018 8:45 PM UTC Now that the holiday season is upon us, while you are shopping for loved ones and trying to get them the perfect gift, it is also possible to treat yourself to something quite lavish: a brownie covered in gold. Chef Jason Harley of Baby J’s Burgers has created this opulent dessert if you are willing to spend $500, reports [Los Angeles KABC channel 7](https://abc7.com/food/try-this-$500-brownie-covered-in-gold/4894016/). If the price seems a bit high to you, evidently the reason is because Harley uses a Johnnie Walker Blue Label ganache to glaze the brownie and then places the 24-karat gold leaf on top to cover the whole treat. This isn’t Harley’s first time serving the public some golden treats. In 2016, while working at [Birdie in downtown Los Angeles](https://spoonuniversity.com/news/eating-100-doughnut-birdies-la-makes-feel-like-beyonce) where he served out a $100 donut that was covered in 24-karat gold. Almost seems like a bargain compared to the brownie. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5480354/gold-brownie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5480354/gold-brownie/"},"headline":"One Way to Feel Fancy Is to Eat This $500 Brownie Covered in Gold","datePublished":"2018-12-14T20:45:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:27.884Z","description":"Treat yourself and friends to something lavish this holiday season","url":"https://time.com/5480354/gold-brownie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c023f35e8b497a6/6989418b4ee2626ea93139aa/golden-brownie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elaine Selna","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elaine-selna/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c023f35e8b497a6/6989418b4ee2626ea93139aa/golden-brownie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"golden-brownie","caption":"Brownies In Baking Pan And On A Platter","creditText":"DebbiSmirnof—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5480354/gold-brownie/","name":"One Way to Feel Fancy Is to Eat This $500 Brownie Covered in Gold"}}]}] ```