If you walk into a kitchen in the Lowcountry, you might encounter this special homemade treat. When a scent of caramel-y brown sugar and butter wafts through the air, you know there are Charleston Lowcountry chewies baking away. While the precise origins are murky, the dessert is closely tied to the Gullah Geechee community in the Lowcountry region. It is served on Sunday as a small treat after a big meal.