Fudgy Chocolate Brownie Cookies

Brownie cookies or brookies – but no matter what you call them, they’re the perfect combination of brownie and cookie! Crisp and crackly on the outside, chewy and fudgy in the middle with an indulgent dark chocolate flavor. Try my best fudgy brownie recipe next.

This recipe took lots of trial and error

I have been trying to get these cookies right for well over a year. They always turned out too thin, or too puffy. They didn’t develop any crinkles, or they had dull tops. The flavor wasn’t right, or they weren’t the right fudginess.

I included too much melted chocolate and they were crispy, or too much cocoa powder and they were cakey. I was half asleep once and I included something ridiculous like a tablespoon of baking powder and they were these weird fluff balls of dough that kinda deflated when you touched them.

There were some dark days, and not because they were filled with dark chocolate. That would be an awesome dark day. Maybe I could start a convention called Dark Days and it would just be vendors handing out dark chocolate in different forms.

Hot chocolate, cookies, ice cream, brownies, cake, fudge, truffles. All the walls could be black and everything could be lit by glow in the dark stickers in the shapes of cookies.

Brownie cookies or brookies?

… What was I talking about again? Oh, right. Brownie cookies.

Would you call them brownie cookies, or brookies? I grew up thinking of brookies as bars with a brownie base and cookie layer on top, but I’ve heard people in recent years refer to cookies with a brownie-like texture by the same name. Maybe I should call them cownies. Or broundies, ya know, cause they’re like round brownies.

Yeah, you’re right, those are terrible. Brownie cookies it is.

How cute is that plate, by the way? Cookies are the perfect thing to pile on top of it, yet I somehow constantly forget that I have it.

Maybe I’ll put it in an elaborate glass case in the middle of my kitchen so I can’t miss it. 

What – too much?

What makes brownie cookies so great

Now about these cookies – they’re exactly what I wanted them to be:

• Crackly, crinkly, shiny tops
• Rich and fudgy center
• They taste just like my favorite brownies (but it’s more acceptable for me to grab them by the handful)

Have you ever tried to grab a handful of fudgy brownies and look casual? I’ll tell ya, it’s… uh… not casual. It makes you look like a chocolate-covered hoarder. For the record… I’m not saying it won’t happen again. I don’t need you people thinking I’m classy or something. Let’s not be ridiculous and jump to conclusions. 

Just look at the inside. It’s perfection. I wanted to zoom in even more, but I had gotten super distracted by the pretty sunset and totally lost the daylight I needed for it. 

And also, shout out to my hand model, Bill. We’ve promoted him to apparel model as well – he’s doing well, don’t you think?

I’m not a “milk and cookies” kinda gal, but these almost require it.

They’re so rich, you’re going to want something to wash them down. 

So go traditional. Milk and cookie it up.

Snuggle up with a blanket and a good movie and dare yourself not to eat the entire batch.

Want more chocolate cookie recipes?

• Chocolate Chunk Espresso Slice and Bake Cookies
• Soft Chocolate Sugar Cookies by Life Made Simple
• Dark Chocolate Avocado Super Fudgy Cookies
• Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies by House of Nash Eats
• Chocolate Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs

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