The Best Fudge Brownie Cookies Recipe
These Fudge Brownie Cookies are everything you love about a brownie but in cookie form. They have chewy edges, a gooey center and crinkly top. The cookies are filled with a rich, chocolate flavor that is strengthened with a little bit of coffee and topped with sea salt for the perfect bite!
Brownies are one of my favorite desserts.
However, if you’re an edge lover, you’re going to love this Fudgy Brownie Cookie recipe.
You get the perfect crispy edge and the fudgy center that everyone loves. I could eat these as soon as they come out of the oven when they’re still hot and gooey.
If you love brownies AND cookies, make this recipe for the perfect combination of the two!
Main Ingredients
These are the majority of the ingredients needed to make this recipe. However, scroll down to the recipe card for the full list and measurements.
- All Purpose Flour / Gluten free flour
- Cocoa Powder
- Baking Powder
- Granulated Sugar
- Dark Brown Sugar
- Eggs
- Butter
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate
- Vanilla Extract
- Chocolate Chips
Three Tips for Perfect Brownie Cookies
One of the most important things you can do is to make sue you don’t overheat the chocolate when melting the butter. If the chocolate overheats, it will seize.
Second, CHILL THE BATTER! This thickens the batter ensuring that the cookies don’t spread out too thin when baking.
My last tip is to add flaky sea salt on top of the cookies right after they come out of the oven. It helps bring out the chocolate flavor and is incredibly delicious.
How to Make Fudge Brownie Cookies
The full-detailed instructions are written out in the recipe card below. Use these images to help guide you as needed when following the directions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! You can use gluten-free all purpose flour at a 1:1 ratio. I do not recommend using any coconut, almond or alternative flours as those will affect the final result.
When portioning out the cookies, I use a cookie scoop to make sure they are a perfectly even size. Also, when they come out of the oven and are still soft, you can gently rotate a round cookie cutter, glass, or jar lid over each cookie to perfect that circular shape.
The batter will be extremely loose and won’t thicken up leaving you with an extremely flat cookie. There is also a high chance of the cookie over-baking since they’ll be so thin.
The cookies are done baking when the edges are crisp and the batter has spread out into a circular shape. The center should still be slightly gooey as it will firm up while cooling. Also, the cookies should have that crinkly brownie texture on top.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days or keep in the freezer in a freezer-safe container for up to 2 months.
Fudge Brownie Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 oz Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1/4 cup Salted Butter
- 2 large Eggs, room temperature
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup Liquid Coffee
- 2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/3 cup Dark Brown Sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips, to mix-in the batter
- Sea Salt Flakes, optional, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper
- Add the butter and chocolate to a microwave safe bowl. Melt in 30 second increments until silky smooth and the chocolate is fully melted
- In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the eggs, sugars, coffee and vanilla extract on medium-high for 2-3 minutes
- Add in the melted chocolate
- Mix until combined
- Fold in the dry ingredients
- Once just combined, fold in the chocolate chips
- Put the bowl in the fridge to chill for 45-60 minutes
- Remove from the fridge and use a 2 tbsp cookie scooper to portion out the dough
- Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes
- While the cookies bake, put the remaining dough in the fridge to stay chill
- Remove from the oven and immediately top each cookie with flaky sea salt
- Repeat for the remaining batter
- Cool the cookies for 10 minutes on the tray before transferring to a cooling rack
- Enjoy!
You were so right – adding flaky sea salt on top of these brownies was amazing! We loved them, will definitely make again
Thank you so much, I am so happy you enjoyed!
Delicious cookies! I love the fudgy centre and the sea salt on top!
Thank you so much, I am so happy you enjoyed!
these sound delicious, always looking for a cookie recipes that have dietary restrictions that can eat too
Yes! delicious and gluten-free friendly 🙂
These brookies are next level! I love that they’re gluten-free as well!
Thank you so much, I am so happy you enjoyed!
These came out fudgy and rich! Excellent recipe.
The sprinkle of sea salt is like the cherry on top! This are divine!
Those Fudgy Brownie Cookies look absolutely divine! 🍪😍 I can almost taste the rich, chocolatey goodness just from the picture.
I’ve made these cookies multiple times and they have been so delicious, my family & boyfriends family loves them. I had a bit of trouble getting the recipe correct at first & I reached out to Jessica & she was patient & sweet with helping me out.
Found this recipe but feeling like the measurements are off when I make it? Only 1/3 cup of flour leaves me with really wet batter.
Once you put the batter in the fridge to chill it will thicken up!