Is it a brownie or is it a cookie? These Brookies are a chocolate chip cookie/brownie hybrid. With patches of fudgy chocolate brownie and chewy chocolate chip cookies, these Brookie Bars are the best of both worlds.
Brookies: The Best of Both Worlds
Today we’re teaming up Chocolate Chip Cookies with my favorite Brownie Recipe to make Brookies. These two worlds collide to make a decadent treat that’s the perfect marriage of cookie and brownie. Can you think of a better way to kick off the weekend?
Served brownie-style (/in a pan), this recipe has swirls of fudgy, chocolatey brownie and chewy chocolate chip cookies.
Brookies are easy to make; you don’t need a mixer for either the brownie batter or the cookie dough. There’s no chilling required, and everything can be baked in just one pan (perfect if you don’t feel like scooping a ton of cookie dough). However, I still don’t feel right calling them a “lazy day recipe” (like my Oatmeal Cookie Bars).
We’re still effectively making two different batters, and so that means twice the dishes than if you were just making brownies or cookie bars. Fortunately the brownies can be made in just one bowl but you’ll still have three bowls to wash when all is said and done. Just a fair warning for anyone else who hates doing dishes as much as I do.
Fortunately the reward for all this dishwashing is pretty great…
How to Make Brookies (From Scratch!)
- Start by making the cookie dough. Combine melted (cooled) butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla and stir well. Combine the dry ingredients separately and then stir the wet and dry ingredients together to make your cookie dough. Don’t forget to stir in chocolate chips!
- Next, make your brownie batter. Melt together chocolate chips and butter, then stir in cocoa powder. Add sugars, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt and stir well. Finally stir in your flower.
- Assemble. Lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish and alternate dropping large spoonfuls of brownie batter and cookie dough into the pan. I like to use ice cream scoops or large cookie dough scoops, but just try to make the dollops about the same size. Use a knife to swirl the cookie dough and brownie batter together. Make sure the dough is evenly distributed over the pan and there are no patches where dough is missing. Top everything off with additional chocolate chips, if you’d like!
- Bake. It’s very important that you don’t over-bake your Brookies or they’ll end up dry and crumbly. Use the toothpick test to check that they are done, but make sure you’re not accidentally sticking the toothpick in a chocolate chip. Do a few tests around the center. If the toothpick comes out clean, the Brookies are definitely done baking, but preferably you’ll catch them a few minutes before the clean toothpick stage. Ideally you want the toothpick to come back with a few fudgy/moist crumbs (not batter), this means they are finished and not over-baked, and they’ll be soft and chewy when cooled completely.
Anyone else want to top a warm Brookie slice with ice cream or is that just me?
Enjoy!
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Brookies
Ingredients
COOKIE DOUGH
- ¾ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled at least 10-15 minutes¹ (170g)
- ⅔ cup tightly packed brown sugar light or dark (135g)
- ¼ cup white sugar (50g)
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk room temperature preferred
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250g)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (170g)
BROWNIE BATTER
- ¾ cup unsalted butter cut into Tbsp-sized pieces (170g)
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips (90g)
- ½ cup natural cocoa powder (50g)
- ½ cup sugar (100g)
- 1 cup light brown sugar firmly packed (200g)
- 2 large eggs + 1 egg yolk room temperature preferred
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (125g)
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips optional (150g)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and lightly grease and flour sides and bottom of a 13x9 baking dish (or spray with baking spray). Set aside.
COOKIE DOUGH
- Combine melted, cooled butter and sugars in a large bowl and stir well. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir again to combine. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet and stir until completely combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Set aside and prepare your Brownie batter.
BROWNIE BATTER
- Combine butter pieces and ½ cup chocolate chips in a large heat-proof bowl. Transfer to microwave and heat in 20-second intervals, stirring very well in between until chocolate and butter are completely melted and mixture is smooth.
- Add cocoa powder and stir well.
- Stir in sugars.
- Add eggs, egg yolk, vanilla extract, and salt and stir to combine.
- Add flour and stir until well mixed. If desired, stir in mini chocolate chips.
ASSEMBLY
- Alternate dolloping large spoonfuls of cookie dough and brownie batter into baking dish. Use a knife to swirl through both doughs and make sure the batter is in an even layer.
- Transfer to 350F (175C) oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs or clean (make sure you're not sticking the toothpick into a chocolate chip!). Take care to not over-bake your brookies or they will be dry and crumbly once cooled.
- Allow to cool and slice and serve. Enjoy!
Katie
So delicious! Bringing them to a party in a couple hours and I know they will be a big hit! I had to bake mine for 45-47 minutes so a bit longer than the recipe calls for but they turned out great! I highly recommend making these.
Sam
I’m so glad you enjoy them so much, Katie! 🙂
Someone
Can I substitute chocolate chips with cooking chocolate chunks?
Sam
That should work fine here. 🙂
Zoie Penick
Hi Sam! My sister and I made this recipe today for our dad, for Father’s Day. He loved it! So did we! Our family loved it as well. We served it with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup. Thanks for the recipe Sam!!! 🙂
Sam
I’m so glad everyone enjoyed them so much, Zoie! I love the idea of serving them with ice cream and toppings! 🙂
Matthew
Zoie Sam is the best am I right!?
Kayla
Hi! These look so good! Is there a way that you could bake them layered? I want to make them with Oreos in between, so cookies, then Oreos, then brownies. Do you think it would bake evenly? Thanks!
Sam
Hi Kayla! I haven’t tried baking them this way. I think they will still bake evenly. Let me know how it goes if you try it. 🙂
Kayla
Hi! I made these with the Oreos in the middle. I pressed the cookie dough into an even layer, put the Oreos on top (I put 20) and then spread the brownie batter over that. It baked up great! They were so so good and everyone loved them. (Not that I’m surprised, all of your recipes are delicious. Thank you!
Sam
I’m so glad everyone enjoyed them so much, Kayla! 🙂
Isaacb
Hi! Can I use brownie mix and if so how much should I use?
Sam
Unfortunately I haven’t tried it so I wouldn’t be able to advise on how much you would need.
Someone
Hi! Would I be able to bake these brookies in ramekins? If so, how long do you think they will have to bake?
Sam
They should bake in a ramekin but I’m not sure how long it would take.
Bill
What is a ramekin?