Brownie Mix Cookies
These easy Brownie Mix Cookies turn a box of brownie mix into rich, fudgy chocolate cookies with soft, chewy centers and those irresistible shiny, crackly tops. With just a handful of ingredients and no chilling required, they're a quick and easy way to satisfy a chocolate craving!
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 173kcal
Ingredients
- 1 (18.4 ounce) Pillsbury Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix 13x9-inch Family Size
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon water
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the eggs, vegetable oil, water, and vanilla to a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on MEDIUM speed until well combined and slightly frothy.
- Add the brownie mix and flour and mix on LOW speed just until the dry ingredients are incorporated. Increase to MEDIUM and mix briefly until well combined. The dough will be thick and sticky.
- Fold in the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop about 2 tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, or until the cookies are crackled across the top and the edges are set. The centers should still be soft. Avoid overbaking for the best fudgy, chewy texture.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Brownie mix: This recipe was developed with Pillsbury Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix, which produced the thickest, crackliest cookies in my testing.
No chilling needed: Bake the cookies right after mixing the dough. Chilling the Pillsbury dough resulted in cookies with a tighter, less pronounced crackle, while the unchilled dough created the more dramatic brownie-like tops.
Ghirardelli variation: If using Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownie Mix, follow the recipe as directed but add an additional 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Ghirardelli already contains chocolate chips, so you can omit the added chips or add ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips for an extra-chocolaty result.
Nutrition
Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 93mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 33IU | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg