Swap Chocolate Chips for Frozen Brownie Bits for the Easiest Brookies

➤ story and photos by KALEA MARTÍN

Brookies — the dessert hybrid of a brownie and a chocolate chip cookie — aren’t a new thing. However, brookies typically come in a bar form. You pour the brownie batter into a baking dish, then plop cookie dough pieces in before baking it. Let’s be honest though, that’s more of a brownie. And it’s perfectly delicious, but if your favorite part of a brookie is the cookie part, I present to you, the brownie bit cookie, aka a brookie cookie.

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How to make a brookie as a cookie

There are other cookies falsely masquerading as brookies, when really, the “brownie” part is just double chocolate chip cookie dough. This approach instead uses actual brownie batter. There are two simple components:

1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: You can use any chocolate chip cookie dough you want, even store-bought! Just leave out the chocolate chips since we’ll be substituting brownie bits. I recommend using our Chocolate Chipless Cookie Recipe for best results.
2. Brownie Bits: Instead of chocolate chips (that of course would be a regular chocolate chip cookie), you’ll use brownie bits! Feel free to use your favorite recipe for this. I recommend using one that’s extra fudgy so it doesn’t dry out in the freezer or oven. You can also do caramel brownies, Ghirardelli boxed mix, it’s really up to you.

The Method: Bake your brownie batter as usual, then let them cool. Once cool, cut them up (or break them up into bits), then stick them in the freezer until they’ve solidified. This will allow you to mix them into the cookie dough without them just disappearing into the dough. Just be sure to keep your brownie bits on the larger side, since they can end up breaking apart into smaller pieces as you fold them into the cookie dough.

While the brownie bits are in the freezer, prepare your cookie dough. When you’re at the point in the recipe where you’d normally add chocolate chips, fold in the frozen brownie bits. Then, scoop and bake! No need to adjust the baking time or temperature — just bake as you would regular cookies.

It’s really as easy as that! The result tastes much closer to an actual brookie than a standard double-chocolate cookie, and it requires only one simple swap: replace the chocolate chips with frozen brownie bits. Happy baking!