7 Brilliant Brownie Recipes That Are Guaranteed to Satisfy Your Sugar Craving

Why Are Brownies Such a Universal Hit?

A recipe for brownies started appearing in the comments section of TikTok videos. Multiple videos unrelated to cooking had comments containing an ingredient list for the dessert. The recipe did not include instructions for preparation, leaving users wondering why anyone would post it. The trend probably began in March 2022, perhaps by some bored TikToker. But why a brownie recipe? Maybe because of the unmatchable popularity of this sumptuous dessert!

Brownies are beloved by all. These perfect squares of baked goodness are a classic dessert. Delicious and addictive, they can be enjoyed as they are, drenched in sweet sauces, or laden with ice-cream. What's more, they're insanely easy to whip up. Here are seven brownie recipes that are all equally easy to make, but each unlike the other in taste.

Fudgy Gluten-free Brownies

Soft, chewy and sugar-rich, these gluten free, fudgy brownies have crisp edges, a chocolaty center, and are loaded with Chocolate Chips. They're supremely easy to makejust mix the batter in a bowl, bake it and enjoy.

Ingredients-

• 3/4 cup melted unsalted butter
• 1 cup caster sugar
• cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• cup cocoa powder
• cup gluten free (all-purpose) plain flour
• 3 oz milk or dark chocolate chips.

1. To start with, preheat the oven to 350 F.
   
2. Take a 9-inch square baking tray and line it with parchment paper. Use a silicon brush, lightly grease the pan with butter, sprinkle some flour, and keep it aside.
   
3. Take a large mixing bowl, put melted butter, vanilla extract, and sugars in it, and gently whisk together with a stirrer. You can use a hand blender also.
   
4. Add eggs one by one and continue stirring, then gently sift in the flour and cocoa powder. Stir until the ingredients are combined well and form a smooth brownie batter. Add chocolate chips at the end and mix it well.
   
5. Pour the brownie batter into the lined baking tray and spread it uniformly. Bake the brownies for approximately 35-40 minutes or until you get a crackly top.
   
6. Keep the tray on a wire rack to cool completely. These brownies are quite fragile so if you can, transfer them to the fridge for an hour before cutting them into squares to serve.
   

Espresso Brownies

This vegan, gluten free (and guilt-free) dessert has the soul of a chocolate truffle in the body of a brownie. For that extra fudgy texture, it's best to leave them to cool overnight (a process of patience!), but if you can't wait, crumble them over ice-cream and some fudge sauce for a mouthwatering bite-sized treat right away.

To Keep Food safe, healthy and delicious, ensure that the Cooking Temperature remains constant while baking any item.

Ingredients-

• cup gluten free oat flour
• 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• teaspoon baking powder
• A pinch of baking soda
• teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• cup finely chopped dark chocolate
• cup freshly brewed espresso or strong coffee
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• cup almond butter at room temperature
• cup cane sugar
• cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.

1. Preheat your oven to 350 F. Take an 8-inch square baking tray, line it with parchment paper, grease it with coconut oil, and sprinkle some oat flour.
   
2. Take a medium-sized mixing bowl, put in tapioca flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt and whisk the dry ingredients. Set it aside.
   
3. Take another medium-sized mixing bowl and pour the hot espresso over the chopped dark chocolate, leaving it to sit for one minute so that the chocolate is melted. Next, add the almond butter, vanilla extract and sugar and stir with a stirrer for three to four minutes or until it becomes a smooth paste.
   
4. Flip in the dry ingredients mix to this chocolaty paste and combine well. Make sure there are no lumps. Add the chocolate chips into the brownie batter and combine well. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking tray and spread it evenly.
   
5. Bake until fudgy or cakey/chewy as per your liking. If you want your brownies fudgy, bake them for around 18 minutes, and if you want them cakey or chewy, bake them for around 22 minutes.
   
6. After removing the brownie tray from the oven, completely cool it on the wire rack for a couple of hours. Cut the brownies gently with a large, dry and warm knife.
   
7. To serve, rewarm the brownies (only if you like) for about one to two minutes at 350 F and plate them with ice-cream and hot chocolate fudge sauce. Store the leftover brownies at room temperature in an airtight container for up to four days or freeze for up to a month.
   

Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies

Some desserts are indescribably delicious, like peanut butter cookie brownies. Go ahead and make some of your own, and you'll be amazed at how a simple topping of fudge sauce, whipped cream, or just a scoop of vanilla ice-cream can transform this simple recipe into an irresistible one! Instead of using readymade cookies, we've used creamy peanut butter cookie batter as a base layer to enhance the texture. It's one of the best brownie recipes around.

Ingredients-
For peanut butter cookie layer-

• 1 cup brown sugar
• cup softened butter
• cup peanut butter
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cups all-purpose flour
• teaspoon baking powder
• teaspoon baking soda
• teaspoon salt.

• 1 cups sugar
• cup butter
• cup water
• 2 cups semi-sweet dark chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cups all-purpose flour
• teaspoon baking soda
• teaspoon salt.

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a 13X9-inch baking pan with parchment paper, grease it with butter and sprinkle some flour. Set it aside.
   
2. Let's prepare the peanut butter cookie layer first. Take a medium-sized mixing bowl and put brown sugar, butter, egg and peanut butter and beat them with an electric hand blender on medium speed for two to three minutes or until well mixed. Add vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and beat at low speed until the batter is ready. Pour the cookie batter into the prepared pan and set it aside.
   
3. Take a three-quart saucepan, add sugar, butter and water, and mix over medium heat. Stir with the stirrer frequently until the mixture comes to a boil. Remove the saucepan from the stove and add chocolate chips and vanilla. Stir it until the chocolate melts. Let it cool. Add eggs, one by one, and beat the mixture with a blender on medium until fluffy. Add flour, baking soda, and salt and blend on low for one to two minutes until the ingredients combine well. Flip this batter over the peanut butter cookie layer and bake for around 45 minutes. Remove the baking pan from the oven and cool it on a wire rack. Cut into equal pieces, and your peanut butter cookie brownies are ready to serve. Top them with whipped cream and enjoy.
   

Sugar Cookie Valentine Brownies

These delicious Sugar Cookie heart-shaped brownies combine two amazing desserts in one. Whether or not it's Valentine's Day, you can make and enjoy these any time of the year. All you need is a few basic ingredients. You can decorate this dessert anyway you like.

Ingredients-

• 1 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup baking cocoa powder
• teaspoon baking powder
• teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon espresso powder
• cup butter-flavored vegetable shortening
• 2 cups granulated white sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 roll sugar-cookie readymade dough
• Decorative sugar or sprinkles to garnish.

1. Take a chopping board and cover it with parchment paper. Unwrap the readymade cookie dough tube and place it on the board.
   
2. To get the desired heart shape, gently press the dough toward the cutting board from three sides and wrap this triangular block in parchment paper. Give it the shape of a heart with the hands and blunt edges of any long tray or a large knife.
   
3. Freeze the dough for two hours or until firm and cut into half-inch thick heart-shaped slices. Take a small tray and place colorful sugar balls or sprinklers on it. Press the tops of each heart into the tray so that the sprinkles stick to the hearts. Keep the hearts in the freezer while you prepare the brownie batter.
   

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
   
2. Take a 13X9-inch baking pan, line it with parchment paper, lightly grease it with vegetable shortening, and sprinkle some flour. Set it aside.
   
3. Take a medium-sized mixing bowl and add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, espresso powder and salt and combine them well.
   
4. Add the shortening, sugar and eggs to the bowl of an electric stand mixer. Beat them on medium for about three minutes or until fluffy.
   
5. Add the flour in small batches to the mixture on a low setting until combined.
   
6. Add the semi-sweet and mini chocolate chips to the batter.
   
7. Transfer the brownie batter to the prepared pan and spread it uniformly.
   
8. Remove the sugar cookie hearts from the freezer 10 minutes in advance and place them on the top of the brownie batter at a gap of around two inches from each other. Make sure you don't press them into the batter, as they will spread and flatten while baking.
   
9. Bake the brownies for around 25 to 30 minutes or until the top is firm. Remove the baking pan from the oven and completely cool it on a wire rack.
   
10. Use an airtight container or zip lock bag to store your Sugar Cookie Valentine Brownies at room temperature for up to one week.
    

Red Velvet Cake Mix Brownies

Making your Red Velvet cake can be daunting, but making Red Velvet Cake Mix Brownies is easy. If you are looking for a fantastically delicious and easy dessert to whip up, look no further.

Ingredients-

• 1 box red velvet cake mix
• cup melted butter at room temperature
• 1 large egg.
• Vanilla ice-cream and small, colored sugar balls for topping.

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
   
2. Take a medium-sized mixing bowl and add the cake mix, butter and egg. Use an electric hand blender at a low setting for about three minutes or until well combined.
   
3. With the help of a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop, fill this thick batter evenly into two 12-cup mini muffin pans.
   
4. Bake the brownies for about 12 minutes. Remove the baking pans from the oven, and let them cool on a wire rack.
   
5. Top with vanilla ice-cream and sugar balls and serve your Red Velvet Cake Mix Brownies warm or at room temperature.
   

Milky Way Caramel Brownies

If you want to treat yourself to something more decadent than usual, you've got to try Milky Way Caramel Brownies. They are a little more labour-intensive than some of the other recipes in this blog, but they're worth the effort.

Ingredients-
For The Brownies-

• cup melted butter
• 1 cup granulated white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• cup cocoa powder
• teaspoon baking powder
• teaspoon baking soda
• teaspoon salt.

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 cup marshmallow cream
• cup caramel sauce
• cup Milky Way milk chocolate chips.

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F, line a nine-inch square baking dish with parchment paper, lightly grease it with butter and set aside.
   
2. Add butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla to an electric stand mixer and beat them for three minutes on a medium setting until fluffy.
   
3. Take a small mixing bowl and put dry ingredients - flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt and combine them well. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture in the stand mixer and blend for two to three minutes on a low setting or until combined. The batter is ready.
   
4. Flip the batter into the prepared baking dish and spread it uniformly. Bake for about 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted one inch in the middle of the pan comes out clean. Remove the baking tray from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack.
   
5. Take a borosilicate glass bowl and melt chocolate chips for about 30 seconds in a microwave on a low setting. Let it sit for a minute, add heavy cream and marshmallow cream, and whisk it nicely. Spread the mixture over the brownies evenly and refrigerate the uncut brownies until chilled.
   
6. Take out the brownies from the fridge, pour caramel sauce over the top of the brownies, and spread evenly. Melt the Milky Way milk chocolate chips in a microwave in a small bowl on a low setting for 20 seconds. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the caramel layer of your Milky Way Caramel Brownie and serve.
   

Katharine Hepburn's Brownies

In the chocolate community, there are brownies, and then there are Katharine Hepburn Brownies, named after the iconic actress with the sparkling personality. So how did this confection find its way into a cookbook? The story goes that gossip columnist Liz Smith got it directly from the actress herself! The top layer of these brownies is dry and cracked, while the brownie underneath is sweet, moist and chewy, with a deep chocolate flavor that enhances the baked dough's nuttiness.

Ingredients-

• cup unsalted butter
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs lightly beaten
• teaspoon vanilla extract
• cup all-purpose flour
• teaspoon salt
• 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts.

1. Preheat the oven to 325 F. Take an 8-inch square baking dish, line it with parchment paper, lightly grease it with the butter, and sprinkle some flour.
   
2. Take a heavy base saucepan and melt butter with chocolate over low heat.
   
3. Remove the saucepan from the stovetop, add sugar and stir it well.
   
4. Take a small bowl, put the eggs in and beat them with vanilla essence. Flip it into the chocolate-butter mixture and mix.
   
5. Add flour, salt and walnuts to the saucepan and stir for two minutes or until the batter is smooth.
   
6. Use a spatula to scoop the dough from the pan into your baking dish. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Or insert a toothpick into the center and check if it comes out crumb-free.
   
7. Remove the baking dish from the oven and cool it on a wire rack.
   
8. Cut the brownies carefully into small pieces as they are delicate. Serve.