A box brownie mix is an easy solution to satisfy your chocolate cravings. Our one bowl fudge brownies take a little bit of extra effort but are totally worth it. These brownies are fudgy, rich and oh so chocolatey. As you can probably guess, these brownies are made in just one bowl. This makes prep and clean up super easy. The brownies go from bowl to baking in less than ten minutes. Once you bite into one of our one bowl fudge brownies you will know why we love them!
Three Tips for Making the Best Fudge Brownies
- Don’t overmix the batter. This will cause the brownies to become more cake like.
- Don’t overbake the brownies. Brownies are always best when underbaked. This helps them stay moist and gooey. The brownies are ready when a knife inserted into the center comes out mostly clean. Hence mostly!
- Use higher quality chocolate and cocoa powder. It is worth paying a little extra for a richer chocolate flavor. I use this chocolate and this cocoa powder in this recipe. If you can’t find the dutch process cocoa powder, regular will work too! The dutch process cocoa provides a deeper chocolate flavor.
What makes brownies fudgy?
Fudge brownies have a higher fat to flour ratio than cakey brownies. So, adding more butter and chocolate will help create the fudgy consistency. These brownies include both melted chocolate and cocoa powder to help achieve the extra fudginess.
Brownie Additions and Toppings
Although these brownies are perfection as is, you could add some mix ins to take them to another level of goodness! If you plan to use a mix in, I recommend leaving the chocolate chips out, so the brownies keep their fudgy consistency. Some mix in options are:
Oreos
Peanut butter (swirl melted peanut butter into the top of the batter once in the pan)
Your favorite candy bar
Crushed graham crackers and chocolate chips and top with marshmallows for a s’more brownie
Brownie Toppings:
Caramel Sauce
Flaky Sea Salt
Chocolate Ganache
Melted Peanut butter
All of these toppings should be added when the brownies are done baking.
One Bowl Fudgy Brownies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder dutch process is best
- 4 oz bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
- 2 eggs plus 1 yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- Melt butter in a large bowl in the microwave. Stir in sugar. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and microwave 1 minute more.
- Stir in chopped chocolate. If chocolate doesn't melt after stirring microwave 15 seconds longer.
- Whisk in egg and vanilla. Slowly add dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Fold in the bittersweet chocolate chips. Spread batter into prepared pan.
- Sprinkle the semisweet chocolate chips on top. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Underbaking is always best!
