Brownie Mix Cookies

Brownie Mix Cookies start with a chocolate brownie mix and 5 easy ingredients added to it. These chocolate brownie cookies are loaded with rich chocolate flavor and chunks of semi-sweet chocolate.

Brownie Mix Cookies Recipe

Welcome to my December of Christmas Treats here on the blog! I just love all the Christmas goodies and treats during the Holiday season and I have so many delicious things to share. 

I love desserts & cookies that are 'shortcut' recipes, meaning that they start with a boxed mix of some sort rather than all the separate ingredients. These easy brownie mix cookies are so simple to make thanks to the boxed brownie mix and a few other additional ingredients to 'doctor it up' and make them perfectly puffy and soft-baked brownie cookies. 

The best part are those pockets of melty chocolate chunks throughout the cookies. Learn how to make this easy cookie recipe below with all my tips!

Ingredients Needed

• Brownie Mix - Choose your favorite 18 ounce store bought brownie mix to use for this recipe. Any of them will work great, just make sure that the box is the 18 ounce size. 
• All-Purpose Flour - The additional flour is used to provide the needed structure to create cookies from a brownie mix. It will also help the cookies not bake up completely flat.
• Large Eggs
• Vegetable Oil - The oil is the necessary fat needed in brownies. It provides a deliciously chewy, fudge-like texture.
• Water - Just a little additional moisture to help the brownie cookie batter mix up better.
• Chocolate Chunks - The chunks provide big pockets of melty, gooey chocolate through out these cookies.  

How To Make Cookies with a Boxed Brownie Mix

Learn how to make these easy cookies with the steps below. Be sure and read to the bottom of the post were there is a printable recipe card, a pin it button so you can save it for later, and a detailed recipe card with all my tips for success. 

• Prep : Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet/cookie sheet by lining with parchment paper. Set aside. 
• Brownie Cookie Batter : In a large mixing bowl add the dry brownie mix and flour. Stir with a wire whisk until it's mixed well and no clumps remain. Next, add the large eggs, oil, and water and mix together with an electric hand mixer. Scrape down the sides of the bowl several times to ensure that all the brownie mix gets mixed in thoroughly. Stir in the chocolate chunks and combine. 
• Bake : Use a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop out the cookie dough. Place each scoop on the prepared cookie sheet (12 cookies per sheet). Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the tops have a thin film (similar to when making brownies in the pan) and some small cracks. 
• Cool : Let the cookies cool on the warm cookie sheet for about 5 minutes and then remove them to a cooling rack to cool completely. Or eat one warm!

Brownie Mix Cookies FAQ's

• How To Store Brownie Cookies

  • Store any leftover cookies inside an airtight container, at room temperature, for up to 3 days. 
  • These brownie mix cookies do tend to get stale and not as fresh tasting after a few days. They're best eaten the day of or the day after. 

• Substitution & Variation Ideas

  • There are several ways you can switch up this recipe and make it different each time!
    • Brownie Mix : Use any variety of brownie mix that you want. Dark chocolate, brownie mix with walnuts, milk chocolate, chocolate fudge, etc. 
    • Chocolate Chips : Instead of chocolate chunks try using chocolate chips (semi-sweet, milk, or dark), white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, etc. Anything can be used here, even chopped candy bars or m&m's if wanted. 

Recipe Tips

Here are a few of my helpful tips so that you can have success recreating this recipe in your own kitchen ♥

• Don't Over Bake : This seems fairly obvious when making cookies that you should not over bake them, but it is so important! The tops (between the cracks) might look slightly wet and not completely done, but that is ok. The cookies will continue cooking while sitting on the warm cookie sheet. Once the cookies have that lighter colored film on top of them (like when you bake a pan of brownies) and some cracks on top, then pull them out of the oven. They hold look puffier when you take them out. 
• Use Chocolate Chunks : These are easily found in the baking aisle by the chocolate chips. The larger pieces of chocolate chunks are really good in this recipe because they provide those pockets of melty chocolate through out. 
• Scrape The Bowl : It's important to scrape the bowl a few times while mixing the dough together to ensure that all the dry brownie mix and ingredients get mixed together thoroughly. Use a rubber ir silicone spatula to do this. 
• Make Them Pretty : I always press a few additional chocolate chunks on top of each cookie immediately after they come out of the oven. This makes them look really pretty and more chocolate is never a bad thing! You only need 1 cup for the cookies and the bag has about 1.5 cups of chocolate chunks so there will be plenty for afterwards. 

More Brownie Mix Desserts You'll Love

• Candy Cane Kiss Brownie Bites - Little miniature brownie bites made with a brownie mix and topped with a Hershey's kiss. Use any Hershey's kisses you want in this recipe!
• Monster Cookie Brownies - Boxed brownies topped with an easy homemade monster cookie dough. 
• Chocolate Brownie Bundt Cake - A brownie mix + chocolate cake mix makes the most amazingly moist chocolate Bundt Cake ever. 
• Nutella Brownies - Boxed brownie mix combined with Nutella for one seriously amazing easy brownie recipe.