Brookies (Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies)

Brownies and chocolate chip cookies together as one! Brookies are the best of both worlds, so you don't have to choose.

Photography Credit: Cindy Rahe

Have you ever had a brookie? It’s a tempting combination of chewy chocolate chip cookies and fudge brownies!

WHAT EXACTLY IS A BROOKIE

The components are simple enough—chocolate chip cookie dough mashed together with brownie batter to make a hybrid cookie/brownie baked treat

You usually find them in one of three forms: baked into bars like brownies, baked in mini muffin cups, or pressed together into cookies, as I’ve done here

HOW TO MAKE A BROOKIE

For my version, I wanted to ensure that the cookie and brownie portions both maintained their integrity without one becoming too much like the other. The cookie portion remains classic and chewy while the brownie portion is fudgy, without a trace of cakiness.

Chilling the dough for these may seem fussy, but both doughs are pretty soft and chilling helps make both doughs easier to work with; otherwise things can get messy, fast. They will also maintain their shape better once they are baked, yielding that ideal contrast of cookie-brownie bliss. I tried making a batch using firmer doughs that wouldn’t require chilling, but the cookies dried out quickly.