Brownie Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies

If you completely adore brownies with walnuts in them, then these Brownie Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies have your name written all over them. (and mine!) Every brownie cookie bite is packed with walnuts and chocolate chunks!

And since these are soft and fudgy, glorious walnut brownie cookies, I was suspiciously stalking them like nobody's business until they were gone....*sad face*  Vegan & GF Options too!  You'll also love these Ultimate Gooey Brownies, these Fudgy Chocolate Chunk Brownies and these Super Easy Homemade Brownies

Who doesn't love the combination of warm, gooey chocolate and crunchy walnuts combined in freshly-baked brownie cookie?

Its combination of richness, crunch, and chocolatey goodness is a delightful treat that never disappoints!

My favorite saying is that "I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed" and nothing could be farther from the truth. 

Of all the sweets and desserts in the world, brownies are truly my kryptonite.  So, if you want to get some kind of information out of me or a favor, brownie bribery is a real probability of achieving that task. 

Have I said too much?  I suddenly feel like a bunch of brownies are coming my way?

Ingredients You Need

• unsweetened cocoa powder, measured correctly
• granulated sugar 
• brown sugar
• unsalted butter melted (or dairy-free butter)
• applesauce for vegan option (or 1 large egg + 2 tablespoons oil of choice)
• pure chocolate or vanilla extract
• all purpose flour or gluten free flour, measured correctly
• baking powder
• salt
• semi sweet chocolate chips or chunks + some for top of cookies (I used Enjoy Life dairy-free chocolate chunks)
• walnuts rough chopped or whole, add more if desired, I desired and added 1 cup
• Optional: ½ cups chopped dried cherries, I added these to the last 3rd of dough I had left

How to Make Brownie Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line cookie sheet (s) with parchment paper.
3. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, white sugar, brown sugar, cooled down butter and applesauce or egg and oil combo. Add in vanilla and mix together.
4. Make sure you measure the flour correctly, and add the flour, baking powder, and salt to the wet ingredients mixing with a wooden spoon until a soft dough forms. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips, walnuts and cherries if desired. Dough will be thick.
5. Using a small or medium cookie scoop or 1 ½ tablespoon - 2 tablespoons, place onto prepared baking sheets. Press them down however thick or thin you want cookies. Cookies do not spread much.
6. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes. The cookies will appear soft from the oven but will set up as they cool. 8 minutes for soft and fudgy - 10 minutes for soft and chewier. Don't overbake.
7. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool.

Tips / Options

• When melting butter, let butter cool down.  It can still can be warm when adding in ingredients to make the brownies, but should not be hot.  If using an egg, hot butter could cook it and also make the dough warm, and also melt the sugar down.  

Vegan Option

Happily, we have a vegan brownie cookie recipe you can adapt that is easy as well!

• In this vegan brownie cookie recipe, applesauce and dairy-free butter is used instead of 1 egg and butter.
• Use dairy-free chocolate chunks or chips. For the chocolate chunks, I love Enjoy Life Chocolate Chunks.  They are my preferred choice for these cookies and you can buy them on Amazon or at your local grocery store. They are rich and taste amazing and no sugar.  Gotta cut back when possible, but still have good quality all the way when it comes to making healthy vegan brownie cookies! 🙂

Whether you’re vegan or not, if you're looking for ways to get more protein in your diet, another great source would be to check out this Detailed Review of Free Soul Vegan Shakes. They contain bonus nutrients that are helpful from a fitness and overall health perspective.  That way you can eat brownie cookies and get your protein in! 😉  It's all about balance and eating your favorites in moderation!

Gluten-Free Option

• Replace all-purpose flour with a good gluten-free flour mix.

For Even More Healthier Options

• Use whole-wheat flour or ½ all purpose + ½ whole-wheat flour. Can also use applesauce versus 1 egg. 
• Use Lakanto healthy sugar (it's awesome!) and Enjoy Life chocolate chunks. Lakanto makes sugar-free chocolate chips too and if you want to get those or any other Lakanto products, feel free to use my 15% discount code:  thebakingchocolatess15 

Add Other Add-ins 

• I added some dried cherries to some of the dough and they were superb! 
• Use other add-ins such as white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, dried fruits, chopped peanut butter cups, hazelnuts, almonds or pecans, oreo cookie chunks, m&m's...ok, I think you probably get the point. 

The Brownie Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookie is a classic that you will never forget.  Not only do these chewy, chocolaty treats come with a unique flavor and texture, but they are also a great source of healthy fats and fiber.

This indulgent recipe is a wonderful way to enjoy the best of both worlds—rich flavor and good nutrition added in whenever you want to change this recipe up to be vegan, gluten free or healthy using whole wheat flour.

Come on!  Let's DEVOUR some awesome brownie cookies loaded with walnuts and chocolate chunks already!  Bring on the chocolate! 

See Tips / Dietary Options below in Recipe Notes

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• Healthy Chunky Monkey Oatmeal Bars - Easy
• Pumpkin Walnut Bread

Brownie Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies – Vegan & GF Options too!

Kim Lange

Every bite has walnuts and chocolate chunks in every one of these fudgy brownie cookies and we're pretty happy about that!

4.65 from 14 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 15 Cookies

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder measured correctly
• ½ cup white granulated sugar or ¾ white sugar, omit brown sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup unsalted butter melted (or dairy-free butter)
• ½ cup applesauce (or 1 large egg + 2 tablespoons oil of choice)
• 2 teaspoons pure chocolate or vanilla extract
• 1 ⅓ cups all purpose flour or gluten free flour measured correctly
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips or chunks + some for top of cookies (I used Enjoy Life dairy-free chocolate chunks)
• ½ cup walnuts rough chopped or whole, add more if desired, I desired and added 1 cup
• Optional: ½ cups chopped dried cherries I added these to the last 3rd of dough I had left

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line cookie sheet (s) with parchment paper.
• In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, white sugar, brown sugar, cooled down butter and applesauce or egg and oil combo. Add in vanilla and mix together.
• Make sure you measure the flour correctly, and add the flour, baking powder, and salt to the wet ingredients mixing with a wooden spoon until a soft dough forms. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips, walnuts and cherries if desired. Dough will be thick.
• Using a small or medium cookie scoop or 1 ½ tablespoon - 2 tablespoons, place onto prepared baking sheets. Press them down however thick or thin you want cookies. Cookies do not spread much.
• Bake for 8 - 10 minutes. The cookies will appear soft from the oven but will set up as they cool. 8 minutes for soft and fudgy - 10 minutes for soft and chewier. Don't overbake.
• Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool.

Notes

Tips / Options:

• When melting butter, let butter cool down.  It can still can be warm when adding in ingredients to make the brownies, but should not be hot.  If using an egg, hot butter could cook it and also make the dough warm, and also melt the sugar down.  

For my Vegan Option:

• Applesauce and dairy-free butter is used instead of 1 egg and butter. Use dairy-free chocolate chunks or chips.  I use these all the time and I love them- also sugar-free!  Enjoy Life chocolate chunks. 

For my Gluten-Free Option:

• Replace all-purpose flour with a good gluten-free flour mix

For my Healthier Option:

• Use whole-wheat flour or ½ all purpose + ½ whole-wheat flour. 
  Can also use applesauce versus 1 egg. 
• Use Lakanto healthy sugar (it's awesome!) and Enjoy Life chocolate chunks. Lakanto makes sugar-free chocolate chips too and if you want to get those or any other Lakanto products, feel free to use my 15% discount code:  thebakingchocolatess15 

Add Other Add-ins: 

• I added some dried cherries to some of the dough and they were superb!  Use other add-ins such as white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, dried fruits, chopped peanut butter cups, hazelnuts, almonds or pecans, oreo cookie chunks, m&m's...ok, I think you probably get the point. 

Cookie dough:

• If dough is too thick add a tablespoon of milk or 2 to batter.

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Recipe adapted from Cafe Delites