Cookie Dough Brownie Cookies {Nutella and Peanut Butter Options too!}
These amazing rich, thick, fudgy brownie cookies are stuffed with irresistible Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and then topped with melted chocolate.
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Ingredients
Brownie Cookies
- 1 19.5 ounce or family size box fudge brownie mix
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 4 oz cream cheese 1/2 block, softened
- 1 large egg
Cookie Dough Filling
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2-4 tablespoons almond milk milk or cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour Heat treat your flour by placing it in a microwave safe bowl and heating on high for 50-60 seconds until the internal temperature reaches 166°F.
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips or 1/2 cup reg chocolate chips depending on what texture of chocolate chips you want
Chocolate Topping
- 12 oz bag of semisweet or milk chocolate chips
- Optional sea salt on top
Instructions
Brownie Cookies
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, beat the brownie mix, butter, cream cheese, and egg.
- Scoop the dough using a large cookie dough scoop onto parchment paper.
- Bake cookies for 12 minutes.
Cookie Dough Filling
- While cookies are baking, In a separate bowl, using mixer, cream butter and sugars in a bowl, until smooth.
- Add milk, salt and vanilla and mix until well combined, then add in flour and again mix well.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips and scoop/roll into 1/2 inch balls and flatten into discs to place on top of baked cookies.
- Let cookies cool about 5 minutes, then add the cookie dough disc on top. The mixture will soften slightly, which is fine.
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Chocolate Topping
- Melt chocolate chips until completely melted in microwave.
- Spoon about 1/2 a tablespoon of melted chocolate on top of each cookie so it covers the cookie dough.
- Add some sprinkles for special occasions or some sea salt if you love sweet and salty!
- Let the chocolate set. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Peanut Butter Or Nutella Filling
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter or Nutella
- Optional: Add chocolate chips or peanut butter chips for extra yum!
How to Make Peanut Butter Or Nutella Filling
- In a separate bowl, mix the powdered sugar and the peanut butter or Nutella until it is completely combined. Form the mixture into about 1/2 inch balls/disc and set aside (You can also use a small cookie scoop to place peanut butter dough on top of cookies)
- Once the cookies have baked, press a peanut butter or Nutella ball/disc lightly into the center of each cookie. The mixture will soften slightly, which is fine.
Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.