This One Bowl Fudge Brownie Recipe is utter perfection. Chocolatey, chewy and simple to prepare! A homemade brownie recipe you’ll make over and over again.
Fudge Brownie Recipe
Making homemade brownies are so satisfying. This is the homemade fudge brownie recipe you’ve been searching for! Love serving them warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Nothing better. You are in for the ultimate treat with my homemade brownie recipe!
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What You’ll Need
Let’s take a look at the ingredients you’ll need to make my fudge brownie recipe. See bottom of post’s recipe card for full instructions.
- butter– I use salted butter for most of my recipes. Unsalted is fine too.
- chocolate chips– Use your favorite chocolate chips, milk or semi sweet works great.
- all purpose flour– Flour is the main dry ingredient in the brownies.
- kosher salt- kosher salt is a coarse salt commonly used in cooking and baking.
- granulated sugar– This fine white sugar gives the brownies their sweetness.
- light brown sugar– Make sure the brown sugar is packed when measuring.
- eggs– For consistency, use large eggs in my recipes.
- canola oil– Canola oil is part of the wet ingredients of the brownies.
- chocolate chunks– Chocolate Chunks can sometimes be found near the chocolate chips at the grocery store. I’ve cut my own chunks out of chocolate bars if I can’t find them pre-bagged.
How To Make Chocolate Chunk Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line an 8×8 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Place butter into a large mixing bowl and microwave until melted and hot, about 45 seconds or so. Pour in chocolate chips and stir until mostly melted. It’s ok, if it’s not perfectly smooth. You might have to put back in microwave for another 30 seconds to help melting. Add flour, salt and sugars. Mix a few times then add eggs and yolk and oil. Mix until well combined then add chocolate chunks.
- Transfer batter to prepared baking dish, spreading evenly.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until cooked through. Note, bake time can vary from oven to oven. Keep an eye on it between 35-40 minutes, knowing it may vary.
How To Tell When Brownies Are Done
For fudgy brownies, bake within the time range stated in the recipe. I like to take a toothpick as it nears the end of bake time, and carefully poke it in the middle of the brownies to make sure it comes out just about clean.
For a more gooey brownie, take them out toward the minimum baking time.
Tips For The Best Fudge Brownie Recipe
- Choose the right pan. Be sure to use the pan specified in the recipe you choose. Going with a pan that’s too small can sometimes make center of the brownies uncooked or undercooked, while choosing one that’s too large can lead to the batter spreading out too much and the brownies being too thin and dry.
- Don’t over mix your brownie batter. You want all of the brownie ingredients combined to make a smooth batter, but be careful not to overmix them. Doing so can result in tough, overworked brownies. One way to avoid this is to let the unbaked batter rest in the pan for several hours or overnight in the refrigerator, which gives it time to “relax” before being baked. The next day, bake as instructed.
- Store them properly. Once your brownies have cooled down to room temperature, cover the pan tightly in aluminum foil or transfer the brownies to a sealed container. Alternatively, brownies can be frozen but that may affect their texture. To avoid this problem with freezing, wrap each cut brownie in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil before placing them all together in an airtight freezer bag.
How To Serve
Serve brownies room temperature or warmed for any occasion where brownies are needed. If you’d like to warm your brownies, place them on a heat proof plate and microwave for 15-20 seconds until warm. Try topping with vanilla ice cream too!
Leftovers
Store any leftover brownies in an airtight container room temperature or refrigerated for up to 3 days. If refrigerating leftovers, brownies will be very firm. You can warm in the microwave, in a heat proof plate for 15-20 seconds to soften.
One Bowl Chocolate Chunk Brownies
Equipment
- Oven
- 8 x 8 baking dish
- parchment paper
- mixing bowl
- mixing spoon
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- plastic knife cuts brownies nicely
Ingredients
- 1 stick/8 tablespoons salted butter
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup all-purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 cups chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line an 8×8 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Place butter into a large mixing bowl and microwave until melted and hot, about 45 seconds or so. Pour in chocolate chips and stir until mostly melted. It's ok, if it's not perfectly smooth. You might have to put back in microwave for another 30 seconds to help melting. Add flour, cocoa powder, salt and sugars. Mix a few times then add eggs, vanilla and yolk and oil. Mix until well combined then add chocolate chunks.
- Transfer batter to prepared baking dish, spreading evenly. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until cooked through.
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I see in the photo cocoa powder and vanilla, but not in the recipe. How much of those 2 ingredients are used? They aren’t in the recipe itself or the video, just in the ingredients photo. Thank you, looks delicious!
edited the recipe, so sorry about that! 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
I also had to bake these for much longer than the suggested time but they were delicious. I put some sea salt on top when they came out of the oven and a little espresso powder in with the other ingredients.
Just made this… very easy!! My colleagues are going to enjoy, I’m sure!!
These are very yummy, however, I found the cooking time to be way off. I usually undercook my brownies, as I prefer them to be gooey rather than dry and overcooked. So, I set my timer to 33 minutes just to check on them. After putting them back in the oven multiple times, I probably ended up cooking these for a total of over an hour. I will definitely make these again, since they were very good, but I will bake in a larger dish next time to avoid the longer cooking time. Thanks for sharing the delicious recipe!
Pls let me know 1 stick – 8 tbsp = how many grams – our country use gm for measuring butter. Tks
Hi, ok to substitute the chocolate chunks for walnuts?
these are SO GOOD! my husband and I saw the Instagram video and immediately knew we had to make them! super easy – so rich and delicious! no more boxed brownies mixes for us!
Hey Jenny,
Just wanted to reach out to say “thanks” for all the stuff you’ve been publishing lately at blog.
I am a brownie lover.I will definitely gonna try it. I would suggest, if you share some tips too with us on your blog related to health. It will be helpful.
Keep up The awesome work 🙂
Cheers,
Kristen
You had me at “brownies” and “one bowl” !!! I’ll have to try this recipe out!!!
These brownies look absolutely delicious! I know you use semi sweet chocolate chips to stir into the butter, but what type of chocolate do you use for the chunks? Milk chocolate, semi-sweet or dark? 🙂
Hi Dawn I used milk chocolate chunks, however semi sweet would be just fine too 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
Thank you so much! I will be making these tomorrow!!! ❤❤