Best Dark Chocolate Brownies Recipe (fudgy, one bowl)

These dark chocolate brownies are my “THE BEST” . It’s my favorite mid-night dessert when I am craving to eat something sweet 😊.

I have tried to make brownies from boxed mix and trust me, it tastes yumm. I have created this recipe from scratch to match that taste as box mixes may not be available at many places and most importantly, nothing beats the brownies made from scratch 😊.

Brownies are very easy to make and everyone just loves them. Brownies comes in chewy form, fudgy form or cakey form depending on the texture.

• Chewy brownies have thick and chewy outer crust with rich chocolate in the center.
• Fudgy brownies are slightly underbaked, gooey and dense.
• cakey brownies are nothing but fluffy chocolate cake with crackly shell on top.

Some recipes use cocoa powder instead of chocolate but I prefer to use chocolate chips or block of chocolate to make rich, moist and fudgy brownies.

Please make sure, you use good quality dark chocolate and not the compound one.

If you want to make, budget friendly brownies (as pure chocolate is costly), then you can refer my coco powder brownie recipes.

Dark chocolate brownies – ingredients List

1. Chocolate

Use high quality pure dark chocolate to make this rich, moist and fudgy brownie.

2. Butter

This will contribute to the richness of the brownie.

3. Sugar

This contributes to the texture and sweetness of the brownie

4. Egg

Please use room temperature eggs so that all ingredients will be combined properly.

Also make sure to add mixture of butter and chocolate into egg little at time and keep stirring it otherwise the hot mixture will cook the eggs.

5. All-purpose flour

This will be used to keep all the ingredients together.

6. Oil

I have used oil to create box mix like taste

Equipments required to make this homemade dark chocolate brownies

1. Rubber Spatula
2. Microwave Safe Glass Bowl
3. Whisk

Step by step recipe (with images) to make homemade dark chocolate brownies

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F. Prepare your pan with parchment paper. I have used butter but you can also use baking spray if you have it handy.
2. Sift all dry ingredients all-purpose flour, salt, cocoa powder) together.

3. Cut the dark chocolate bar into small pieces and keep it aside.
4. In a microwave safe bowl, add dark chocolate chips and softened unsalted butter.

5. Microwave butter and chocolate chips in heatproof bowl until butter is melted at 20-2 seconds interval.
6. Mix it using whisk until properly combined.

7. Add sugar and vanilla. Mix until combined.
8. Now add 3 large eggs and mix well until smooth.

9. Mix in sifted dry ingredients and combine until you see last streak of flour.
10. Now add chopped dark chocolate. Fold in gently.

11. Pour the batter into prepared pan.
12. Bake at 350F (180C) for 24-26 minutes.

13. Toothpick Test – Insert a toothpick and check the crumbs.
    Fudgy Brownies – If it comes out with moist crumbs on it, your fudgy brownies are done. Let it cool down for 20 minutes before cutting them.
    Chewy Brownies – If it comes out with little less crumbs on it, your chewy brownies are ready.
    Cakey Brownies – If it comes out clean or with very few crumbs, your cakey brownies are ready.
14. Cut into small pieces and your dark chocolate brownies are ready. Store in an airtight container for a week or freeze them up to 3 months.

Pro tips to make best homemade brownie recipe

• Avoid Overbaking

Here we are making fudgy brownies. So, avoid overmixing it and mix the batter until wet and dry ingredients are just combined. For better results, avoid using stand mixer or hand mixer and mix the batter just by hand with the use of spatula.

• Room Temperature Ingredients

The ingredients will be combined beautifully if you use all the room temperature ingredients.

• High Quality Chocolate

To make extra rich, moist and fudgy brownies, make sure to use good high-quality chocolates and not the compound one. You can make the recipe replacing some amount of chocolate with cocoa-powder to make budget friendly brownies or replace chocolate with cocoa-powder.

• Read Recipe

I always suggest to read the recipe completely before starting. Each recipe is formulated in a specific way and replacing / skipping the ingredient will alter the texture and taste of final product.

Video representation of the chocolate (dark) brownies recipe

Dark chocolate Brownies (FAQ’s)

• Why did my brownies doesn’t have crack on top?

It is mostly caused by overbeating the batter after eggs are added. So, avoid overbeating by replacing stand-mixer or hand-mixer by rubber spatula and mix it until just combined.

• How should I eat my brownies?

My favorite dessert is warm brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it 😊 But, you can eat them as it is.

• When should you cut the brownies?

Please allow brownies to cool down at least for 30 minutes once you remove them from oven.

• Is it ok to freeze or refrigerate the brownies?

Absolutely, just warm them in microwave for couple of seconds and you are good to go 😊

Request

Over to you 🙂 Please make this dark chocolate brownies and let me know how this recipe turns out for you in the comments! I really love hearing from you, and your feedback is very much important to me.

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