These chewy, rich and fudgy homemade chocolate chunk brownies will satisfy all your chocolate cravings! The top is perfectly crackly, the centre is super moist and fudgy with chunks of melted chocolate throughout every piece.

Are you team homemade brownies or team boxed mix brownies? Absolutely no judgement here either way! But if you’re team boxed mixed brownies, I’m warning you, this recipe just might convert you. 😉 It’s so easy and convenient, there’s no mixer required, they don’t take long at all to throw together, and every.single.piece. is GOOEY, THICK, AND DELICIOUS! (yes, I’m yelling because…. chocolate.) Throw a dollop of your favorite vanilla bean ice cream on top and you’ll never buy boxed mix again!

This recipe is tried and true! They’ve always been a hit whenever I made them but they did take quite a few tries to get the consistency and taste just right. This is the ONLY brownie recipe I use because it’s just the best! They’re decadent, not dry and cakey and you won’t be able to stop at one piece. Go ahead and hide yourself a few extra pieces from the rest of the family. 😉 I won’t tell.

Yield: 12-16 pieces

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup butter, unsalted 
• 2/3 cup Hershey’s cocoa
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 
• 1 cup chopped dark chocolate

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray a 8×8 inch baking pan with nonstick spray, then line with parchment leaving excess hanging over two sides of the pan. Set aside. 
2. Add butter to a microwave safe bowl and melt the butter in the microwave. Add Hershey’s Cocoa Powder to the melted butter and mix. 
3. In a separate large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla. Add the butter mixture to the egg mixture and mix so everything is combined. 
4. Add flour, kosher salt and baking powder to the liquid mixture and stir until combined. DO NOT overmix. 
5. Gently fold in the chopped dark chocolate. 
6. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes. The top should look shiny and a bit crackly.
7. Let cool completely before cutting.

RECIPE NOTES

The bake time for brownies can be extremely tricky! There’s really no way to tell if they’re done since you can’t do the toothpick test. A fudgy centre will always leave melted chocolate on your toothpick. But it’s better to have it a little undercooked than overbaking it! It will dry out if overbaked but if it’s a little undercooked, IT’S OKAY because it will harden in the baking dish as it cools.