Name: Copycat Cosmic Brownies Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: melted butter; Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar; vanilla extract; eggs; all purpose flour; Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder; baking powder; salt; heavy whipping cream; semisweet chocolate chips; Rainbow chip candy for topping

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Copycat Cosmic Brownies Recipe

This Copycat Cosmic Brownies Recipe is the ultimate homemade dupe! Make the recipe as written if you want a truly authentic copycat. But if you prefer thick and chewy brownies, level up by baking the brownies in an 8×8 baking dish and increasing the baking time to 30 minutes.

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Ingredients

Brownie Base

melted butter
Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
vanilla extract
eggs
all purpose flour
Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder
baking powder
salt

Chocolate Ganache Topping

heavy whipping cream
semisweet chocolate chips
Rainbow chip candy for topping

How to Make Copycat Cosmic Brownies

Step 1 – Mix the batter and bake the brownies. If you follow the recipe as it’s written, the brownies should be thin and a little cake-y– but also dense. I wanted to mimic the real thing as closely as possible, and this recipe really is spot on!

Step 2 – While the brownies are cooling, make the chocolate ganache. If you’re new to making homemade chocolate ganache, this post will walk you through all the ins and outs of making a perfect ganache in no time. It’s super do-able!

Step 3 – Spread the ganache on top of the brownies.

Step 4 – Add the candy chips and let the ganache cool completely until it’s set. You could also put it in the fridge to firm it up quickly.

Questions Answered: Brownies

How do you make easy brownies?

If you’re looking for a dump everything in one bowl and mix it up kind of recipe, then my super easy Fudgy Chocolate Chunk Brownies is the perfect recipe for you. You don’t have to melt any chocolate, and there aren’t a million steps. It really is as simple as tossing all of the ingredients into the bowl and stirring!

How do you make fudgy brownies from scratch?

The secret ingredient to a good, fudgy brownie with shiny, crackly tops is… melted chocolate.

In actuality, that’s probably oversimplifying it a bit. But if you have to narrow it down to one ingredient, I’d say that’s the one. But if we’re going to break this down a little farther, there are a couple of other components you need to take into account. Here are the ingredients that affect the fudginess of a brownie:

Leavening agents. My very favorite brownie recipes don’t have any baking soda or baking powder, which limits the amount of air in the brownies (air = cake-y).

Fat-to-Flour ratio. A good, fudgy brownie needs more fat than flour. Which is why using melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder helps so much.

Chocolate chips. To achieve those beautiful, crackly tops that everyone wants in a brownie, you need to mix chocolate chips into the brownie batter. I don’t know why, but I know that it’s a must.

How do you make boxed brownies better?

Here are a few ideas for doctoring-up a batch of brownie mix brownies:

Top the brownie batter with pieces of cookie dough before baking to make Brookies!

Add mix-ins to the batter before baking.

✔️ Top the baked brownies with something delicious! I love using Mrs. Richardson’s caramel sauce to make this Salted Caramel Brownies recipe. It is THE BEST! I can usually find it at Target.

Copycat Cosmic Brownies Recipe

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

If you like Cosmic Brownies, you are going to love this homemade dupe! Make the recipe as written if you want a truly authentic copycat. But if you prefer thick and chewy brownies, level up by baking the brownies in an 8x8 baking dish and increasing the baking time to 30 minutes.

Ingredients

Brownie Base

melted butter
Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
vanilla extract
eggs
all purpose flour
Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder
baking powder
salt

Chocolate Ganache Topping

heavy whipping cream
semisweet chocolate chips
Rainbow chip candy for topping

Instructions

CLICK HERE to view the entire recipe on the Dixie Crystals website.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 109Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 117mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 4gProtein: 2g