Description
Nostalgic cosmic brownie cookies deliver childhood memories with a delightful twist of homemade goodness. Chocolate lovers will savor rich cocoa flavors and colorful sprinkle details that make these treats irresistibly charming.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (110 g) brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup (25 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup (85 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream
- ¼ cup (40 g) rainbow candy-coated chocolate sprinkles (like mini M&Ms or rainbow chips)
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Warm the oven to 350F (175C) and arrange parchment paper on two baking trays.
- Dough Creation: Whip butter and sugars into a fluffy consistency, then incorporate egg and vanilla until smooth. Gently fold in cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt to form a cohesive dough.
- Cookie Shaping and Baking: Craft dough into rounded portions and distribute evenly across prepared trays, maintaining generous spacing. Bake for 8-10 minutes, ensuring edges are set while centers remain slightly tender.
- Cooling Process: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack for complete cooling.
- Ganache Creation: Melt chocolate chips and heavy cream in microwave, stirring between 20-second intervals until achieving a glossy, smooth texture.
- Decoration and Finishing: Generously spread ganache across cookie surfaces and immediately garnish with vibrant rainbow sprinkles. Let ganache stabilize at room temperature for 15-20 minutes or expedite setting in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
Notes
- Use softened butter at room temperature for smoother, more evenly mixed cookie dough.
- Remove cookies when edges are set but centers look slightly underbaked to ensure a soft, fudgy texture.
- Let ganache cool slightly before spreading to prevent it from running off the cookie edges.
- Add rainbow sprinkles immediately after spreading ganache while still wet for best adhesion.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg