Soft, chewy Sugar Brookies are a delicious combo of Sugar Cookies and Brownies. The perfect easy cookie bar for any occasion!
Make sure to try my original Brookies Recipe and these Peanut Butter Brookies too!
What are Sugar Brookies
Sugar Brookies are brownies with a sugar cookie layer on top.
It’s the product of what happens when a brownie and a sugar cookie see each other across a crowded room and decide they belong together.
Chocolate brownies taste incredible paired with buttery vanilla-infused sugar cookies.
I love the extra pizzazz the sprinkles bring to this dessert, too! Who doesn’t love a dessert with sprinkles?
If you like soft, chewy cookies and fudgy brownies you are going to LOVE these sugar brookies!
They’re so easy to make, too. Less work than traditional sugar cookies because you don’t need to chill and cut out the dough.
Just make two delicious layers and bake them together. Sugar Cookie Brownie heaven!
Ingredient Notes
To make Sugar Cookie Brookies, you start with a batch of sugar cookie dough and a brownie batter. Here’s what you’ll need to make them both from scratch.
For the brownie batter, you need:
- Sugar
- Flour
- Unsweetened cocoa powder – A high quality DARK cocoa is best!
- Melted butter
- Eggs
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips – You could also use chocolate chunks or chop up a bar of good quality dark chocolate.
Notice that the brownie batter doesn’t contain any flavor enhancers like vanilla or salt. Those elements come in when you add the sugar cookie dough.
To make sugar cookie dough, you need:
- Softened butter –
- Sugar
- Vanilla –Our Instant Pot Vanilla Extract makes the brookies extra delicious!
- Egg
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Kosher salt
- Sprinkles – Optional, but they add a great pop of color to the otherwise beige cookie layer.
Making the sugar cookies couldn’t be simpler: Pour the brownie batter into a pan. Top with cookie dough. Bake, cool, slice and eat!
Brookie Tips and Tricks
- Always line the bottom of your pan with parchment paper. Once cooled, you can use the paper to lift the uncut bars straight out of the pan before slicing.
- Cut the bars as big or as small as you like. I like to cut mine into BIG squares!
- To make “brookie bites”, cut them into 1-2 inch squares. Ideal when you need to stretch them to feed a crowd!
- Change up the sprinkle colors for different holidays. Use red and green for Christmas, orange for Halloween, green for St. Patty’s day etc.
Recipe FAQs
The brownie part of these brookies will stay soft and a bit underbakedu002du002djust the way I like them! If you want a firmer consistency, chill the brookies in the refrigerator before cutting.
Store cooled, cut brookies in an airtight container. They stay good at room temperature for about a week. As noted above, if you prefer a firmer brownie consistency, feel free to stash them in the fridge instead!
Yes, brookies stay good in the freezer for up to 3 months. One word of warning if you’re planning to freeze sugar brookies with sprinkles: The sprinkles will leak color into the cookies as they thaw. It doesn’t affect the taste at all though!
More Dessert Recipes
- The original Chocolate Chip Brookies. A perfect recipe!
- Banana Split Fudge
- Peanut Butter Brookies. Of course a few Reese’s minis make everything even better!
- Banana Pudding Recipe
- Spooky Brookies: a fun twist with some Halloween Oreos and monster EYES. You can use regular Oreo cookies any time of year!’
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Sugar Brookies
Ingredients
For the brownie layer:
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup dark chocolate unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
For the cookie layer:
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 Tablespoons sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Line a 13×9 baking dish with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine brownie ingredients. Blend with a wooden spoon just until combined. Spread in bottom of baking dish.
- For the cookies, beat softened butter with sugar and vanilla until blended. Add egg and combine. Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix until fully combined. Fold in sprinkles.
- Drop by spoonful over brownie layer, trying to keep the cookie layer evenly spread.
- Bake in a 375 degree preheated oven for 25-28 minutes. Remove and cool completely. Cut and enjoy.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days.
Notes
- Always line the bottom of your pan with parchment paper. Once cooled, you can use the paper to lift the uncut bars straight out of the pan before slicing.
- Cut the bars as big or as small as you like. I like to cut mine into BIG squares!
- To make “brookie bites”, cut them into 1-2 inch squares. Ideal when you need to stretch them to feed a crowd!
- Change up the sprinkle colors for different holidays. Use red and green for Christmas, orange for Halloween, green for St. Patty’s day etc.
Yeah for the successful move! This definitely calls for sprinkles. And quite possibly the best brookies ever! Mmm they look incredible!
Thanks girl!
These look delicious! Thank you for the recipe
Manuella
these look so wonderful! I love this combination!
yay! so happy you’re settling in!
These brookies are so pretttyyyy! I’ve never seen a sugar cookie brookie before, love the sprinkles 😉
My favorite brookies yet!!! Glad you’re getting settled!
Thanks Dorothy. Moving is hard when you’re a blogger and need to be online and in your kitchen, and everything is packed. But things are finally coming along around here!!
So glad your move was a success Aimee! These brookies are genius – love those contrasting layers!
Thanks so much Trish!
Oh my goodness, I SO need to start using my insane amount of sprinkles, too! These look so fun and yummy!
Haha, glad I’m not the only sprinkles hoarder!
Love the combo of the cookie and brownies. Thanks for the introduction to brookies
You are quite welcome 🙂
Don’t hold back! Rearrange your cabinets as much as you need to! It’s gotta be right, or you’ll spend the next years of your life cursing the day you decided to put the cereal bowls ever so slightly out of reach.
These brookies are a great way to inaugurate your new digs!
You’re so right. And just so you know, I wrote this post two days ago and have since rearranged a couple cabinets again since then 😉
I love that they’re two-toned – perfect for when you want BOTH blondies and brownies! pinned
Thanks for pinning Averie!!
Cookies, brownies, and sprinkles in one amazing bar. Those look so good. I love the extra chocolate peeking out of the brownie layer too 🙂
Extra chocolate is always good, right?
Such a fun treat!
Thanks Maria 🙂
How FUN are these?? I’ve only ever made the chocolate chip cookie kind. I see a peanut butter brookie in my future, too!
I think you definitely need to try a peanut butter version 🙂
Brookies? I’m in love! Oh, and my niece is named Brooke and we call her Brookie all the time…I’m SO making these for her!
Perfect treat for your niece!
I’ve never had a brookie. I really need to change that.
Indeed you do Christie 🙂
Brookies are my favorite food group. These are fantastic honey!
Thanks girl. I love that they get their own food group 😉
Is that a cup of coffee in one of your pics?! I think my coffee this morning is definitely needing one of these sugar brookies! Good luck with all the unpacking. I just moved a few states from CA to TX about 3 weeks ago…I’m still unpacking. The only thing done is the kitchen!
My cup of coffee makes it into most of my pictures, hehe!! Moving is tough right? I thought packing was hard, but I think unpacking might be worse!
I am currently eating a bowl of oatmeal and wishing it was one of these. Remind me to never visit your blog before breakfast. Cookies and brownies? I. Am. Dead. Pinned!
haha, sorry about the early morning droolfest! Thanks for pinning Taylor 🙂
Mmm…I love this contrast sugar cookie against brownie. Bet it’s delish!
Hope you have an awesome weekend Aimee!
Thanks Melanie 🙂
Now I don’t have to choose between two of my favorite deserts! Don’t know if any would last till the second day though.
I know it’s tough saving them for day two…you can do it 🙂