Better than Box Mix Brownies (aka BEST Brownies EVER)

3 better than box mix brownies stacked on top of each other.

4.92 from 12 votes

Better than Box Mix Brownies (aka BEST Brownies EVER)

These better than box mix brownies are PERFECT. Ooey and gooey right out of the oven, soft and chewy after they cool with a light, delicate flaky crust.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Brownies

Servings:

Calories: 339kcal

Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup shortening
2 cup sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
1 1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 cup chocolate chips dark

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
In a medium-sized microwave-safe bowl, combine butter and shortening.
Microwave for 15 seconds at a time until just melted together. Stir and set aside to cool.
When butter mixture has cooled, add baking cocoa, sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Mix well.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and chocolate chips.
Stir dry mixture into chocolate mixture until combined (it will be fairly thick).
Pour mixture into a greased 9x13 baking dish (or 9x9 if you want them to be thicker).
Bake for 30 minutes or until brownies just start to pull away from the sides of the pan (if you are using a 9x9 dish you may need to add a few minutes). Do not over bake.
Cool at least 20 minutes before cutting. Enjoy!

Notes

For Gluten Free Brownies: You can use pretty much any 1:1 flour blend and you will not even be able to tell they are GF. You can use Better Batter, Namaste Four (Costco), or your own flour blend with this recipe.
The biggest tip for making these brownies is to NOT OVER BAKE. They may seem slightly under-done when you pull them out and that is totally normal.
If you want to swap out the dark chocolate chips for semi-sweet, that is totally ok. You can even use peanut butter chips or you want to switch it up. We have used mini-chocolate chips before and those work great too.

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