Do you love those little Cosmic Brownies from the grocery store? Let’s make a homemade version that is just as good!
I bet you’re going to love these Homemade Cosmic Brownies! I don’t buy them anymore but I remember Cosmic Brownies from when I was a kid. They were soft, chewy brownies with little candy-coated chocolates on top and I loved them!
Ingredients For Homemade Cosmic Brownies:
- 1 ½ sticks butter, melted
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Ganache Frosting
- 1 ¼ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup candy-coated chocolate chips
Ingredient amounts and entire recipe directions are in the recipe card below with a print option!
How To Make Homemade Cosmic Brownies:
- For the Brownies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9×13 baking pan with baking spray.
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In a mixing bowl, add the cocoa powder to the melted butter and mix until smooth.
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Whisk in sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
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In a separate bowl mix together the flour, cornstarch and salt then gradually mix it into the wet ingredients until just smooth.
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Pour the batter into the baking pan, spread it around the whole pan and bake for 18 minutes.
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Cool completely.
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Add chocolate chips and heavy cream to a large microwave safe dish and melt for 60 seconds.
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let rest for a couple of minutes and then stir until smooth.
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Spread the ganache over brownies and sprinkle candy chocolate chips while the ganache is still wet.
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Let ganache cool.
Where Do I Find The Candy-Coated Chocolate Chips?
These Rainbow Candy Coated Chocolate Chips from Amazon are nice, as well as these Rainbow Ones that look more like the ones in the store.
You could also use mini M&MS if you can’t find any of the candy-coated chocolates.
More Fun Homemade Snack Cake Recipes
- CopyCat Little Debbie Chocolate Chip Cakes
- Copycat Little Debbie Chocolate Marshmallow Pies
- Copycat Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies
- Easy Homemade CopyCat Hostess Cupcakes
More Brownie Recipes:
- Copycat Texas Steakhouse Hershey Brownie
- Caramel Bunny Peanut Butter Brownies
- Toffee Brownies
- M&M OREO Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies
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Homemade Cosmic Brownies
Homemade Cosmic Brownies
Do you love those little Cosmic Brownies from the grocery store? Let's make a homemade version that is just as good!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ sticks butter, melted
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Ganache Frosting
- 1 ¼ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup candy coated chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F.
Spray a 9×13 baking pan with baking spray.
In a mixing bowl, add the cocoa powder to the melted butter and mix until smooth.
Mix in the sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl mix together the flour, cornstarch and salt then gradually mix it into the wet ingredients until just smooth.
Pour the batter into the baking pan, spread it around the whole pan and bake for 18 minutes.
Cool completely.
Add chocolate chips and heavy cream to a large microwave safe dish and melt for 60 seconds, let rest for a couple of minutes and then stir until smooth.
Spread the ganache over brownies and sprinkle candy chocolate chips while the ganache is still wet.
Let ganache cool.
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