These Brownies. Dear Lord. We need to talk about these super easy chocolate brownies! Only 6 ingredients. These are fudgy, dense, thick, and so. darn. chocolatey. We're using simple ingredients and ditching box mixes (we can do way waaaayyy better than that!). These brownies will be on repeat for the whole month of February. And long after, no doubt. And of course, as always... we're using all ingredients from Aldi UK.
Now, let's get up close and personal with these brownies. Okay. Let me set the tone for how this goes. Dense, soft fudgy interior with a slightly crisp exterior crust. Baked to perfectly gooey perfection. Also, only 6 ingredients stand between you and the best brownie of your life!
Easy Chocolate Brownies
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This brownie recipe is my top-secret recipe that I am now sharing with you. I've been making this brownie for years in all the commercial kitchens I used to work in. (You know I'm an actual chef, right?) We can chat more about that later. But for now, let's get these brownies into your oven and then into your face!
Ingredients Needed to Make Easy Chocolate Brownies
- Dark chocolate (please buy quality eating chocolate, not cooking chocolate. It doesn't behave the same way or taste as nice)
- Eggs
- Caster sugar
- Plain Flour
- Cocoa Powder
- Butter (salted or unsalted. both work)
How to make Easy Chocolate Brownies Step By Step
- Get yourself 3 bowls. Yes, I know this recipe said easy and it really is. Go with me here.
- In bowl 1 (a medium bowl that fits snugly over a pan) place the butter and chocolate.
- For bowl 2 (a small bowl) whisk the plain flour and cocoa powder
- Then, in bowl 3 (a large-ish bowl) place the eggs and sugar
- Place bowl 1 (the butter and chocolate over a pan of simmering water. Let the chocolate and butter melt together and whisk well so that they are fully incorporated.
- While the chocolate and butter are melting, use an electric hand whisk to whip the eggs and sugar. This will take a good few minutes. We want the eggs and sugar mixture to be almost as thick as mayonnaise. (See the above photo.)
- Once the eggs and sugar are whipped and the chocolate is melted, slowly pour the chocolate into the egg mixture and whisk (not an electric whisk a regular one) to blend together. Add the flour and cocoa to the bowl and whisk again.
- Pour the mixture (you may need to spoon it in. It'll be THICKKKK) into a 9x9 (23cm) square tin lined with baking paper. Bake in a 160ºC oven for about 30 minutes. The top should feel (and look set) but the brownies should still wobble slightly when you wiggle the pan.
- Let the brownies cool completely before slicing.
Another thing about these brownies (did I mention they will be the best you've ever had?). They sometimes like to have add-ins. You know... for all the people in your life who are a bit "meh?" about a plain brownie. Who are these people? But, apparently, they exist. So for them, we can add in some things...
Brownie Add-ins
- Walnuts
- White chocolate chunks
- Pecans
- Hazelnuts
- Dried fruit (if that's your thing)
Being that it is the month of chocolate and Valentine's day, yes, you may make this recipe enough times to memorise it. Oh. Just me? Okay. But whatever the case, please do the world and the people in your life a favour and make these easy brownies at least once this month. The ingredients are simple, the recipe is easy enough for you to follow, but will still make you feel like Nigella and the dense fudgy brownie you will be rewarded with is next level amazing.
PS. No one would be upset if you served these warm with a scoop of melty vanilla ice cream for dessert. NO ONE!
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The Easiest Chocolate Brownies
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 9 Large Brownies 1x
Description
Easy Chocolate Brownies- Super thick, extra fudgy and only 6 ingredients (all from Aldi UK)
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 225 caster sugar
- 225 butter
- 225 dark chocolate
- 100g plain flour
- 100g cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160ºC and line a 23cm (9 inch) square baking pan with parchment paper.
- Get yourself 3 bowls. Yes, I know this recipe said easy and it really is. Go with me here.
- In bowl 1 (a medium bowl that fits snugly over a pan) place the butter and chocolate.
- For bowl 2 (a small bowl) whisk the plain flour and cocoa powder
- Then, in bowl 3 (a large-ish bowl) place the eggs and sugar
- Place bowl 1 (the butter and chocolate over a pan of simmering water. Let the chocolate and butter melt together and whisk well so that they are fully incorporated.
- While the chocolate and butter are melting, use an electric hand whisk to whip the eggs and sugar. This will take a good few minutes. We want the eggs and sugar mixture to be almost as thick as mayonnaise. (See the above photo.)
- Once the eggs and sugar are whipped and the chocolate is melted, slowly pour the chocolate into the egg mixture and whisk (not an electric whisk a regular one) to blend together. Add the flour and cocoa to the bowl and whisk again.
- Pour the mixture (you may need to spoon it in. It'll be THICKKKK) into a 9x9 (23cm) square tin lined with baking paper. Bake in a 160ºC oven for about 30 minutes. The top should feel (and look set) but the brownies should still wobble slightly when you wiggle the pan.
- Let the brownies cool completely before slicing.
Notes
- *160ºC may seem like a low temperature to bake the brownies at, but it's the low temperature that give the brownies their amazing fudgy texture.
- I cut these into 9 large brownies, but you can easlily make them smaller and cut into 12
- Category: Easy Baking
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: British/ American
Keywords: Brownies, Easy, Baking, Chocolate, Aldi recipes, budget baking
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160 on fan or reduce to 140? Please x
Hi Jo. 160 on fan and you're good to go. Enjoy!
Oh my gosh, best brownie recipe ever, although I did cut back 50 grams of sugar and used a mixture of soft dark brown and caster.
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Love hearing this! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment and a review!
Just made this and used Terry’s Plain Chocolate Orange - delicious
Oh! That sounds amazing. So happy you love the recipe!
Can you use cooking chocolate for this recipe or does it have to be eating chocolate xx
Hi Sally. Yeah. Cooking chocolate works too. Just make sure that it's dark chocolate. Just had a look at the Aldi website and the dark cooking chocolate is 54% cocoa solids which is perfect. It'll work like a dream. Dark chocolate is really important here because it helps create the structure of the brownie. Enjoy!
Fantastic recipe, very easy and made the best brownies. Thanks, will be looking at your other recipes now
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Amazing! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment and a review!
My family thought the brownies were awesome
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I've just made this brownie with dairy free chocolate and gluten free flour, tastes devine!
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Thanks so much for taking the time to leave this comment. It's super helpful for anyone else looking to make the recipe allergen-free. Enjoy every last crumb!
Hi there, do I use medium or large eggs.. Also what Icing do you use. Thank you.
Hi Valerie. Medium or large will work here. The size difference isn't enough to make a difference in this recipe. And I've never frosted these brownies, but a simple frosting of butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder would be great here. Let me know how it goes! 🙂
Hi Deborah, can I put chopped walnuts into the mixture?
Thank you. Jean.
Hi Jean. Absolutely you can! Mix them through right at the very end of making the batter. A quick couple of mixes with a wooden spoon are all you'll need, just so that the brownie batter doesn't get over mixed. Let me know how it goes! And Happy Easter!
Me and my teenage son made this today better than other recipes I've tried. Yummy 😋
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That means the absolute world to me! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and a rating! Enjoy every last bite of those brownies! 🙂