If you have been looking online for brownies over the past few months, you have probably seen some version of these. These are Chocolate Chip Cookie Oreo Brownies. I did try to figure out where this started and I think it might have been with The Londoner and this recipe, though I did see it first here at What’s Gaby Cooking. Basically, it is a layer of cookie dough followed by a layer of Oreo cookies topped with a layer of brownie. This is my version using the Ghirardelli chocolate chip cookie recipe as a base and using Robert’s Absolute Best Brownies by David Lebovitz, which really are the best brownies I have ever eaten. I always wonder if these over the top type desserts are really as good as they sound like they will be – at least until I try them. Sometimes they are and sometimes they are not. But, these are really delicious. They are truly decadent and sure to get some attention wherever you take them… if you don’t keep them all for yourself.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Oreo Brownies
yield: 24 very thick brownies
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9″ x 13″ baking pan.
Cookie layer:
11 1/2 oz. package semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsps. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
24 Oreo cookies
Cream together the butter and the sugars until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition. Add vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt and beat until evenly distributed. Add flour and beat until well combined. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan. Press whole Oreo cookies into the cookie layer.
Brownie layer:
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter
1 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsps. vanilla extract
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Source: Cookie Layer: Ghirardelli, Brownie Layer: Robert’s Absolute Best Brownies by David Lebovitz
Inspired by: What Gaby’s Cooking and The Londoner
Shared on Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party.
These do look fantastic! You pulled together a lot of great elements here-yum! Also, I like that oreo stuck right in the middle. Well done, hope you are enjoying the weekend!
I agree with you, sometimes recipes have too much crammed in and there is no real sense of flavor popping through. These brownies look really good though!
Wow. This recipe is quite the discovery for me! It’s like 3 recipes in one. I think the cookie layer will be my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe from now on, and the brownie layer will be my new default brownies. The layered bars are incredibly delicious, but so very rich that they’ll have to be a once-a-year kind of thing for me. And I don’t say that lightly; I generally believe there’s no such thing as “too rich” when it comes to dessert. All in all, I will get a lot of mileage out of this one, so thank you!
–Laura
AMAZING! 3 cookies/treats in one! Thanks for sharing with FFF!
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