Edible Brownie Batter
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This edible brownie batter is easy, delicious, and takes 10 minutes to make! It’s rich, fudgy, and a perfect way to satisfy that brownie dough craving. The options for toppings are endless too!
I am pretty much obsessed with edible dough. My edible sugar cookie dough is on repeat in my house, along with my favorite fudgy brownies. So I decided why not combine the concepts to make an edible brownie dough!
Since traditional brownie recipes have raw eggs and raw flour in them, it would not be safe to eat the raw batter. This brownie batter is eggless and the flour is heat treated, so it is safe to eat! The flour is heat treated, which takes just a couple minutes and ensures it’s 100% safe to eat.
What I love about this recipe too is that is can also be divided into single portions or you can just grab your spoon and dig in!
Ingredient Notes
- Butter: You can use regular butter or vegan butter. Measure the butter before melting it.
- Milk: You can use any milk you’d like in this recipe. Regular dairy milk, cream, or any vegan milk will work.
Fun Mix In Ideas
What I love about this edible brownie batter is that you can make it differently every time and it’s also so fun for kids to make! You can divide the prepared brownie batter (without mix-ins) between a few small bowls, set out a bunch of different mix-ins, and let the kids choose their own toppings!
Here are a few other fun ideas:
- Chop up your favorite cookies and mix them into the batter (I like to use Oreos or graham crackers!)
- Top the batter with sprinkles!
- Chop up a chocolate bar (I love this dough mixed with peanut butter cups) and toss it with the brownie batter
- Drizzle chocolate sauce or melted peanut butter on top
- Take two cookies (like sugar cookies) and sandwich a scoop of the brownie batter between them to make a cookie sandwich
- Mix in chopped walnuts or other nuts!
Heat Treating Flour
To heat treat flour, measure out the amount in the recipe plus some extra (around 1/3 cup for this recipe will work), then microwave it in a bowl for 1-2 minutes. You can also pour it onto a baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes at 350°F.
Heat treating your flour will kill off any harmful bacteria that might be growing on it and could potentially make you sick. Once the flour has been heat treated, it is safe to eat so I strongly recommend not skipping this step, especially if serving the brownie batter at a birthday party or other gathering!
Boxed Mix Option
To make the recipe even quicker, you can used boxed brownie mix. The boxed mix should still be heat treated though.
Then just melt the butter, stir in the boxed brownie mix and add in milk until the consistency looks right. You can then add in other mix-ins as well. If you have an allergy, just be sure to read the ingredients on the boxed mix as not all boxed brownies are dairy free/allergy-friendly.
Featured Reader Review
“Great recipe! I used boxed brownie mix and just measured out the equivalent of the cocoa powder and flour used. Also used almond milk and it works great.”
Addi
Expert Tips
- After you’ve heat treated the flour, let it cool before adding it to the bowl with the wet ingredients.
- If the dough seems too crumbly, you can add a bit more milk, and if you accidentally add too much milk, just add another tablespoon of flour to the dough! Since it isn’t being baked, the recipe is forgiving.
- Because this is a no-bake recipe, the batter can have a bit of graininess from the sugar (just like the taste of regular brownie batter). This will be the case will any edible dough that uses sugar. It doesn’t bother me but if you want it to be less grainy you can chill the dough and it will reduce the graininess a little bit.
- If you want to divide these up into single serving jars, these glass jars work great.
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Edible Brownie Batter
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup butter (regular or vegan), melted
- ½ cup (105 g) light brown sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour , (or white whole wheat flour)
- ½ cup (50 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3-6 tbsp milk (regular or vegan)*, as needed, SEE NOTES
- ¼-⅓ cup chopped chocolate or chocolate chips (regular or vegan), (optional)
Instructions
- Heat treat your flour by microwaving it in a bowl for around 1 -2 minutes or until it's hot, or pouring it on a baking sheet and baking it in a preheated oven (350°F) for 5 minutes, then set aside to cool* (SEE NOTES)
- Add in the flour, cocoa powder, and salt and mix.
- Mix in the 3 tbsp milk, then add more 1 tbsp at a time until your desired consistency is reached.
- Stir in the chopped chocolate or chocolate chips or other toppings and enjoy!
Equipment
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Notes
The calorie information provided for this recipe is an estimate. The accuracy of the calories listed is not guaranteed.
I dont normally review recipes or anything honestly
but RUUUUUUUUN to make this. aunt flo is here this week and THIS is exactly what I needed
Thank you for your comment! So glad you enjoyed!
Good recipe. I fiddled around with it a bit to get a fudgey consistency using heat treated bread flour for a more glutinous sort of batter and decided to add instant some coffee crystals to it to enhance the flavour of the chocolate and it was divine. Definitely try that if you like mocha. You can even use decaf instant coffee crystals if you can’t tolerate caffeine.
Sounds yummy! Thank you for your comment!
Can you warm up the raw dough so the chocolate chips are more melted?
Sure, I would just do a couple seconds in the microwave.
I absolutely love this recipe (has a very strong chocolate flavour so would advise using a tiny bit less cocoa powder if you don’t like strong flavours)
Margaret and sally loved this recipe!! It was just fantastic the only thing that was negative was time. It took sally and I 47 hours to complete but oh boy it turned out sooooooooo yummy!! We are big fans!! Thank you gabby! Totally appreciative of your awesome baking skills and creativity towards your recipes!! We will def make again!! 🤎
Thanks Margret and Sally! Sorry to hear it took so long for you 😅
YESSSSSS! Thank you so much for fixing my chocolate sweet tooth!!!
Absolutely delicious!! And super easy.
Thank you for your review!
So good! Used oat milk, oat flour and called it lactation brownie batter🤣
Lol I love this so much! So happy that you loved the recipe 🙂
Soooo good! Easy to make and the whole family loved it!
Thank you for your review Brookelyn✨
Hey! Tried this recipe and I was just wondering how to make it less gritty. 😊 Thank you.
Hi Amelia! This is going to happen in any edible brownie recipe that uses sugar since the dough isn’t being baked. In the tips and tricks section I suggest chilling the dough to reduce the graininess a little bit, so you can try that. Also make sure to whisk the sugars into the butter very well.