This Mocha Brownies recipe combines the delicious flavor of chocolate with espresso enhancing the flavor of these fudgy brownies topped with a toffee crunch. Thick and rich, these brownies are delicious with a hot cup of coffee or a glass of cold milk!
❤️ Why you'll love it
Coffee lovers dessert: the chocolate flavor is enhanced with coffee and makes the perfect pairing for coffee lovers.
Fudgy brownies: if you love fudgy brownie recipes, then you will love this thick fudgy brownie with rich chocolate flavor!
Easy recipe: made with simple, easy to find ingredients and ready in just 30 minutes!
🥘 Ingredients
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Instant espresso powder or instant coffee granules: I highly recommend Cafe Bustelo.
Hot water
Semisweet chocolate chips
Unsweetened cocoa powder
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- Coat bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a glass measuring cup, combine instant espresso powder and hot water, stirring until espresso powder dissolves.
- Place butter and chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat in the microwave on high 1 minute or until butter just melts; stir until chocolate is smooth.
- Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk to combine.
- Using a hand whisk in a medium bowl, mix the coffee mixture into the butter mixture, along with the vanilla extract and eggs until well incorporated.
- Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture; stirring until dry ingredients are just combined.
- Spread brownie batter evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with toffee chips.
- Bake brownies for 22 minutes, until top of brownies are no longer wet and when a toothpick is inserted into the center of the brownies, it coms out with just a few crumbs clinging to the toothpick. Cool mocha brownies completely on a wire rack.
🥄 Equipment
9 inch square baking pan
Large mixing bowl
Glass measuring cup
Small bowl (should be microwave safe)
Dry measuring cups
Hand whisk
Wire rack
🥫Storage
Room temperature: store brownies in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Freeze: store in a freezer safe, airtight container up to 3 months.
📖 Variations
- Deepen the chocolate flavor more by adding 1 cup dark chocolate chips to the brownie batter
- Eliminate the toffee pieces from the topping and spread with a coffee flavored or peanut butter frosting. Chocolate lovers can top with this delicious chocolate buttercream frosting.
💭 Tips
- When checking for doneness, use a toothpick. The brownie batter should not look wet on the top, but it also should have a few crumbs that stick to the toothpick when removing from the center of the brownies. If the toothpick comes out wet, the brownies need to bake longer.
- The brownies are more fragile when warm, so allow them to cool completely before cutting.
- These brownies are pretty thick, if you like thinner brownies, you can bake in a larger pan. You will likely need to reduce baking time if you do so.
📚 Related Recipes
Baked Chocolate Mocha Doughnuts are a delicious part of weekend brunch or overall snacking!
These Chewy Mocha Toffee Chip Cookies are my all time favorite chewy cookie!
Cookie Butter Toffee Dip is perfect for barbecues and parties!
These Chocolate Fudge Brownies are my go to basic brownie recipe.
🍽 Serve with..
Serve with a hot cup of coffee and a scoop of vanilla or coffee flavored ice cream.
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📖 Recipe
Fudgy Mocha Brownies
Equipment
- 9 inch square baking pan
- Glass measuring cup
- Small bowl (should be microwave safe)
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Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons espresso powder
- ½ cup hot water
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1⅓ cups sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup toffee chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- Coat bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a glass measuring cup, combine instant espresso powder and hot water, stirring until espresso powder dissolves.
- Place butter and chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat in the microwave on high 1 minute or until butter just melts; stir until chocolate is smooth.
- Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Using a hand whisk in a medium bowl, mix the coffee mixture into the butter mixture, along with the vanilla extract and eggs until well incorporated.
- Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture; stirring until dry ingredients are just combined.
- Spread brownie batter evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with toffee chips.
- Bake brownies for 25 minutes, until top of brownies are no longer wet and when a toothpick is inserted into the center of the brownies, it coms out with just a few crumbs clinging to the toothpick.
- Cool mocha brownies completely on a wire rack.
Di says
Ooh, yum. I really want to make brownies now. But it's going to have to wait until after I make birthday cake and cupcakes (both chocolate).
Linda says
HoneyB, I'm going to have to look into that Cooking Light cookbook--you get so many great-sounding recipes out of it!
HoneyB says
Cathy, silly me, I should have put a link to the Jr. Mint Brownies...there is a link there now. I'm working on my labels and they will be up on my sidebar VERY SOON! You can also search the blog at the very top on the blogger bar. 😉
noble pig says
Okay I can't find them..how do you search your site? Or I need the link! Must have them.
noble pig says
Wow, thanks for the link. But did I miss Jr. Mint brownies? I haven't seen those and I know I have to have them. I will search your site...gee I'm pathetic!
Kevin says
Those brownies look so good! I am craving some now!
duodishes says
Cooking Light magazine? Really? lol They look like fudgey, chocolate, sweet goodness to us!!!! But if someone wants to call them light, we will not argue.
Cooking for Comfort by Jennifer says
WOW! These look SOOOOOO GOOD!
Laura says
No such thing as too many brownie posts...
Melissa says
Wow1 Those look so dense and scrumptiously delicious!
AK Mom says
Coffee and Chocolate...my favorites! 🙂
These look absolutely wonderful!
CookiePie says
YUM - those look amazing!! I want to be one of your co-workers!
Peggy says
YOu ARE on a brownie kick girl. I'd like one right now please.
Reeni♥ says
Your cooking light recipes are great!! Imagine their happiness upon spotting that box and the sadness on finding it's empty. It must be the time of year for brownies cause I was craving a batch all day!
Natashya says
You do realize that you are forcing me to bake brownies?!
There is only so much temptation I can take! They look delish.
Cami @ Creating Myself says
Love the idea of the toffee chips & the coffee being added...they look & sound marvelous!
Linda says
I can almost taste these. I love coffee and chocolate. I will have to try a batch of these for work.
Glad you got your tickets!! This is exciting!
Bob says
That looks so good! I'm going to have to make some brownies now. 🙂
pinkstripes says
YUM! Another great Cooking Light recipe!
Mari at Once Upon a Plate says
Yowwie Ms. S! Those look divine.
Wish I could sneak one through the screen. 🙂 xo~m.
Debbie says
Oh this sounds good with the coffee granules...that adds so much to chocolate..
Pam says
Mmmm. Rich, delicious and only 3 points. Gotta love that.
Why don't you move to the West coast and we can start a catering business here?
Ingrid says
Those look better than they did on myrecipes.com! Seriously MUCH better.
Yes, brownies seem to be popular right now. I've already posted one recipe and have a second in the works and just made a third that I haven't even started writing about!
Brownies are no brainers... everyone usually likes if not loves 'em!
~ingrid
Maria says
Brownies are the BEST!!!
averagebetty says
These look so yummy, HoneyB!
Jenny says
Ahhhh, I love a good thick brownie, it looks fantastic girl!
Sara says
These look great, I love toffee chips! You can't go wrong with homemade brownies.
Carrie says
Yum! They look divine!
Cristine says
You're killing me...absolutely killing me! 🙂
Barbara Bakes says
I've been craving chocolate lately. I'll have to give these a try!
Tangled Noodle says
I'm begging you for mercy . . .! How am I ever going to lose the Christmas weight if I keep seeing these gooey, fudgy, chocolate-y squares of goodness?
HoneyB says
Thanks for all the comments!
Lori - They should be cut into 20 pieces. Sorry, wish it was bigger, but really, they aren't too small. I cut 4 lines one way, 5 lines the other direction.
RecipeGirl says
Hi Honey B- how many pieces do you cut these into to get a serving size of 3 WW points? 9? 12?
They look wonderful. I'm wondering how they would taste if you subbed half whole wheat flour. I've been experimenting w/ that lately!
Creative One says
Delicious looking brownies!
recipes2share says
mmmm...not in the least surprised they didn't last the day!
Patsyk says
Thanks for the link love! 🙂
Those brownies look so rich and fudgey! I'm going to have to make this soon... hubby's got poker on Friday, that may be my excuse! 😉
gail says
Let me get this straight. Chocolate, coffee, AND toffee? yum yum!
Meg says
It must be brownie season! Toffee and coffee in a brownie is awesome, but the fact that they are light is even better!
Peter M says
Brownie love would make anyone's day...even grumpy ones!
Robin Sue says
It has been too long sine I have had a brownie, I must remedy this soon. These look so nice and fudgy!
shellyfish says
Just have to say, you have the luckiest co-workers ever!
Danielle says
Oh those do look good! I love toffee, I love chocolate I want these brownies :}
pigpigscorner says
Wow looks really fudgy!! I really have to bake brownies one day!
Happy cook says
Wish I was in you faculty or student.
They looks so moist and yumy.
Bookmarking them.
I will make them in cupcake form fo my daughter and her friends.
Annie says
Mmm... brownies! Too many is still never enough!
JyLnC says
This looks really good, too. I still have to buy my Junior Mints so I can wow my guys with that recipe.