There’s nothing better than a rich, fudgy chocolate brownie. Brownies are a perennial classic and longtime fan favorite for a reason. Whether they’re filled with nuts, topped with icing, or stuffed with decadent filling, brownies are downright delicious. Pour yourself a glass of milk and read up on more info about the different types of brownies, along with ten types you’ve definitely got to try.
How to Make Different Types of Brownies
Everyone is familiar with the classic chocolate brownie. It’s rich, fudgy, chewy, and chocolately beyond belief. There are dozens of different types of brownies beyond that classic favorite. The main differences are the special additions the baker can mix into the brownie batter or add as scrumptious toppings after baking. You can add nuts or chocolate chips into the batter to completely alter the taste and texture of the brownies. Or, you could top them with chocolate icing or white chocolate drizzle, or stuff them with peanut butter or rich caramel sauce. There are practically endless flavor combinations you can create to make different types of brownies, and it’s all at the baker’s discretion. Feel free to experiment and create your own, unique brownie recipes that add a new twist to the classic brownie.
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Top 10 Different Types of Brownies
If you’re looking for some new types of brownies to try, you’re in luck. Here are ten different types of brownies that are all absolutely delicious:
1. Edible Bakeshop® Brownie
A twist on a classic favorite, this rich, fudgy brownie holds a hidden surprise. Its center is filled with gourmet semisweet chocolate chips. Plus, it’s topped with a white chocolate glaze.
Made just like a regular brownie and jam-packed with walnuts, a brownie with nuts is one of the most classic types of brownies. In fact, whether or not to include nuts in brownies is such a hot issue, people cling vehemently to both sides of the debate. The people who hate nuts complain that you ruined the brownies if you include nuts, while those who love nuts think it’s not a real brownie without them.
What’s better than a fudgy brownie, you say? One that’s covered in rich, creamy, chocolate icing. This type of brownie elevates the sweetness level to new heights.
4. Blondies
Blondies aren’t about adding in additional ingredients to a classic brownie; instead, they actually omit one. Made without cocoa powder, blondies are a completely different type of brownie. They rely on brown sugar to give them their flavor, which lends them a distinctive molasses taste. You can add in white chocolate chips or nuts or just leave them plain.
Like a peanut butter cup in brownie form, peanut butter brownies make the most out of the chocolate and peanut butter combo. Some recipes require you to swirl the peanut butter into the batter, while others add it in after the brownies have baked.
This type of brownie ups the ante with hazelnut spread mixed right into the batter and swirled on top. These brownies have an incredibly concentrated and sweet chocolate hazelnut flavor that makes them completely unique.
7. Double Chocolate Brownies with White Chocolate Drizzle
Top your favorite brownies with white chocolate drizzle for a fun and delicious new take on a favorite dessert. White chocolate provides just the right amount of panache and a little extra sweetness that makes this one of the most classic types of brownies.
Since way before Thin Mints or York Peppermint Patties, mint and chocolate have always gone together. Mint chocolate brownies typically layer your favorite flavors with a brownie base, a mint layer, and a chocolate icing layer on top.
A dose of espresso deepens the chocolate flavor in your brownies. Plus, it gives you a bit of a pick-me-up when you need it most. Espresso brownies combine chocolate and coffee to effortlessly create a brownie with a rich, deep chocolate flavor that’s simply divine.
10. Caramel Brownies
Caramel brownies are made by stuffing fudgy brownies with caramel sauce in the middle and topping it off with a caramel drizzle. This type of brownie provides layers of chocolate and caramel in every delectable bite.
More Questions About Brownies
How many types of brownies are there?
While there are an endless number of brownie variations, brownies can generally be classified as one of 3 types:
- Fudgy brownies
- Cakey brownies
- Chewy brownies
These classifications refer to the texture of the brownie. Cakey brownies are fluffier and lighter, with an airy cake-like texture, while fudgy brownies are dense, gooey, and extra-moist. Chewy brownies, on the other hand, have a slightly crispy edge and are moist and slightly gooey inside. Chewy brownies fall in the middle of cakey brownies and fudgy brownies in terms of density. They’re more dense than cakey brownies, but not as dense as fudgy brownies.
Beyond these 3 categories, there are endless variations of brownies that generally fall into one of these 6 categories:
- Blondies: The counterpart to the chocolatey goodness of a regular brownie, blondies use vanilla instead of chocolate and often include some brown sugar.
- Combination brownies: They can be combined with other treats (such as cheesecake brownies, and chocolate chip cookie brownies).
- Swirl brownies: They can also contain other delectable flavors when mixed with ingredients like peanut butter or marshmallow.
- Layered brownies: Layered brownies might have layers of marshmallow fluff, peanut butter, caramel, chocolate chip cookie dough, and more.
- Brownies with mix-ins: Mix-ins are one of the most common ways to create unique and tasty brownies. Nuts, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, marshmallows, and candy pieces are just a few of the many possibilities.
- Brownies with toppings: Toppings like chocolate fudge topping, caramel, pecan & coconut icing, Nutella, caramel, chopped nuts, pretzels, cream cheese frosting, whipped topping, fruit, crushed cookies, and more can transform ordinary brownies into unique and extraordinary brownies.
Any of these options can be combined with others, such as layered brownies with crushed almond topping or crushed graham crackers, pecan & coconut icing, for even more possibilities.
What are the best types of brownies?
The best types of brownies are the ones you can’t resist, whatever type of brownie that may be. The most popular types of brownies are:
- Classic brownies
- Iced brownies
- Peanut butter brownies
- Chocolate chip cookie brownies
- Cheesecake brownies
- Brownies with walnuts
- Caramel brownies
What makes a fudgy brownie?
Fudgy brownies typically have a higher amount of fat (such as butter and chocolate) compared to cakey brownies and chewy brownies, and they usually have less flour and an extra egg yolk.
What type of cake is brownie?
While brownies may seem similar to cakes — particularly cakey brownies — they’re not classified as cakes at all. While you eat cake with a fork, brownies are finger foods that you eat like you’d eat a cookie, so they’re more like a cookie bar than cake.
Now that you know more about the different types of brownies, we’d like to know — what’s your very favorite?
