It’s two p.m. and the blazing sun won’t be going down for hours. Your kids, decked out in brightly colored swimwear parade around the house insisting on blasting the sprinklers for the second time since noon. You’re a fun mom, so you set down your summer read and ease your way out of your comfy hammock in the shade, barefoot, making your way toward the lawn sprinkler. 
It’s summertime. Time for top-heavy ice cream cones, 9th inning full counts, and homemade brownie sundaes. Kids are home from school 24/7 and begging for fun games and ice cold treats. Today’s the perfect day to get in the kitchen and whip up my best brownie recipe for kids.
One bowl. One spoon. One kid. One home run of a brownie recipe.
Fudge brownies are a staple in my home. Nearly every guest who’s ever stepped in the door has tasted my fudge brownie recipe… and then asked for it! This simple brownie recipe is so easy that my husband has nearly committed it to memory and even taught it to the participants in a local cooking workshop he leads for migrant women in a local slum.
My two and four year-olds love baking easy recipes for kids, and this fudge brownie recipe is perfect for them. They can scoop and measure, stir, and even scrape these fudge brownies into the pan all by themselves. They only need me for popping the pan into the oven. Super simple and totally worth temporarily heating up your kitchen during a long summer afternoon.
Enjoy!
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup oil
- 1½ cups sugar
- ⅔ cups cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- pinch salt
- pinch dry coffee grounds
- ½ cup chopped nuts, optional
- In a small saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in oil, sugar, and cocoa.
- In a medium bowl whisk together eggs and vanilla. Pour in chocolate mixture and combine. Add salt, coffee, nuts, and flour and mix just to combine.
- Pour into a greased 9x9" baking pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until the center looks almost set. If you like your brownies fudgy like me, it's always best to remove them earlier rather than later. If they're not quite set, you can always call them molten chocolate brownies and serve them warm with vanilla ice cream.
More summmertime treats served up fresh!
we just finished the brownie that i baked yestrdy. will try ur recipe next week!
OMG I am in heaven right now and the kids might not see ANY of these lol. It is definitely hot out, and these do seem like great ideas that I could do with the kiddos. Thanks for sharing.
We love brownies in our house. My kids are going to love these brownies.
My best friend and I used to joke that we could make anything except brownies. For some reason we always get it wrong, somehow I think this recipe will fix that problem.
Haha, I say something similar about myself. I can cook just about anything, but my lemonade is always off and my mashed potatoes just don’t get fluffy. Hope you like the recipe! P.S. When in a bind with no cocoa on hand, I totally go for Ghirardelli’s brownie mix. SO SO good!
That’s quite easy and it would be nice to make some brownies for the kids to snack on after a whole day filled with activities! This is definitely a must try and I like that the kids can help out too. Cooking is always fun with them around!
Just wow! I bet your cute kids are tasting sweet heaven every now and then with your luscious recipes and treats. This looks like a great snack for my upcoming weekday vacation!
What a great recipe for the kids. I would love to try these.
Those are so cute and look oh so gooey and perfect! I love a good fudge brownie!
This looks really good and easy. I would leave out the coffee grounds however. My daughter would love to make these on her own.
Those sound really good. I could really go for some brownies right about now too. I have everything except those coffee grounds too!
This looks awesome. I’m a huge brownie fan and always on the look out for new recipes! That ice cream looks awesome too.
Oh, love this brownie recipe and the frosting is adorable. My son will surely like to eat this.
This is so timely, my son asking me to cook some brownies for this weekends. I will try this recipe!
I’m all about sweet stuff lately. I’ve always had a minor sweet tooth, but this week something major is going on, lol.
Ooooo these brownies look delicious!!!!! I bet my daughter would love them! Must make
love this and seems super easy, maybe even i can do it!