Gooey Brownie Pie – a gooey chocolate brownie with a crackly top baked into a pie and topped with hot fudge. A delicious and easy dessert for any chocolate lover.
Brownies are kind of my thing. Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownies. Or just regular fudgy brownies. They are pretty much my favorite dessert. We are up to about 30 brownie recipes here on the blog, so there is no shortage of options.
Valentine’s Day is coming up, so today we are here with a decadent and over the top brownie recipe you can share with your Valentine. And not just regular brownies either. This is a gooey brownie pie, that will make you rethink brownies forever.
I can’t remember where I saw this recipe first, but as soon as I saw the picture, I knew I had to make it. Maybe it was shared on Facebook, I don’t remember. But one thing I know, is Ina Garten knows how to bake. Her Outrageous Brownies are amazing, so I knew this gooey brownie pie would be too.
Her recipe called for a chocolate ganache (melted chocolate chips with heavy cream) drizzled over the top. But I wanted to make it a little extra special. So I made Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Sauce from A Dash of Sanity to spread over the top. You could follow the original recipe, use my special touch, or even just use your favorite hot fudge over the top. Whatever form of extra chocolate you add will be delicious.
The brownie pie puffs up as it bakes, and the tops gets crackly and delicious. But the inside stays gooey, rich, and super chocolatey. I wanted mine to stay all chocolate, but you could mix in walnuts if that is more your thing. I am not a fan of nuts in desserts, so I skipped that part.
So this Valentine’s Day or any day, really. Because chocolate is appropriate every day of the year. Make this gooey brownie pie for your family or your special someone. It comes together so easy, so even you non-bakers can master this and impress the people in your life!
Here are a few of my favorite kitchen items I used in this recipe:
Spring Form Pan – Use your spring form pan for more than just cheesecake! Your dessert comes out gorgeous, with no messy slices.
Hand Mixer: I love these for small batches or quick and easy recipes that don’t require a lot of ingredients. I love that you can have so many color options now, I love the red!
Measuring Cups – nothing beats a good set of measuring cups that last a long time. I love metal measuring cups because of their durability.
Rubber Spatula – Nothing like being able to scrape any type of bowl clean without scratching it up. Don’t forget one of these babies to get every last bit out of your bowl.
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Gooey Brownie Pie
Gooey Brownie Pie - a gooey chocolate brownie with a crackly top baked into a pie and topped with hot fudge. A delicious and easy dessert for any chocolate lover.
Ingredients
- 6 Tbls butter
- 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, , divided
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a pie plate or 9 inch spring form pan.
- In a heat safe bowl melt together butter and 2 cups of chocolate chips until smooth. You can use a double boiler or microwave at 50% power in 30 second intervals. Let cool.
- In an electric mixer beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Mix in the cooled chocolate.
- Fold in flour, baking powder and salt until just combined. Mix in remaining 1 cup chocolate chips.
- Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes until the center is puffed. The top may crack.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely.
- Top with hot fudge to serve
Notes
Recipe Adapted from Food Network
If using a pie plate, I would use about 3/4 of the batter, otherwise it will be too full.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
10Amount Per ServingCalories 496 Saturated Fat 16g Cholesterol 71mg Sodium 177mg Carbohydrates 53g Fiber 4g Sugar 39g Protein 5g
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Karly says
OMG! This. Looks. Amazing. My MIL makes a dessert like this that I LOVE, but the recipe is just way too complicated for me. This on the other hand, looks even more delicious and is something I can actually handle! Love it!
Diane says
My 9 year old wanted to make this, we just put it I the oven –
but I’m sad I didn’t listen to myself regarding an ingredient – I wondered about the baking soda – seemed like it needed baking powder instead, but I was distracted and we made as written. I was looking at this post just now after finishing the recipe and clicked on where you said you originally found it – from Ina Garten. And I saw her recipe says to use baking powder, not soda!! 🙁 So FYI, you may want to fix thr ingredients list & instructions… oddly I thought about adding a touch of coffee to it, too, and see THAT is in original as well!! Oh well!
Leslie says
First of all I followed this recipe to a tee. Put it in a 9 inch pan and baked and had an absolute disaster. The pan can not hold this pie and so as it baked it spilled over the edge in a burnt mess in my oven and the gooey pie never completely baked . Now I have a mess and no pie for PI tomorrow for my kids school.
Erin S says
Sorry for your mess. The recipe was tested in a 9 inch spring form pan, the high sides keep it from spilling over. If using a pie pan, I would try a slightly larger one, but will probably need to adjust the baking time down slightly.
Rachel says
Can this be prepped up until baking and kept in fridge?
Erin S says
I have not tried that, but Indo not see why it wouldn’t work.
Chris says
I baked this in a deep-dish pie pan, and it was perfect. I agree that a standard 9 inch pie pan would be too small. I’m a serious chocoholic, and this really fills the bill. It’s super rich, so cut it small. We’ll definitely be keeping this on our go-to dessert list!
Marlene says
This is a fantastic dessert! And it’s easy, too. I made it for an early birthday dinner for my daughter and her husband and they loved it. I added a bit of espresso powder to enhance the chocolate flavor and drizzled both fudge and salted caramel sauce on top, then served with either vanilla or coffee ice cream. Divine! Thanks for a great recipe.
Julie says
Wow Erin, your recipes look amazing. This brownie pie has me drooling!
Lore says
HI! I have tried this recipe with my brownie maker and it is always a success! Since I don’t have an oven, I think I will start baking in a toaster oven.. do you think it will work as well ? And, could you please tell me at which temperature you bake this pie ? Thank you so, so much ! Best brownie recipe I’ve tried 🙂
Erin S says
I am not sure how your toaster oven works or the temperature. You want it close to the regular oven baking temp. I do not have a toast over, so I haven’t tried it, but I think it should work. Let me know!
Lore says
Thank you! We’ll see how that goes 🙂 at what temperature is it baked in a regular oven, 350 ?
Erin S says
Yes, that is what the recipe directions say to do.
Annie says
Sorry this may be a silly question… But is there a recipe for how to make the fudge?
Thanks!!
Erin S says
Do you mean the sauce that is over the top? I just used store bought hot fudge sauce. But here is one of my favorite homemade versions https://dinnersdishesanddesserts.com/hot-fudge-sauce/
Angel says
Do you know the weight of the three cups of chocolate chips? I have baking chocolate I’d like to use but I’m not sure about the equivalent.
Erin S says
18 oz total. 2 cups of chocolate chips is the equivelant to a 12 oz bag. Hope that helps!
Amanda martinez says
Omg this turned out sooo good!! And super easy!! Everyone loved this!!!! Will be making more!! Definitely a keeper!!!
Malessa says
This was an amazing recipe! I used a pie crust and it was perfect with vanilla ice cream! (:
decanter says
Hello,I added a bit of espresso powder to enhance the chocolate flavor and drizzled both fudge and salted caramel sauce on top, then served with either vanilla or coffee ice cream.
Thanks
Jenna newberry says
So is it 620 cal for 1/8 of pie or is the whole pie 620 calories
Erin S says
That is for 1/8th of the pie. Last few times I have easily gotten 10 slices – so I updated it. Obviously, the smaller the slice the less calories.
Nanastar says
What type of flour, I assume all purpose?
Erin S says
Yep! All-purpose flour it is. Enjoy!
Janine says
I just baked this and it turned out amazing!! How do you keep the center from collapsing too much as it cools? Mine has like a full inch shelf drop coming from the edge to the middle.
Noah Wakely says
Ok, this was probably one of THE WORST brownies/brownie pies i have ever tried. I followed the recipe absolutely perfectly and everything went wrong. All you could taste was salt and baking soda (there was way too much!). Secondly a standard 9 inch dish doesn’t work at all, it rose over the edge of the dish. Thirdly 30 minutes was way too long (if i had put it in for 35-40 minutes like it recommended it probably would be in ashes.)
DO NOT USE THIS RECIPE!
Erin S says
The recipe states to use a spring form pan, because the sides are way higher. That is why the baking time is longer – it is much thicker than if you use a standard pan. I addressed using a standard pan in above comments, and said not to use one. And 1/4 tsp of baking soda and salt is very little, not sure how that is all you could taste. Most brownie recipes call for about 1/2 – 1 tsp of each. Sorry this didn’t work out for you.
Jess says
Made this yesterday, havled the ingrediants as didnt have enough chocolate, it came out perfect, my teenage daughter and her friend ended up eating tge whole thing with icecream through out the day, no idea why one post said all could taste was salt and baking powder. Thats just nonsense!!!
Thankyou
Erin Bailey says
Hey Erin! I am planning to make this recipe for a birthday dinner this weekend, but I was wondering if I could bake it the night before. Really looking forward to trying this recipe!
Thanks!
Erin S says
Yep, you can definitely bake it the day before! Just make sure to use a pan large enough so it doesn’t over flow. Enjoy!
Jen says
Be still my heart! I think I just fell in love. I would need to make it, have one piece then give it away otherwise I will EAT IT ALL!
Chrissie Baker says
Brownies are my thing ! and this sounds absolutely perfect – great yummy, chocolate gooey dessert…this looks to die for!!
Amanda says
Oh my this looks amazing! Love the fudge on top!
Sara Welch says
Give me all that chocolate; I could devour this whole pie! This looks amazing!
Beth Pierce says
I am drooling over all that chocolatey goodness! What a great dessert for chocolate lovers; yum!
Catalina says
This pie is so mouthwatering! This would be perfect for a cup of tea!
Melanie Bauer says
Looks mouth watering! I’m craving for this goodness right now, need to try this soon!