Fudgy brownies and chocolate chip cookies are combined into one in these fun desserts so that you don’t have to choose.
This post is sponsored by and created in partnership with J. M. Smucker Company for a Pillsbury™ Baking Challenge.
Brookie cups are chocolate chip cookies and brownies baked into individual muffin servings. They are fun to eat and you don’t have to choose cookie or brownie since you get both in one!
For the Pillsbury Baking Challenge, Pillsbury asked us to pick a night to go technology free. For example, no phone (except the camera feature), no TV, no tablets, no computer, etc. I was sent a box of various Pillsbury™ Baking and Frosting Mixes to bake up some goodies for the evening and was asked to document how our evening went.
I was really excited to try out the Pillsbury™ Purely Simple™ line of cookie mixes. I love that they don’t have artificial flavors, colors or preservatives. I was immediately drawn to the cookie mixes and the brownies since those are my absolute favorite desserts. And since I didn’t want to choose, I decided to combine them!
My first idea was to create the Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet Brownie. But when I was finished, I had leftover brownie mix, which is why I also made Brookie cups with the leftover brownie mix and an additional box of cookie mix.
I did most of the baking earlier in the day so everything would be ready for our evening. I managed to take a few photos before sunset.
Everyone dug into the brookie cups first.
We also spent the evening playing various board games. My favorite game is Pandemic because everyone has to work together to win. We have some really competitive people in our family, so this team strategy game helps keep everyone happy.
We chatted and gossiped about various things throughout the evening before then digging into the deep dish chocolate chip cookie skillet brownie.
My box of goodies also came with the Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Camera, which really kept us entertained. What is it about instant photos? I love having them as keepsakes and now I can make more memories with my own Instax Mini 8.
The kids especially loved the camera and now want one of their own. They took turns taking photos of themselves doing silly things.
We had a really fun evening full of sweets, games and laughter. It was definitely difficult to not be able to look up game rules on the internet or look up the name of a show we were discussing, but we had a nice quality evening chatting, sharing and of course eating!