Fudge Brownies stuffed with Oreos!

Fudgy, chocolately brownies is all I need to make my day…

….Especially a triple chocolate combination!

…and even better topped with ice cream and lucky charms cereal!!

Ingredients:

12 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I use Valrhona cocoa powder, which I highly recommend)
1 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups Oreos, crushed
2 cups chocolate chips (mix of large and mini)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325F degrees and line 8 x 8 inch pan with parchment paper. Make sure there is overhang of the parchment paper to make it easier to pull the brownie out after it is baked.
Create a double boiler (unless you have one) by using a heatproof bowl that fits over a sauce pan or another pot. Fill the pan or pot with enough water so that it is not touching the bowl that fits over the pot.
In the heatproof bowl, whisk together the butter, white sugar, salt and cocoa powder. Once the butter is melted and mixture is glossy, remove from heat and allow to sit for a minute. The mixture will most likely be gritty; no need for the mixture to be smooth at this point.
Whisk in the salt, followed by vanilla extract.
Add in eggs, and whisk until fully combined and then add in flour. Continue to whisk until fully combined (about 30-60 seconds of continued whisking…get that arm work-out on!!).
Pour about half the batter into the parchment paper lined pan. Then sprinkle crushed Oreos over the batter. The Oreos are easy to hand-crush or place in plastic bag and crush together. Be careful to make sure the cookie bits are not crushed in crumbs!
Then pour the remaining batter on top of the Oreo crushed cookies.
Bake for approximately 18 minutes. Pull the brownie out of the oven and cover with large and mini chocolate chips. Bake for another 2-5 minutes.