These Mocha Brownies have espresso added to the ingredients to help enhance the chocolate flavor. Topped with toffee pieces, this brownie recipe is thick, fudgy, and a coffee lovers treat!

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This Mocha Brownies recipe combines the delicious flavor of chocolate with espresso enhancing the flavor of these fudgy brownies topped with a toffee crunch. Thick and rich, these brownies are delicious with a hot cup of coffee or a glass of cold milk!

Two mocha brownies stacked on top of each other on a white plate with floral trim.

❤️ Why you'll love it

Coffee lovers dessert: the chocolate flavor is enhanced with coffee and makes the perfect pairing for coffee lovers.

Fudgy brownies: if you love fudgy brownie recipes, then you will love this thick fudgy brownie with rich chocolate flavor!

Easy recipe: made with simple, easy to find ingredients and ready in just 30 minutes!

🥘 Ingredients

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Cooking spray

Instant espresso powder or instant coffee granules: I highly recommend Cafe Bustelo.

Hot water

Butter

Semisweet chocolate chips

All-purpose flour

Sugar

Unsweetened cocoa powder

Baking powder

Salt

Vanilla extract

Large eggs

Toffee chips

Dry ingredients and wet ingredients before combing together. — Dry ingredients and wet ingredients are mixed separately before combining.

🔪 Instructions

Preheat oven to 350º F.
Coat bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a glass measuring cup, combine instant espresso powder and hot water, stirring until espresso powder dissolves.
Place butter and chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat in the microwave on high 1 minute or until butter just melts; stir until chocolate is smooth.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk to combine.
Using a hand whisk in a medium bowl, mix the coffee mixture into the butter mixture, along with the vanilla extract and eggs until well incorporated.
Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture; stirring until dry ingredients are just combined.
Spread brownie batter evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with toffee chips.
Bake brownies for 22 minutes, until top of brownies are no longer wet and when a toothpick is inserted into the center of the brownies, it coms out with just a few crumbs clinging to the toothpick. Cool mocha brownies completely on a wire rack.

Step 2 adding wet ingredients to dry ingredients. — Wet ingredients are added to dry ingredients and stirred until just combined.

🥄 Equipment

9 inch square baking pan

Large mixing bowl

Glass measuring cup

Small bowl (should be microwave safe)

Dry measuring cups

Hand whisk

Wire rack

Brownie batter spread in a 9 inch baking dish. — A 9 inch square pan makes thick brownies, if you want thinner brownies, use a larger dish and bake for less time.

🥫Storage

Room temperature: store brownies in an airtight container up to 5 days.

Freeze: store in a freezer safe, airtight container up to 3 months.

📖 Variations

Deepen the chocolate flavor more by adding 1 cup dark chocolate chips to the brownie batter
Eliminate the toffee pieces from the topping and spread with a coffee flavored or peanut butter frosting. Chocolate lovers can top with this delicious chocolate buttercream frosting.

Toffee pieces sprinkled over brownie batter in baking dish. — Heath Toffee Bits add a buttery crunch to the top of these tasty mocha brownies.

💭 Tips

When checking for doneness, use a toothpick. The brownie batter should not look wet on the top, but it also should have a few crumbs that stick to the toothpick when removing from the center of the brownies. If the toothpick comes out wet, the brownies need to bake longer.
The brownies are more fragile when warm, so allow them to cool completely before cutting.
These brownies are pretty thick, if you like thinner brownies, you can bake in a larger pan. You will likely need to reduce baking time if you do so.

Overhead photo of mocha brownies with toffee pieces topping. — Once baked, allow brownies to cool completely before serving. Warm brownies will tend to fall apart.

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🍽 Serve with..

Serve with a hot cup of coffee and a scoop of vanilla or coffee flavored ice cream.

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