Collin called me this week while I was driving home from work. We don’t speak on the phone very often and frankly I was surprised at his call. But he surprised me with a new recipe challenge.

“My co-worker,” he said, “made these phenomenal cookie-brownies things and I think you need to make something similar to it for your blog.”  He explained there was a layer of chocolate chip cookie dough, with Oreo’s and then topped with brownie batter. “Delicious,” he explained.

So here is our rendition: Death by Dessert.

FYI–Collin, affectionately known as “Collskis” or “He Who Shall Not Be Named” and I met on Semester at Sea in 2009 while we were studying abroad in college.

Ingredients:

• Sugar cookie base
• Fudge Brownie mix
• 1 c. butterscotch chips
• 1 bag snickers mini bars, chopped 

For the cookie base-

• 1 1/2 c. flour
• 1/2 c. butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tbsp milk

For the brownie mix-

• 1 1/4 c. flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder
• 12 oz. chocolate
• 1 c. butter
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. light brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 2 c. mini chocolate chips

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a standing mixer combine all the ingredients for the sugar cookie base. I opted for a sweeter-style sugar cookie–feel free to add lemon zest or orange zest for a slightly tangier base.
3. Spread the dough out on the bottom of a 13×9 in. pan. 
4. Layer on the butterscotch chips and chopped Snickers bars. You can really add whatever types of candies you’d like here–I went for Snickers because I was craving the sweet/salty combination that the peanuts and caramel provide. In Collin’s original suggestion, he had whole Oreo’s in the center. 
5. In the standing mixer, add all the brownie ingredients and blend well. Pour on top of the cookie/candy combination. 
6. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

In retrospect, I think this recipe turned out pretty damn smashing and we’ll see how they’re received by friends, family and co-workers. It kind of reminded me of the Candy Bar Cookies I made in September, but with a twist.

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the original posting that Collin was explaining to me on Pinterest. What layers would you add?