Take Boxed Brownies Over The Top With This Creamy Spread And Crunchy Cookies

Craving an after-dinner treat? If you have boxed brownie mix and cookie butter in your pantry, you're in luck. You already have the makings of an uber-decadent dessert. While boxed brownies taste delicious and moist on their own, the addition of sweet, cinnamony cookie butter makes them even more irresistible.

To make cookie butter poke brownies, you'll bake boxed mix as usual, then poke holes over the entire sheet of brownies. After melting a jar of Lotus Biscoff Cookie Butter or the Trader Joe's Speculoos Cookie Butter dupe, pour it generously over the brownies; the holes will allow it to seep into the dessert. If you like crunch, get some Lotus Biscoff Cookies to top it off for a satisfying crispiness.

The result? Moist brownies with a rich, sweet frosting and crunchy cookie topping. If you like chocolate mixed with notes of cinnamon and brown sugar, these taste like a near-perfect dessert ... in our humble opinion, of course.

While you can certainly eat these brownies warm, the best way to serve them is chilled. After spending some time in the fridge, the cookie butter becomes dense and solidifies around the Biscoff cookies, making for the perfect chewy bite. This also makes them easier to cut and serve: Simply carve around each cookie for the perfect portion. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream on the side.

Not a Biscoff fan? No problem. We still think cookie butter is a must for this dessert, but you can pair it with other delicious cookie options. Try some Walker's All-Butter Shortbread Rounds, which took first place in our ranking of 12 store-bought butter and shortbread cookies. Or use crushed-up Oreo cookies as we did in this Oreo Poke Brownie Recipe. If you love classic peanut butter desserts, use Nutter Butters, which have a similar shape and size to Biscoff.