“When you’re downie, eat a brownie” (or “Feeling downie? Eat a brownie!”) is a food saying that has been printed on many images. “Don’t be a Downie, eat a Brownie!” was posted on Twitter by Renzo♥Jente on June 25, 2012. “When you’re downie eat a brownie” was posted on Twitter by “m” on August 28, 2013.
 
“If you’re feeling downie eat a brownie” was posted on Twitter on September 2, 2013, and “Feeling downie? Eat a brownie! #newlifemotto” was posted on Twitter a few minutes later.
   
The saying probably originated from an image.
   
 
Twitter
Renzo♥Jente
@ReNzO1606
Don’t be a Downie, eat a Brownie!
8:03 PM · Jun 25, 2012·Twitter Web Client
       
Twitter
m
@looptheluke_
@5SOSVSFOOD when your downie eat a brownie
4:50 PM · Aug 28, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
m
@looptheluke_@Calum5SOS
@Michael5SOS @Luke5SOS @Ashton5SOS @5SOS when you’re downie eat a brownie
5:12 PM · Aug 29, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Baby Bri
@yo_brii
When you’re downie, eat a brownie 💕
1:01 PM · Sep 2, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
theclayjacobson
@THEclayjacobson
Someone come get a brownie with me because the quote says “when you’re downie, eat a brownie” and I’m downie as shit.
1:03 PM · Sep 2, 2013·iOS
   
Twitter
roberta chacon
@robertachacon99
When you’re downie eat a brownie
1:08 PM · Sep 2, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
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@zeyhoe
if you’re feeling downie eat a brownie
2:51 PM · Sep 2, 2013·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter 
mal mal
@Meowllery
Feeling downie? Eat a brownie! #newlifemotto
2:58 PM · Sep 2, 2013·Twitter for Android
     
Twitter
Erica
@noterica
when youre feelin downie eat a brownie
6:23 PM · Sep 2, 2013·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
aug7🎈
@QueenZai_
When your feeling downie, eat a brownie 💕
12:04 AM · Sep 3, 2013·iOS
   
Twitter
ugh
@FoxWithFeathers
Replying to @josephine3laine
“@Josephine3laine: When you’re feeling downie eat a brownie.” Words of wisdom. Words to live by.
9:19 PM · Sep 3, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
8 May 2016, Lansing (MI) State Journal, Great Grads sec., pg. 7, col. 5:
Savannah Struble
Philosophy: When you’re downie, eat a brownie
 
Twitter
HEJ Coffee
@HEJCoffee
If you’re downie, eat a brownie 😊😊
Image
7:05 AM · Aug 18, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
Facebook
Chapter One Cafe
March 7, 2018 ·
When you’re downie, eat a brownie.
 
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When you’re downie eat a brownie
 
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29. When you are Downie, eat a brownie.
 
Reddit—Food
Posted by u/[deleted] April 27, 2019
[Homemade] When you’re downie, eat a brownie!
Image
   
Twitter
Mai Pajuelas
@mhaila03
Feelin’ downie? Eat a brownie! It keeps the frownie away! #HomeMadeBrownies #BrowniesByMai — eating Brownies by Mai at Home Sweet Home ❤ (link: https://www.facebook.com/1516957356/posts/10220010115912683/) facebook.com/1516957356/pos…
12:34 PM · Jul 30, 2019·Facebook