Cheesecake Brownies
Chocolate brownies are swirled with delicious cream cheese to create these irresistible cheesecake brownies.
Servings: 9
Calories: 315kcal
Ingredients
- 1 box brownie mix and ingredients (typically vegetable oil, water, and eggs)
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line an 8x8 square baking dish with parchment paper and set it aside.
- Mix up brownie mix according to package instructions. Reserve ½ cup brownie mix and pour the remaining batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Beat together cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Beat in egg gently.
- Drop scoops of cream cheese mixture onto the brownie batter.
- Mix a tablespoon of water into the reserved brownie batter to thin it out just a bit. Drop this remaining brownie batter over the top of the batter in the baking dish, between the scoops of cream cheese mixture.
- Use a knife or spatula to gently swirl the cream cheese mixture and brownie batter.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the brownies comes out with just a few crumbs on it.
- Allow brownies to cool completely before cutting into them.
Notes
- Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature so that you don't end up with lumps in your cheesecake mixture.
- A wooden skewer also works really well when swirling the batter together.
- If you try to cut your brownies before they are cooled enough, you won’t get clean cuts. Try to resist sampling until they are cool.
Nutrition
Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 349mg | Potassium: 78mg | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 40IU | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 2mg