You can never go wrong with a good chocolate dessert, some of my favorite include chocolate coconut cake, chocolate peanut butter pie, chocolate chip blondies and these amazing cream cheese brownies.
Cheesecake BrownieS Ingredients
To make these cheesecake brownies you will need butter, semisweet chocolate chips, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, cocoa powder and salt for the brownie layer. For the cheesecake layer make sure to have cream cheese, granulated sugar, an egg and vanilla extract. Looking for more brownies? Don’t miss my Oreo brownies, mint brownies, peanut butter brownies and cosmic brownies!
How Do You Make Cheesecake Brownies?
When you make this cheesecake brownies recipe, the first step is to make the batter. In a large bowl place butter and cholate chips. Microwave the bowl in 30 second increments and stir until the chocolate melts. Let the melted chocolate cool a bit, then whisk in sugar, eggs and vanilla extract. Next, stir in flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside a quarter of the batter. Stir in chocolate chips to the larger amount of the batter. Prepare a square pan with parchment paper and cooking spray and pour the larger amount of batter in the baking pan. Make the cheesecake layer by beating together cream cheese, sugar, an egg and vanilla extract. Pour the cheesecake mixture over the brownie batter in the pan. Add dollops of the remaining brownie batter on top and swirl it with the cheesecake batter. Bake your brownies, then cool and enjoy.
Tips for The Perfect Cheesecake Brownies
This recipe uses semisweet chocolate chips. Do not use Nestle Toll House chocolate chips. They do not melt smoothly and will not work in these brownies. I recommend using Guittard or Ghirardelli chocolate chips. Use room temperature cream cheese when you make the cheesecake batter so it can mix with the other ingredients smoothly. You can warm and soften your cream cheese in microwave. You can use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to make your cheesecake batter. I recommend cutting these cheesecake brownies into small pieces as they’re quite rich! While this brownie recipe makes rich and fudgy brownies, if you are out of time you can use a box brownie mix with the cheesecake layer in this recipe. You can store these brownies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Flavor variations
I typically make these cheesecake brownies as written, but you can add other flavors to the recipe to change up the flavor.
Raspberry: Stir 1/2 cup mashed raspberries or into the cheesecake layer or add 1/4 cup of raspberry sauce to the cheesecake batter. Mint: Add 1/2 teaspoon mint extract to the brownie layer and a few drops of green food coloring to the cheesecake layer. Oreo: Sprinkle 3/4 cup of crushed Oreos over the top of the brownies before they go into the oven. Peanut Butter: Add 1/2 cup peanut butter to the cream cheese layer. Caramel: Mix 1/4 cup of caramel sauce to the cheesecake batter.
These cream cheese brownies have become one of my go-to desserts. They’re portable, delicious and look so very impressive! You’ll be sure to get rave reviews when you serve up this treat.
