Cream Cheese Brownie Recipe combines fudgy chocolate brownies with a velvety cream cheese swirl, perfect for special events but easy enough for any day.
Butter a 9 x 9 baking pan. Place a parchment paper about 8 inches wide with a little overhang. Butter the parchment paper. (This will make it easier to pull the brownies out of the pan once they are cooked). Set aside.
In a small saucepan, add the butter, granulated sugar, and packed brown sugar. Over medium heat, stir until the butter is melted and all ingredients are incorporated. Remove from the heat, and let it cool for 5 minutes.
While the sugar and butter mixture is cooling off, in a large mixing bowl, sift the flour and cocoa powder together and add the chocolate chips. Set aside
Whisk the eggs, one at a time into the cooled butter and sugar mixture. Mix well in between each.
Once all the eggs have been added, pour the mixture over the dry ingredients and mix until all of the flour mixture is incorporated.
Pour ¾ of the mixture into the prepared pan. Set aside.
Make the cream cheese filling
In a separate medium mixing bowl, add all ingredients for the cream cheese filling. Mix until the ingredients are mixed into a smooth batter.
Gently put the cream cheese filling over the brownie filling in the pan. Carefully spread it and use a knife to gently swirl the cream cheese filling into the chocolate brownie batter.
Top the swirled batter with the remaining chocolate brownie batter. Gently spread evenly and create a swirl if desired.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30-33 minutes.
Cool the brownies completely.
Serve and Enjoy!
Notes
BAKER’S NOTES:
I have found out that letting the cream cheese soften at room temperature leads to a better filling, more soft and creamy.
Storage: Store in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Have fun with the recipe: ▪ Make it spicy: Add a pinch of chili powder or cayenne to the brownie batter. ▪ Make it kid-friendly: Add different chocolate chip flavors, add mint extract in the cream cheese or food coloring.
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.