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Two slices of chocolate fudge cream cheese brownies with a rich chocolate layer and a swirled cream cheese filling on top.

Chocolate Fudge Cream Cheese Brownies

Irresistible marbled brownies: a from-scratch fudge brownie batter made with melted chocolate chips and butter, layered and swirled with a sweet cream cheese filling studded with more chocolate chips. Chill for clean, fudgy squares.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Cooling + Chilling 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 55 minutes
Servings: 24 brownies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cream cheese layer
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Fudge brownie layer
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup butter cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Method
 

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F and grease a 13x9 glass pan (or 8x8 for thicker brownies).
  2. Beat the cream cheese, 1 egg and 1/4 cup sugar with a hand mixer about 2 minutes until smooth. Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips and set aside.
  3. Put the other cup of chocolate chips and the butter in a glass bowl set over a saucepan of boiling water. Stir continuously until melted and smooth.
  4. Remove from the heat and stir in the 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, flour, baking powder and salt until smooth; the batter should fall slowly from the spatula.
  5. Spread half the brownie batter in the pan. Spread the cream cheese mixture over it, then drop the remaining brownie batter on top in blobs.
  6. Swirl a butter knife up and down across the pan for a marbled look.
  7. Bake 25-30 minutes (add 5-10 for an 8x8), until the edges crinkle and pull away from the sides. Cool in the pan on a rack 1 hour, then chill 2 hours before cutting.

Notes

Bake them before the family gets home and hide them, or they will be gone before you get one.