DECEMBER 1! It’s here. The start of a month where calories don’t count and cookie swaps are acceptable every day of the week! I figured we should kick things off with a bang and have some Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Brownies.
First – a few announcements! I’m hosting actual REAL LIFE cookie swaps on the 7th in Seattle and the 12th in New York City!! Stay tuned for Seattle details but the NYC deets are in the link! There will be cookies and champagne and it’s gonna be awesome! Come hang, eat some food, bring some cookies if you feel up for it, and let’s do this! Okay – not to these Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Brownies.
I used to make cheesecake brownies all the time in college – but for some reason I haven’t made them as obsessively recently. Never fear, this is no longer the issue! What I love most about cheesecake brownies is that the swirled cheesecake layer perfectly evens out the rich decadent brownies on the bottom making it a perfectly balanced bite. Add a few sprinkles of chocolate chips and your friends will be begging you to make more!
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Brownies
Ingredients
- 4 ounces unsalted butter 8 tablespoons
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate chopped
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper and then spray with baking spray. Set aside.
- For the Brownies: Melt the butter and chocolate in a small saucepan over medium low heat, constantly stirring until completely melted. Remove from the heat and whisk in the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Add the flour and carefully combine. Transfer to the parchment lined baking pan and set aside.
- For the Cheesecake: In a food processor, combine the cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla and whip together until there are no lumps.
- Using a spoon, drop pieces of the cheesecake batter on top of the brownie batter. Then using a knife, swirl the two batters together until you have a marbled effect.
- Sprinkle with the chocolate chips.
- Transfer baking dish to the oven and bake for 30-33 minutes.
- Once baked, remove from oven and let cool for at least 2 hours. (Refrigerate to speed this process up if needed)
So pretty!!!
Those are the most adorable little dishes. Thanks for the recipe and the giveaway.
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I can’t wait to try this recipe! Delicate dishes too!
I LOVE those dishes, and the recipe looks delicious!! Will definitely be trying this soon.
Those brownies look delicious! Think I will make them this weekend! Cute dishes too! Would love to win them! Thanks! Love your website and blog!
Would love these–and I’m anxious to see what else your mom will have in her new shop!
I absolutely love the pink dots! and your blog. What a talented duo.
Got a late start today but what a lovely way to begin this oh, so hot Friday in North Carolina – a delicious sounding recipe and gorgeous pottery dishes – thanks Gaby.
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Those dishes are so cute! I love pink! Thanks for the recipe…I have it bookmarked!
Can’t wait to bake these brownies! I’m sure they would taste even better in those cute little dishes!
Thanks for a great site.
Cheesecake + Brownies = Yummmmmmmmmmmm!!!!
These are absolutely precious!
Those little dishes are so freaking cute! I love unique dishes for when I have guests; always makes them feel so special! And those brownies, I think I’m going to have to save this recipe for the next time I go on a girl’s weekend to Vegas and surprise my boyfriend with these when I get home. He will die!
I’m a sucker for cute dishes and those are adorable!! And I absolutely must make those brownies now because otherwise I’ll be thinking of them all day and I won’t get anything else done!
Cheesecake and Chocolate or is it Chocolate and Cheesecake?! What’s not to like? Adorable dishes. They would go nicely in my collection of dessert dishes! Can’t wait to make these brownies!
I have lusted after these since you tweeted the pic!! I hope I win!
Yummy recipe & even yummier dish!
These look delish!!
I’ll bet those brownies taste even better on those cute dishes!
Those are so cute! And seriously, who doesn’t love cheesecake or brownies?
Sweet! Your mom is very crafty and they are just my style (beastie boys?). I wish I liked cheesecake cause those bars look so good. Maybe I will see if my tastebuds have changed…
SO cute! And the brownies look AMAZING!
how fun is that!
Your mom is so talented – what fun little dishes!
I NEED these brownies, need. And the little ceramic dishes are a must have…so how can I NOT enter??
Ok, so I’ve been coming here for a few weeks now and loving your site, the recipes are awesome, love the layout, your writing style, and the list goes on! And I love a cheesecake brownie as much as (if not more than) the next person. But I’m telling you, your mom has some talent! The first thing I noticed was *not* the brownies!! Those dishes are fantastic! 😀
Those are super cute!! She is sure talented!!
The dishes are lovely!! The brownies look fantastic too!
Those dishes are beautiful, they are the perfect serving size!
If I win the dishes, does the dessert come with them??? I’m drooling at 8am here! Love the brownies, and LOVE LOVE the dishes!
-Aimee
Very cute!
Thanks for the giveaway!
would love one!
These look perfect!
These look so adorable and delicious….LOVE the plates 🙂
Those are lovely little dishes 🙂
I LOVE your little dishes!! Would LOVE to win them 🙂 Thanks for a GREAT giveway!!
Love the dishes. Will have to make the brownies this week, and wait to see if I win. thanks!
These look simply heavenly! Absolutely can’t wait to try out the recipe!
Cute dishes! Perfect for summer tea parties with my three girls. And I can’t wait for a cooler day to turn on the oven to make these brownies.
Too pretty!
I love tiny little dishes!! I do need more because my husband likes to use little bowls for salsa and then I don’t have any when I need them. I think he would be less likely to use a pink polkadot dish so they are perfect! 🙂
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I am going to make these today to bring to a potluck. Thanks for the recipe and the chance to win the adorable dishes!!
Cheesecake brownies are one of my faves! I can’t wait to try them with white chocolate chips!
These look great – I have to make a birthday treat for a colleague later in the week and I think these are just right! Those dishes are so cute!
Love them! and not just because they’re small and cute but also because they’re not from some mass produced factory. Can I purchase them?
such cute dishes! your mom is talented 🙂