Halloween Brownies
Halloween Brownies are fudgy, from-scratch brownies with a bright orange cream cheese swirl, topped with Halloween sprinkles and candy eyeballs. They're the easiest way to turn a pan of brownies into a spooky party treat!
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Makes: 16 brownies
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter
- 4 oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chopped (I recommend using chocolate bars, chopped. Chocolate chips won't melt well)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Halloween sprinkles optional for topping
- Candy eyeballs optional for topping
Orange Cream Cheese Swirl
- 6 oz cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- Orange gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper or foil.
- Add butter and chopped chocolate to a double boiler (or in a heat-proof bowl set over a saucepan with water) and bring water in the bottom of boiler to a simmer. Stir gently until mixture is just melted and smooth.
- Whisk in both sugars, eggs one at a time, and vanilla. Fold in cocoa powder, flour, and salt just until combined.
- In a separate medium bowl, beat cream cheese swirl ingredients together until smooth (I like to use a hand mixer). Tint with gel coloring to a bright shade of orange.
- Reserve about ½ cup of brownie batter and spread the rest in the bottom of the prepared pan. Dollop cream cheese mixture over it, add remaining brownie batter in between, and drag a knife through to gently swirl.
- Bake 30-38 minutes, until the cream cheese is set and a toothpick inserted into brownies comes out mostly clean with moist crumbs.
- Remove brownies from oven, add sprinkles, and gently press in candy eyeballs. Let pan cool on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes before removing brownies from pan and slicing into squares.
Notes
- Because of the cream cheese swirl, store leftover brownies in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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