Wow! That title was a mouthful...and so are these gooey, blissful, sinful, fancy brownies. Each bite of cream cheese and semi-sweet chocolate is pure deliciousness.
Enough already. You get the hint, and you also need to get to the market.
Your shopping list below...😊
Topping:
16 oz. of cream cheese--softened
1/2 cup of sugar
2 tbsp. of pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
A handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips
Brownie:
1 package of brownie mix
1 egg (or more, if the box calls for it)
1/2 cup of vegetable oil
2 tbs. of butter or margarine--melted
16 Oreo cookies--crushed
1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
Water (gradually added as needed)
Weapons of Choice:
1 large mixing bowl
1 medium mixing bowl
Whisk
Spoon
Butter knife
Measuring cup
scraping spatula 9"x13" baking or brownie pan
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Crush Oreos well in large refrigerator bag. Melt butter in medium bowl. Add crushed Oreos to bowl, and mix well; crumbs will be slightly softened. Add chocolate chips and fold into cookie crumbs. Set cookie crumb mix aside.
In a large bowl, prepare brownie mix according to instructions on box; we added more oil to ensure the cookie crumbs would not dry the brownie mix. After adding oil, mix well. Add egg and mix well. Add cookie crumbs and mix well. Dough will be stiff. Add a few tablespoons of water and mix. Continue to add a little water at a time until brownie mix becomes relatively easy to stir. Scrape mix into greased 9"x13" baking pan, spreading mix evenly into pan (you may use a smaller pan for taller brownies).
Add cream cheese to large bowl and whisk until creamy. Add egg, vanilla, and sugar--mix well.
Scrape cream cheese onto brownie layer. Carefully spread cream cheese mix across brownie layer, taking care to not mix brownie crumbs into your cream cheese (these brownies are fancy). Sprinkle chocolate chips over cream cheese. Using the blade of a butter knife, run blade back and forth through the width of the pan (see picture). This adds a little extra fanciness to your already fancy brownies.
Bake ar 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Let cool before serving...or not. 😉
