Recipe | Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Brownies

Does anyone else have those favorite foods that you sort of forget about until you have it again? For me, that food is chocolate cream cheese cupcakes (also known as black bottom cupcakes). The bakery I worked at before having William made freaking delicious chocolate cream cheese cupcakes. I could easily eat a dozen of them at a time. It's dangerous.
What does that have to do with this post? Well I have a recipe for Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Brownies, basically the brownie version of one of my favorite foods. And guys, these brownies are so freaking awesome. Like dangerously awesome.
They are inspired by these
Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownies
that I made for
. Those brownies are perfect for Valentine's Day but I wanted something a little different, and even yummier. Also, making swirled brownies is super fun. Ha



Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Brownies
Yields:
1 8x8" pan
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Bake Time:
28 minutes
Total Time:
43 minutes
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 tsp white vinegar
2 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
8oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350° and grease an 8x8" baking dish.
2. Stir together warm, melted butter, sugar, vanilla, cocoa, salt, and vinegar in a large bowl. Whisk in eggs. Fold in flour and then chocolate chips. Pour of the batter into the prepared baking dish.
3. In a small bowl, with the whisk attachment on an electric mixer, beat cream cheese ingredients, minus the chocolate chips, until well combined and smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.
4. Drop the cream cheese mixture at different spots on top of the batter. Pour the remaining half of the batter on top. Using a knife, swirl the batter with the cream cheese.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 28-30 minutes or until knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.