Oreo Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies

Chocolate..? Check. Oreos..? Check. Cream cheese..? Check. All of them, in one ridiculously delicious brownie?! CHECK! These were way good, although they were really rich. I love chocolate. I really do, but these were a little bit too "chocolately" rich for my taste. (Is there even such a thing?!) I'm more of a cookie kind of girl, but if I was planning on making brownies, these would be at the top of the list!

**The batter for the brownies is extremely thick, so it's fairly hard to get nice swirls. But its the taste that matters right?!

Oreo Cream Cheese Swirl Bars

Beantown Baker

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. unsalted butter
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1 8-oz package cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 c. confectioners' sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 c. flour
• 1/2 c. unsweetened dark cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 c. coarsely chopped Oreos

Ingredients:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare an 8x8 inch cooking dish.
2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, over medium heat. Stir in sugar and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Boil for 1 minute. Set aside and cool for 5 minutes.
3. In a small mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract until well combined.
4. In a medium sized mixing bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, and salt; whisk until combined. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs until combined. Stir in melted butter mixture and flour mixture, until just combined. Stir in oreos.
5. Spread half the batter into the baking dish, followed by cream cheese layer. Dot the top with remaining brownie batter, and spread evenly. Run a knife through batter to make swirls.
6. Bake for 23-28 minutes.
7. Cool on a wire rack before slicing. For even easier slicing, freeze the brownies for 30-60 minutes.