Spiderweb Cheesecake Brownies

31 Days of Fun Fall Ideas- Idea #20

Chewy, chocolatey brownies with melt-in-your mouth cheesecake on top! Perfect combination. I combined 2 recipes and added a SCARY touch. 


Brownies  (adapted from Melskitchencafe.com) 6 ounces (half bag) semi-sweet chocolate chips


1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs at room temperature
3/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt  


Cheesecake topping (from blogchef.com)  


1 (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 9" springform pan (could use any 9 inch pan here) and set aside. 
In a medium saucepan over low heat melt butter and chocolate chips. Stir until chips are completely melted and remove from heat. In the same pot blend in the sugar and vanilla. Add eggs blending fully one at a time. Add the flour and salt and beat for about 2-3 minutes. Spoon 1/2-3/4 cup batter into a small ziploc baggie and set aside. Pour remaining mixture into greased pan.
In a separate bowl beat together cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth. Gently spoon mixture onto brownie batter and spread evenly. 
Now get creative. Cut a slit on the bottom corner of the ziploc bag and pipe one small circle in the very middle of the batter. Continue piping larger circles to the outer edge. Mine looked like this:

Then using a butter knife, start in the middle and pull to the outer edge of the pan. Looking something like this:

Bake for 35-45 minutes, until cheesecake is slightly golden and brownies are set. Cool on rack for 10 minutes and remove spring-form. Let cool on wire rack. Enjoy!