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Scream! Cheese Swirl Brownies

Brownie mix and cream cheese swirl into baked classic flavors with Halloween party colors. 

Scream! Cheese Swirl Brownies

BettyCrocker Recipe by BettyCrocker

4.5 star

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Prep Time

15min

Total Time

2hrs45min

Servings

24brownies

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Ingredients

  • Filling
  • 2  packages (3 oz each) cream cheese, softened
  • 1  egg
  • 1/4  cup sugar
  • 4  drops red food color
  • 4  drops yellow food color
  • 1/2  teaspoon vanilla
  • Brownies
  • 1  box (1 lb 6.5 oz) Betty Crocker® Original Supreme brownie mix
  • 1/3  cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4  cup water
  • 2  eggs

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray. In small bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Set aside.

  2. In large bowl, stir brownie mix, pouch of chocolate syrup, oil, water and eggs until well blended. Spread 3/4 of brownie batter in pan. Spoon filling by tablespoonfuls evenly onto brownie batter. Spoon remaining brownie batter over filling. For marbled design, pull knife through batter and filling in wide curves; turn pan and repeat.

  3. Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until set. Cool completely at room temperature, about 1 hour. Refrigerate at least 1 hour until chilled. For brownies, cut with plastic knife into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

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Tips & Notes

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

    Follow High Altitude directions on brownie mix box—except add 1/4 cup flour to dry mix. Bake 32 to 36 minutes.

  • How-To

    Softening cream cheese is easy. Just microwave unwrapped cream cheese in a microwavable bowl on High for 15 to 20 seconds.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Brownie:
  • 170
  • 7g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g)
  • 35mg
  • 115mg
  • 25g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 18g)
  • 2g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 2%
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • 6%
  • Exchanges:
  • 1 1/2
  • 1
  • 1/2
  • Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 1 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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star 10/30/09 by dbgmorg

These are wonderful! I added a teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice to the cream cheese mixture and my kids loved it. I've made them twice and gotten rave reviews from everyone... and they are so pretty!

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