Comments on: cheesecake-marbled brownies

By: Dian

Dian — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:37:29 +0000

I loved this recipe the first time I made it and was invited to a Birthday/Cinco de Mayo party on Saturday so I decided to make them again, with a twist. I chopped a whole chipotle pepper VERY finely and added it to the brownie batter. I added the cheesecake batter as instructed and omitted the chocolate chips. The result: DIVINE! Fabulous chocolate/chipotle flavors offset by the cream cheese. Not one left….and the one I hid at home had mysteriously disappeared before I got back! Love this blog!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:14:48 +0000

As usual, when I needed a recipe for something to bring to a party, I came here. I am not a baker or a sweets person, but these were way easier than I expected and delicious. They were also a hit at the party, which makes me happy I “tested” one at home first. I came back with one very clean plate!

By: erica

erica — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:52:53 +0000

these are ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can’t stop eating them. omg. i had to pull everything out of a shelf on the fridge so i could stick these wayy in the back. delicious. amazing. i love you smitten kitchen.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:54:10 +0000

I made these brownies for the first time yesterday for my boyfriend and we both loved them so much! Definitely one of my favourite dessert recipes from smitten kitchen. I had to bake mine for about 40-42 minutes and they came out perfectly. Thanks!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:45:32 +0000

They’re sitting on my stove right now, and look fabulous. I admit, I was a little disgusted at first by the cream-cheese mixture–it was all yellow colored from the egg yolk, and looked sort of curdled–but it ended up lovely, though my swirling skills are lackluster.

I doubled the recipe and put it in a 9×13 pan. They look good, but I’m not sure they cooked so evenly. I tried to get the center “just set,” as instructed by the recipe, but by the time it was even close to set (there was still battler dripping off when I stuck a knife in!), the edges looked a little overdone. I had to bake around 43 minutes, to get them done. Please, please don’t let them be overcooked and dry…

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:01:15 +0000

Deb I have to tell you what happened when I made these with the kids at work. I printed off the recipe, provided them with the ingredients and left them to it, they really focused and tried so hard, so when they came out of the oven looking like goo, I oohed and ahhed over them and put them in the freezer so that they would firm up a bit and look a little like something that resembled a brownie. But when we tasted them we couldn’t hide our shock, it was truly the most revolting thing I have ever tasted. We couldn’t work out what had happened as I have 100% faith in your recipes. Eventually we discovered that some genius had filled the plain flour container with bi-carb soda! You can only imagine what they tasted like!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:29:23 +0000

I baked these last night, and they are SO tasty. I will definitely make these again.

Like a few other commenters, I had problems with swirling, which I think can be attributed to two factors. 1- My cream cheese was not well-softened. 2- I placed the cheesecake layer on top of the brownie layer in 4 big dollops and then spread it over the top – I think that many smaller dots of batter would work better than fewer bigger dollops.

My cheesecake layer therefore mixed in more with the top layer of brownies. However, this did not affect the taste – I cooled them overnight and had one for breakfast – delicious.

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:02:55 +0000

Hi Deb! I tried to make the brownies today, but the batter didn’t seem as smooth. It wouldn’t lift over the cream cheese when I tried to swirl, and the cream cheese seemed thick compared to yours. What have I done wrong? They’re baking them in the oven right now, just to see how they’ll turn out. I fear that I’m terrible at baking brownies.

By: Alphacygni

Alphacygni — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:20:25 +0000

Hi Deb!
I made the brownies for my husband’s birthday and he loved it. It was so easy to make (which was essential for me with one very active almost three year old toddler and a one month old infant around) and so so so very addictive to eat! Thank you so much for the lovely recipe! One more reason why I am such a big fan of yours!(Btw- Can’t get unsweetened chocolate here in Bangladesh so I used dark cooking chocolate and almost halved the sugar (tasted the batter and did the sweetness adjustment.)

By: deb

deb — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:54:21 +0000

Natasha — Just keep swirling! Do your best to pick up the batter from underneath too. Nobody will tell on you if you fold it ever-so-gently in tiny amounts to get the dark batter on top a little so you can create more swirls. Hope that helps.