There's nothing scary about combining brownies and cheesecake, and this jack-o'-lantern proves it! This dessert will be the hit of your Halloween table.
Brownie Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 4 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 12
Ingredients
Brownie Base
- 1 box dark chocolate fudge brownie mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box
Filling
- 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 10-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Make brownie batter as directed on box for basic recipe; spread in pan. Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean.
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Step2Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Beat in pumpkin until well blended. On low speed, beat in eggs 1 at a time, just until combined. Stir in vanilla and pumpkin pie spice. Reserve 1/2 cup filling in small bowl. Pour remaining filling over baked brownie base.
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Step3Stir melted chocolate into reserved filling; place chocolate in large resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; cut off 1 corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe jack-o'-lantern face on cheesecake.
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Step4Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool 30 minutes. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake. Cool 30 minutes longer. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. Cover and refrigerate any remaining cheesecake.
Nutrition
510
Calories
29g
Total Fat
7g
Protein
55g
Total Carbohydrate
40g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 510
- Calories from Fat
- 260
- Total Fat
- 29g
- 44%
- Saturated Fat
- 11g
- 57%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 110mg
- 37%
- Sodium
- 290mg
- 12%
- Potassium
- 115mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 55g
- 18%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 10%
- Sugars
- 40g
- Protein
- 7g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 45%
- 45%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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