Grasshopper Cheesecake Brownies
Dark chocolate fudgey brownies with bright green minty oreo cheesecake then smothered in melted dark chocolate and crushed Oreos. Grasshoppper Cheesecake Brownies are my introduction to Spring!
Ingredients
For the Brownie Layer
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 3 large room temperature eggs
- ½ cup melted salted butter
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
For the Cheesecake
- 12 oz. softened cream cheese
- 6 tbsp. sugar
- 6 tbsp. sour cream
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
- 1/4-1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- green food coloring
- 1-15 chopped Oreo cookies
Instructions
For the brownie layer
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a 9 x 13 baking dish with foil.
- In a large bowl, blend all the ingredients until the batter is smooth. (Before mixing, place all ingredients in the bowl the order it is written.) Spread onto the bottom of the baking dish.
For the cheesecake
- For the cheesecake, beat the cream cheese on medium high in your stand mixer.
- Beat in sugar until combined.
- On medium, beat in the sour cream, vanilla, and salt.
- Next beat in the egg and egg yolk until just combined. Mix in the peppermint extract and food dye. Fold in the Oreo cookies.
- Pour the batter on top of the brownie batter. Swirl if you wish.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely (in the fridge)
- Drizzle with melted chocolate and more chopped oreos.