Brownie Pumpkin Cheesecake

Submitted by Kitty Kat Cook

"From the 2007 Pillsbury Halloween book, the chocolate was used to make a jack-o-lantern face! Cooling time and refrigeration time is reflected on total time. The cheesecake was great and the Jack-o-Lantern face looked super cute."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 cheesecake
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• For Brownie Base

• 453.59 g box dark chocolate fudge brownie mix
• 59.14 ml water (or as called for on mix box)
• 118.29 ml vegetable oil (or as called for on mix box)
• 3 eggs (or as called for on mix box)

• For Filling

• 2 (453.59 g) package cream cheese, softened
• 118.29 ml sugar
• 118.29 ml canned pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 2.46 ml vanilla extract
• 2.46 ml pumpkin pie spice
• 118.29 ml semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 10" springform pan with cooking spray. Make brownie batter as directed on box for basic recipe; spread in pan. Bake 24 to 28 minutes.
2. Meanwhile in a 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 of filling in small bowl. Pour remaining filling over baked brownie base.
3. Stir melted chocolate in reserved filling; place chocolate in large resealable plastic bag. Seal bag; cut off 1 corner of the bag. Pipe filling onto cheesecake to make swirls or shapes as desired.
4. Bake 40-45 mins or until center is almost set. Cool 30 minutes Run knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Cool 30 mins longer. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.

Reviews

[Skipps Kitchen]

I made this to take to my mothers for Thanksgiving. It was an absolute HIT!!!

 

[Zewbiedoo]

This was very easy to make and baked up great with no cracking. The kids liked it and they ate it all. While I like brownies and I like pumpkin cheesecake, I don't think the flavors really work together. I am glad I tried this, but I think this would be better with a plain or vanilla cheesecake top layer instead of the pumpkin.