Boom Booms

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup flour
• 8 ounces cream cheese, chilled
• 1 1/2 teaspoons flour
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped or 4 ounces nutella

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees f.
• 2 lightly coat an 8" square pan with cooking spray.
• 3 melt the unsweetened chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over hot but not boiling water.
• 4 cool chocolate mixture for 5 minutes.
• 5 mix the 1 1/4 c+ 1 tbsp sugar and the melted chocolate in a bowl until blended.
• 6 mix in the 1/2 tsp vanilla, and then beat in the 3 eggs one at a time until smooth.
• 7 add the 3/4 c flour and beat until well combined.
• 8 set chocolate mixture aside.
• 9 mix the cream cheese, 1 1/2 tsp flour, 5 tbsp sugar, egg and 1/4 tsp vanilla in a food processor (or with an electric mixer) until well blended.
• 10 spread 2/3 of the brownie batter in the pan.
• 11 cover with the cream cheese mixture.
• 12 scoop the rest of the brownie mixture over the top in nine evenly spaced equal sized mounds (with a bit of space between them).
• 13 with the handle of a wooden spoon make parallel lines in the batter about 1 1/2" apart in one direction.
• 14 turn the pan and do the same thing in the other direction.
• 15 don't overmix, the effect should be marbled.
• 16 gently shake the pan to level the batter.
• 17 bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean or with moist crumbs.
• 18 sprinkle the finely chopped semisweet chocolate evenly over the hot brownies.
• 19 wait 5 minutes or so until chocolate has melted.
• 20 spread the melted chocolate evenly over the top of the brownies.
• 21 or spread nutella over warm brownies.
• 22 cool for at least one hour before cutting.