Cherry Cheesecake Brownies

Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 16 bars

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These Cherry Cheesecake Brownies start with fudgy homemade brownies, topped with cheesecake and cherry pie filling. They are the BEST brownies! Includes step by step recipe video

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When I came up with these brownies, I thought I was a complete genius.

I ate a lot of cheesecake in my University days.

When we lived in the city while I attended, we had a weekly “tradition”, if you will, with friends of ours: the guys went for wings and the girls went for cheesecake.

Kind of the best tradition ever, right?!?

Now that we have kids and don’t live in the city anymore, we don’t eat nearly as much cheesecake. It’s pretty sad, but luckily there are quite a few treats that are coming out of this kitchen.

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These Cherry Cheesecake Brownies are one of my favorites (and I don’t make them nearly enough!), but this No Bake Oreo Cheesecake or even this classic Easy Cheesecake Recipe will do the trick just fine!

Luckily though, my good friend and cheesecake-eating partner was out for a visit the day that I made these the first time, so I had someone to share them with. She approved, and so here we are today!

Variations on these Cherry Cheesecake Brownies:

  • You can swap the cherry pie filling for any flavor of pie filling — strawberry, blueberry or mixed berry would also be great!
  • For a holiday twist, color the cheesecake filling with green food coloring (don’t add any mint flavoring though, I’m not sure mint and cherry are a good idea!)
  • Make individual cherry cheesecake brownies in a muffin pan or mini muffin pan — use paper liners for easy removal
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Tips and Tricks for Making the Cherry Cheesecake Brownies:

  • The batter will be thick, so you won’t be able to spread the top layer well. That’s okay! It will just give you a peek of what’s inside.
  • I use whole wheat flour because in this recipe you really can’t tell the difference. All purpose works perfectly as well!
  • You can healthify the recipe slightly by using light cream cheese (which I usually do) and reduced sugar pie filling or making your own.
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Cherry Cheesecake Brownies

4.99 from 65 votes
These Cherry Cheesecake Brownies start with fudgy homemade brownies, topped with cheesecake and cherry pie filling. They are the BEST brownies!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Cuisine American
Course Dessert
Servings 16 bars
Calories 312cal

Ingredients

Brownies:

  • 1 cup butter melted, cooled slightly
  • 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar 500g
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (or sub all-purpose) 190g
  • 1 cup cocoa 95g
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Cherry Cheesecake filling

  • 1 8 oz package cream cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 can cherry pie filling

Instructions

  • Line a 9×13″ pan with tin foil and spray with cooking spray — this makes for easy clean up. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • BrowniesIn a large bowl, whisk together melted butter and sugar until smooth. Add vanilla and eggs and whisk until combined.
  • Add flour, cocoa and salt and stir until combined. Batter will be thick.
  • Spread half (or just over half) of the batter into the bottom of the pan.
  • Cherry Cheesecake filling:With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, egg, vanilla and sugar until smooth.
  • Spread the cream cheese mixture over the brownie batter. Top with spoonfuls of cherry pie filling and spread slightly.
  • Drop spoonfuls of remaining brownie batter on top of the pie filling. You won’t be able to spread the brownie batter easily, you will just try to cover a good amount (but certainly all) of the filling with the batter. Smooth out the batter the best that you can.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes, until center appears set. Note that your brownies might still have a little jiggle to them — this is because of all of that gooey deliciousness below. I baked mine for 35 minutes in a dark non-stick pan.
  • Let cool to room temperature before cutting. They will cut more easily if refrigerated for a few hours, but I couldn’t wait, so I didn’t!

Nutrition Information

Calories: 312cal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 145mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 430IU | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1.4mg

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Post and recipe updated from February 3, 2015

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My name is Ashley Fehr and I love creating easy meals my family loves. I also like to do things my way, which means improvising and breaking the rules when necessary. Here you will find creative twists on old favorites and some of my favorite family recipes, passed down from generations!

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  1. Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl says

    Don’t you love when that happens? You think you have come up with something novel and new, and then you Google and it already exists? I stopped checking! It was too depressing! Haha! You are still genius, girl. These brownies are INSANE. I am being completely serious when I tell you that they are some of the most incredible looking brownies I’ve ever seen. These look *awesome*!

    • Ashley says

      Haha, thanks Sarah! Every once in a while I am actually creative. There are just too many wonderful sources of inspiration out there! Lol

  2. u says

    I’ve never seen cherry cheesecake brownies before and I think they look amazing! I’m wishing I had a pan right now, and I would totally eat too many 🙂

  3. DessertForTwo says

    I AM SO SORRY I JUST CALLED YOU DANAE. While I was typing to you, I was thinking about how I owe my friend Danae an email. Oh my gosh, I’m so embarrassed! Sorry, Ashley!

    Love and cupcakes,
    Christina

  4. DessertForTwo says

    Wow, Danae! These are beautiful! You’re right–I have seen something like these on pinterest before, but your version is the most beautiful version I’ve ever seen! YUM!

  5. Stacey @ Bake.Eat.Repeat. says

    Hahaha, the funniest thing about that story is that I just finished making some cherry cheesecake brownies yesterday after thinking to myself, hey, black forest brownies should be a thing and I’ve never seen that before! I guess I’m not that creative either! 🙂 Oh well. These look amazing, I love the marbled look!

  6. Jess @ On Sugar Mountain says

    These brownies are lovely, Ashley! So festive for Valentine’s Day and also just plain ole’ awesome because so much chocolatey goodness. 😀

  7. Shinee says

    Gosh, I’m dead! This looks incredible, Ashley! Never ever think that you can’t share something just because someone out there already have done it. If you haven’t shared this today, the chances are I’d miss this fantastic dessert idea all together. So thank you! Oh my, I’ll be making this first thing after my trip!

  8. Melanie @ Carmel Moments says

    Even if they’re not original they’re still pretty flippin’ incredible! Definitely deserve a pat on the back for these. 🙂

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