These Caramel Cheesecake Brownies are the most decadent dessert. Homemade caramel sauce and cream cheese are swirled into a simple boxed brownie mix. It is a dessert that my friends go nuts for!
These aren’t the classic brownies your mother makes, these are the ultimate rich, moist, chocolatey, brownies swirled with homemade bourbon caramel sauce and cream cheese. This Caramel Cheesecake Brownie recipe is an easy upgrade to a boxed brownie mix. Caramel was oozing out of these brownies, they are beyond delicious.
I made these Caramel Cheesecake Brownies at a recent party and people liked them so much they brought some home with them (which was perfect since I made a lot). I made the bourbon caramel from scratch, but you could save yourself some time and effort and use store-bought caramel sauce instead.
Brownies remind me of the funniest story from high school. My Mom brilliantly kept us out of trouble after school dances by throwing after parties for us at our house – there wasn’t alcohol, but there was a table of desserts, and no one could resist. Once after homecoming my brother, sister, and I, plus our dates and some friends, stopped by my house for snacks before heading to another party nearby. There were so many cars parked at my house the people thought that it was the party. My Mom was pulling brownies out of the oven when members of the football team started to march into the house carrying cases of beer. My Mom was shocked, and my high school boyfriend promptly kicked everyone out. The crazy scene is something I think of every time I think of brownies.
How to Make Caramel Cheesecake Brownies:
Caramel Cheesecake Brownies
These Caramel Cheesecake Brownies are the most decadent dessert. Homemade caramel sauce and cream cheese are swirled into a simple boxed brownie mix. It is a dessert that my friends go nuts for!
Ingredients
- 2 boxes of Brownie Mix and the ingredients called for on the box
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
- 1/4 cup Bourbon
- 1/2 cup Whipped Cream Cheese at room temperature
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 350 degrees, and prepare the brownie mix according to the directions on the box. Divide the brownie mix between two buttered pans.
- Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Whisk in the brown sugar, and once it melts, add the cream. Next, add the bourbon and bring the caramel to a steady bubble. Let the sauce bubble and thicken for about 5 minutes, until it is thick and syrupy and will stay on the back of a spoon.
- Finally, pour the caramel over the brownies. Then add the cream cheese, and use a knife to swirl the caramel and cream cheese through the brownies.
- Bake according to the directions on the brownie mix box. The caramel will make these brownies gooey, and they won't set up as much as normal brownies, but when they are done cooking a toothpick should come out mostly clean (it will probably just have some caramel on it).
The party supplies in the photos were given to me by my friends at Paris312.
