I’m so sorry. If you are anything like me, Mondays are usually for repenting. Repenting of that extra helping of dessert you ate over the weekend, or the day you took off from the gym and ate ice cream instead. Mondays are the “I’m starting over today” day. The “I’m going to do better this week” day.
And here I am – bringing you brownies. And not just brownies. Brownies that are filled with a cookies and kisses stuffed cheesecake.
I’m not taking all the blame for these, though. A few weeks ago at our monthly family dinner, my sister brought along a bag of the Hershey’s Cookies and Cream kisses. She said she had too many treats at her house, and that surely I could make something with them. Challenge accepted!!
And wow – are these good. They are definitely a step above your normal cheesecake brownies. You get little pockets of the kisses, and you’ll want to leave the cookies in big enough pieces that you still get a little bit of crunch from them. Sneaking a little piece of these from the refrigerator was one of my guilty pleasures this last week. (I loved them when they were nice and chilled! 
) And I like chocolate, but it’s not my normal go-to. But these? They are worth that extra 30 minutes on the treadmill!
The ultimate indulgence! Brownies are combined with cookie and white chocolate filled cheesecake for a rich and decadent treat.
Ingredients
- 1 (18.3-oz) box brownie mix, plus ingredients called for on the box
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 9 chocolate sandwich cookies, roughly chopped
- 12 Cookies and Cream Hershey's Kisses, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray a 9x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Prepare the brownie mix according to the box instructions. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar and egg. Stir in the cookie pieces and chopped kisses.
- Pour 2/3 of the brownie mixture into the prepared pan. Drop the cream cheese mixture by spoonfuls on top of the brownie mix, smoothing as best as you can. Spoon on the remaining brownie mix.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Cool completely.
- Store in the refrigerator.
I love those kisses (the bars are amazing, too.) This sounds ridiculously good…My Mondays are the same way, but it’s not too early to start thinking about what I might bake next weekend!
A devilish treat! So delicious and rich looking.
Cheers,
Rosa
These are my kind of brownies! Awesome!
woah! this takes it to a whole ‘nother level..love it!! looks delicious
Love these! My kind of brownie!
I love anything cookies and cream! These look amazing.
I need these….
I am posting Oreo brownies later today and also had some last week…yours look CRAZY good!! WOW!!!!
Those do look pretty sinful! I wish my taste buds were working so I could whip up a batch and enjoy them! I guess Pinning them will have to do for now
And I started out the day with such good intentions, too.
These are amazing! Let’s just pretend it’s the weekend again
No need to apologize for these. They are amazing!
woah!! these look amazing!!
holy hannah, these look so good. and yet, i’m having a rather repentant monday myself
I am telling myself, “Look away. Quick, look away!” These look seriously decadent and addictive. I’m going to try not to think about them anymore.
Maybe I’ll just make Tuesdays repentance day…
These are amazing! I definitely need to find a bag of Cookies and Cream Kisses so I can whip a batch of these! Fabulous recipe!
while i’m not crazy about oreos on their own, i love them in baked goods! i love the hershey kisses though, and the fact that boxed brownies are used is a plus!
Oh my do those look dangerously good!
Wowzers… Forget about repenting, I’ll take a batch of these Monday or any day of the week
Looks wonderful and decadent! Thanks for sharing!
LOL! You’ve totally pegged my Mondays. They are definitely for repenting.
Whoa. Those are like my favorite Hershey’s kisses ever. Gotta make these.
Brownies look very delicious in your pictures. Great photography!
I think I would have to spend the whole day on the treadmill with how many of these I would eat!
HOw delicicious do these sound?? So easy too!
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