Salted Caramel Cheesecake Guinness Brownies
Insanely rich, the Guinness in these brownies helps bring out the chocolate flavor while the sweetness of the caramel, the creaminess of the cheesecake, and the crunch of the pretzels pulls it all together for an utterly decadent treat. Yields about 24 brownies
Servings
24
Cook Time
30-35minutes
Servings
24
Cook Time
30-35minutes
Ingredients
Guinness Brownies
Salted Caramel
Salted Caramel Cheesecake
Instructions
Guinness Brownies
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 9″x13″ pan with parchment paper, leaving a slight overhang on the sides.
  2. Place 8oz bittersweet chocolate and 4oz milk chocolate in a medium bowl with the butter and olive oil. Set your bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and melt over a low heat, stirring, until smooth. Remove from heat and leave to cool until room temperature.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Set aside.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugars until light and frothy. Add the vanilla and the cooled chocolate, whisking until combined.
  5. Whisk in 1/3 of your dry ingredients followed by 1/2 the Guinness. Repeat, ending with your flour mixture, whisking until just combined. Fold in your chocolate chips.
  6. Pour into your pre-lined or greased pan and bake from about 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out of the center with just a few crumbs stuck to it. Leave to cool.
Salted Caramel
  1. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 1/2 cup sugar, occasionally swirling the pan to help distribute the heat, until you achieve a deep amber color.
  2. Add in your butter, stirring constantly until it melts. Slowly whisk in the room temperature heavy cream. The mixture will begin to foam so you might have to do it a little at a time. Once it’s all combined, you should have a smooth sauce. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and salt.
Salted Caramel Cheesecake
  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand-mixer, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar at a medium high speed until light and smooth.
  2. Add the sweetened condensed milk a little at a time, scraping down the edges every once in a while, until completely combined. Mix in the vanilla and salted caramel.
Salted Caramel Cheesecake Guinness Brownies
  1. Evenly spread your cheesecake mixture over your cooled brownies. Drizzle salted caramel over the top and chill until the cheesecake is firm, preferably overnight. Top with crushed pretzels before serving (you can put them on earlier, but they will lose their crunch the longer they sit with the cheesecake and caramel).
Recipe Notes

You can easily melt the chocolate, butter, and oil in the microwave.  Just make sure you do it in intervals, taking the bowl out once in a while to give it all a good mix.  If you go the double boiler route, make sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl.  You want the heat, but you don’t want to risk the water getting into the bowl because it’ll cause the chocolate to seize on you rather than melt.

Make sure the melted chocolate is no longer warm to the touch–you don’t want it to scramble the eggs when you mix the two together.

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