OMG!!! If you love brownies…
and you love cheesecake…
and you love mini eggs….
you will LOVE this sinful indulgence!!
‘Tis the Mini Egg eating season and I’m here for it!!
Tip: I find the easiest way to crush mini eggs is to hit the unopened bag (or place eggs in a resealble bag) with a rolling pin. For this recipe, I like the eggs to be roughly crushed (as seen in brownie picture below) – so you can see the fab pastel colours of the eggs. Great way to let out frustration too…hahaha!! Place bag on a tea towel (on countertop or flat surface) then hit the bag a few times with rolling pin (the tea towel will protect your countertop).

Cheesecake Layer
- 4 oz (120 g) brick style cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup (125 mL) milk chocolate chips, melted
- 1⁄3 cup (75 mL) granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 tsp (2 mL) vanilla extract
Directions
- Beat together cheesecake ingredients until very well combined. Set aside while preparing brownie batter.
Ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup (125 mL) semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 cup (125 mL) butter
- 1⁄3 cup (75 mL) milk (or cream)
- 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup (125 mL) packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 3⁄4 cup (175 mL) all-purpose flour (gluten free flour can be substituted)
- 3⁄4 cup (175 mL) cocoa powder
- 1⁄2 tsp (2 mL) baking powder
- 1⁄2 tsp (2 mL) salt
- 1 cup (250 mL) roughly crushed Cadbury mini eggs
Garnish
- 1⁄2 cup (125 mL) roughly crushed Cadbury mini eggs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Line an 8 X 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper (see parchment paper trick at bottom of post). Note: if using a 9 X 9-inch baking pan decrease baking time by about 5 minutes.
- In a large glass (or heatproof) bowl, over a double boiler, melt: chocolate, butter and milk – stirring occasionally with a rubber spatula. Remove bowl from heat and let it stand for about 10 minutes.
- Stir in vanilla, sugars and eggs until well combined. Using a rubber spatula stir in dry ingredients until well combined. Fold in crushed mini eggs until evenly combined.
- Spread approximately 2⁄3’s of the batter (it will be thick) into the prepared pan. Pour cheesecake layer evenly over brownie layer. Dollop remaining brownie batter evenly over top (it will not look pretty – that’s okay! See picture below.) and sprinkle remining 1/2 cup (125 mL) crushed mini eggs over top (refer to picture below).
- Bake in the center of the preheated oven for about 30 minutes until edges are set but the centre is slightly jiggly.
- Remove from the oven and cool completely on the countertop – then refrigerate (ideally overnight).
- Once cooled, cut into 16 squares. Store in an airtight container (in refrigerator) for up to 5 days. But they won’t last that long. You’ve been warned!
This is how the brownies will look once dolloped with the remaining batter. As I mentioned, it will not look pretty!
This is how the unbaked brownies will look once topped with remaining 1⁄2 cup (125 mL) crushed mini eggs – before they hit the oven
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