Best Chocolate Swirl Brownies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
• Place unsweetened chocolate, butter, and semisweet chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl. Whisk in cooled chocolate mixture. Stir in flour with a spoon until incorporated. Stir in dark chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
• Spread 1/2 of the batter in the prepared baking pan. Take 1/2 of the peanut butter and put it in small dots over top of the batter, then use a knife to spread it into a marble-like pattern. Top with remaining batter, dot with remaining peanut butter, and swirl again.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely before slicing.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER MARSHMALLOW SWIRL BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Combine 1/4 cup of the sweetened condensed milk, the margarine, milk, cake mix, and egg white in a large mixing bowl until well combined.
• Press 2/3 of the batter into the baking pan, flouring hands if necessary to prevent sticking.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Combine remaining sweetened condensed milk with marshmallow creme and peanut butter morsels then spread mixture evenly over the baked layer.
• Carefully drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over all.
• Bake an additional 30 minutes.
• Cool completely before cutting into 24 pieces.

CREAM CHEESE MINT SWIRL BROWNIES WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a microwavable bowl, combine baking chocolate, chocolate chips, and 1/3 cup butter; microwave on HIGH, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth (cool slightly - 5 minutes).
• Cream together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter and sugar; beat in eggs.
• Stir together flour, baking powder and salt; stir into creamed mixture.
• Spoon half the batter into the melted chocolate, and stir in nuts.
• Drop chocolate by tablespoonsful, checkerboard fashion, into a greased & floured 9" square pan.
• Add peppermint extract and green food coloring to remaining batter, and spoon green batter into spaces between chocolate batter.
• Swirl to marbleize (do NOT over mix).
• Bake for 15-20 minutes.
• To prepare Chocolate Glaze melt the butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat, and stir in remaining ingredients until crumbly.
• Blend in boiling water until glaze is of a pourable consistency (about 2 tablespoons).
• Remove brownies from oven and pour chocolate glaze over top.
• Cut at once into bars, then cool.

COCONUT-CHOCOLATE SWIRL BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a buttered 8-inch square baking pan with foil or parchment paper, allowing 2 inches to hang over sides. Butter lining (excluding overhang); set pan aside.
• Make batter: Put butter and chocolates in a heatproof medium bowl set over a pan of simmering water; stir until melted. Let cool slightly.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl, and set aside.
• Whisk granulated sugar into chocolate mixture. Add eggs, and whisk until mixture is smooth. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture; stir until well incorporated.
• Make filling: Stir together sugar, condensed milk, coconut, egg, and vanilla in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Pour one-third of batter into prepared pan, and spread evenly with a rubber spatula. Place dollops of filling (about 1 tablespoon each) about 1 inch apart on top of batter. Drizzle remaining batter on top, and gently spread to fill pan. Place dollops of remaining filling on top.
• With a butter knife, gently swirl filling into batter, running knife lengthwise and crosswise through layers. Bake until a cake tester inserted into brownies (avoid center and edges) comes out with a few crumbs but is not wet, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan, about 15 minutes. Lift out brownies; let cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares.

PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 8 x 8 x 2-inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
• Make swirl:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and next 5 ingredients in medium bowl until blended and smooth.
• Make brownies:
• Combine butter and both chopped chocolates in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature. Whisk in eggs, then sugar, vanilla and salt. Add flour; stir just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Spread 1/3 of brownie batter in prepared pan (layer will be thin). Alternate generous tablespoonfuls of remaining brownie batter and peanut swirl batter atop brownie layer in pan. Using small knife, cut through batters, creating marbleized effect; smooth top slightly.
• Bake brownies until peanut swirl is set and tester inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs attached, about 30 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE SWIRL BROWNIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugars.
• Add eggs and milk and mix.
• Combine flour, powder and add to creamed mixture and mix.
• Divide batter in half.
• To one half add peanut butter and peanut butter chips and mix
• To the other half add cocoa and chocolate chips and mix.
• In a greased 9x9 in baking pan, spoon chocolate batter in eight mounds to form a checkerboard pattern.
• Spoon seven mounds of peanut butter batter between them.
• Cut through batter with a knife to marblize.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes and cool.

CHOCOLATE-SWIRL BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Spray with cooking spray; set aside. Microwave butter, unsweetened chocolate and 2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 to 2 min. or until butter is completely melted, stirring after 1 min.; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended.
• Mix 1-1/2 cups sugar, eggs and 1 tsp. vanilla in large bowl. Stir in chocolate mixture, flour and 1/2 cup nuts until blended; spread into prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake.) Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• Beat cream cheese, remaining sugar and remaining vanilla until creamy; stir in remaining nuts. Spread over brownies. Melt remaining semi-sweet chocolate; drizzle over icing. Swirl gently with knife. Use foil handles to lift brownies from pan before cutting into squares.

MINT CHOCOLATE SWIRL BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the bottom and sides of an 9x13 inch baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving an overhang on all sides. Or spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
• Make the brownies first:
• In a large bowl, mix together brownie mix, eggs, oil and water until smooth. Scoop out 1⁄3 cup of the batter and set aside. Pour the rest of the batter into prepared pan.
• Make the cheesecake swirl:
• With a hand-held mixer, beat together the softened cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, egg yolk, mint extract, and drops of food coloring in a medium bowl until completely smooth - about 1 minute. Stir in the mini chocolate chips by hand.
• Dollop large spoonfuls of the cream cheese mixture on top of the prepared brownie batter. Then dollop with the reserved 1⁄3 cup of the brownie batter. Glide a knife through the layers, creating a swirl pattern (taking care not to over-swirl.)
• Sprinkle a few more mini chocolate chips on top.
• Bake brownies for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out almost clean. Allow brownies to cool completely before cutting into squares.