Nutella Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Have you ever eaten nutella? I’ll wager most people have. I have seen it in the stores. I have seen it on the web. I have seen it in the magazines. And I have seen it on some food blogs. But I have never eaten it. GASP!! Not until a few days ago that is.
My daughter saw the jar stashed in my baking pantry and actually tried to eat it. Can you believe the nerve? I asked her if she had ever eaten it and she said YES!
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I was shocked. I had never bought any. Of course I asked her where and she replied at one of her friends house. DUH of course MOM. Yes I had one of those MOM moments.
My daughter and her friend are so cute. I caught them playing on the web cam. Each one was showing the other one their jar of nutella. Only her friend had THREE jars and was rubbing it in because I wouldn’t let my daughter eat any until I made this recipe.
I know, I am a mean mom. It was pure torture. But hey to be fair I never opened the jar to sneak a taste until I was ready to make my recipe. It was tempting but I knew once I cracked the seal on that baby I was going to have a hard time keeping the kid out of it. So to be safe it stayed sealed up and out of sight in the pantry.
A few days afterI read bell’ alimento’s blog post about playing in a nutella monthly challenge I found a coupon in my newspaper. Was it fate or what that had that coupon showing up when it did? I’m not sure but I took it as a sign. I ripped that baby out and stuck it in my purse so I would have it the next time I went to the grocery store.
So here it is. I wanted to make a spectacular brownie and I think I did. It turned out nice and moist and very tasty. I had to hide them after a small sampling so I could takes some pictures. I figure a recipe is a success if you have to hide it from the family so there is something left for photos.
Next time though I am going to up the amount of nutella in the cream cheese frosting. If you decide to try my recipe keep that in mind.
The brownie portion of the recipe is a compiling of a couple of basic brownie recipes I found on the internet that I tweaked for my own brownie recipe.
How to make Nutella Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
INGREDIENTS
Cream Cheese Topping
- 4 oz Philly Cream Cheese
- 2 tbs softened butter
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbs flour
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp Nutella
Brownie Batter
- ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ stick of softened butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 large eggs
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 F. degrees.
- Line a 8 x 8 baking pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- Prepare cream cheese topping first.
- Beat cream cheese with butter,sugar and flour until smooth.
- Scrape bowl and add the egg and beat until creamy.
- Scrape bowl again and add Nutella, beat about one minute or until the Nutella is mixed into the cream cheese mixture completely.
- Set cheesecake topping aside and mix brownie batter.
- Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder into a medium sized bowl.
- In a small bowl cream sugar, ½ stick of butter,vanilla. Add eggs one at a time beating well in between each egg.
- Fold the mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients.
- Spread ¾ of the brownie batter into the bottom of the 8 x 8 baking pan.
- Using a spatula that has been sprayed with cooking spray spread the thick brownie batter to all 4 corners.
- Spread ¾ of the cream cheese topping over the brownie batter.
- Randomly dollop the remaining brownie batter and cream cheese topping over the top of the pan. Swirl with a tooth pick or the tip of a knife.
- Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes. For gooey brownies bake for 40 minutes. For a dense cake like brownie bake for 50 minutes.

Nutella Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
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Prep Time: 10 mins
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Cook Time: 40 mins
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Total Time: 50 minutes
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Yield: 12
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Category: Brownie
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Method: Baked
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Cuisine: American
Description
Nutella Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies recipe is decadent. The Nutella brownies are topped with a cheesecake swirl.
Ingredients
- Cream Cheese Topping
- 4 oz Philly Cream Cheese
- 2 tbs softened butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbs flour
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp Nutella
- Brownie Batter
- 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 1/2 stick of softened butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. degrees.
- Line a 8 x 8 baking pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- Prepare cream cheese topping first.
- Beat cream cheese with butter,sugar and flour until smooth.
- Scrape bowl and add the egg and beat until creamy.
- Scrap bowl again and add Nutella, beat about one minute or until the Nutella is mixed into the cream cheese mixture completely.
- Set cheesecake topping aside and mix brownie batter.
- Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder into a medium sized bowl.
- In a small bowl cream sugar, 1/2 stick of butter,vanilla. Add eggs one at a time beating well in between each egg.
- Fold the mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients.
- Spread 3/4 of the brownie batter into the bottom of the 8 x 8 baking pan.
- Using a spatula that has been sprayed with cooking spray spread the thick brownie batter to all 4 corners.
- Spread 3/4 of the cream cheese topping over the brownie batter.
- Randomly dollop the remaining brownie batter and cream cheese topping over the top of the pan. Swirl with a tooth pick or the tip of a knife.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes. For gooey brownies bake for 40 minutes. For a dense cake like brownie bake for 50 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie
- Calories: 320
- Carbohydrates: 40.6g
- Fiber: 2.6g
- Protein: 5.4g
Cher
I'm so excited to make these! I've been meaning to try nutella for a while, and now I have a very good excuse for doing so. Thanks!
Tami
of course now i am starving!
~Lisa~
Oh my so good. I love nutella. But paired with brownies, double yum! Kids and webcams? Technology is wonderful (=
Annie
Nutella plus brownies? It's like a dream come true!
One question: In the recipe, you have "1/4 + 2 tbs Nutella" I'm guessing this is supposed to be a 1/4 cup? Or a 1/4 of the jar?
Erika Beth, the Messy Chef
Ha! I just had nutella with my saltine crackers with peanut butter in the middle. I was just thinking to myself, "What should I bake with nutella in it?" These look good!
Flour On My Face
Annie
yes it is 1/4 cup plus. sorry about that I fixed that.
Paula - bell'alimento
Ah, Nutella 😉 So glad you've joined the club! The brownies look lip smacking good!
Medifast Coupons
I am loving all these versions of brownies using nutella, have been slowing trying them all. And no not getting sick of them yet. Thanks for yours. And buy your daughter some nutella, peer pressure is so hard, you don't want her to be the only one who doesn't have her own jar, I am kidding.
Emilie @ Oh My! Sugar High
Oh those look amazing! I'm a sucker for anything with cream cheese and I love me some brownies! Thanks for linking up! Hope to see you back again tomorrow!
Stacy
These turned out very well for me. I took them out of the oven after 40 minutes, and even the next day they were still very moist and delicious. I love the parchment paper trick!
Flour On My Face
Thanks everyone for the comments.
Stacy I am so glad you tried the recipe and it turned out great for you!
Arlene
hannah {thepastrykook}
that looks so goooood!
Busy Crock Pot Mom
Thanks to a friend of mine for rubbing in how good these sounded on facebook last night, and then posting the picture, I will be making these very soon! Thanks for the recipe!!
Anonymous
Hi there
Awesome blog, great write up, thank you!
Eftychia
Delicious dessert. I love brownies and nutella. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us.
A day in Candiland
Arlene, these look and sound like they are to die for. I must try them.
Cheyenne
I tried this the other day and LOVED IT! I had some brownie mix and cream cheese and Nutella, so it worked out perfectly so I didn't have to go to the store. I think more Nutella and/or cream cheese is great too! More of either one depending on which flavor you want more of. It was hard for me to decide, so I wound up with a lot! I've added this to my blog so hopefully others will get to enjoy this as much as me! Thanks!
Charlotte
Hello, I would very much like to bake these. Is it possible to bake them one day ahead? Would they dry out? Thank you very much!
Flour On My Face
Yes you can make them a day ahead. Store them in an air tight container and they will be fine. Enjoy!
James
This look attractive and testy. Still I didn’t test it. I will prepare it today and hope, it will be more testy than your recipe. Wish more recipes like this. Best luck.