Snickers Cheesecake Brownies

Name: Snickers Cheesecake Brownies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: BROWNIE BASE:; 200 g of dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids); 200 g of butter; 160 g of caster sugar; 3 eggs (beaten); 100 g of ground almonds; 50 g of ground hazelnuts; 10 snickers bars; CHEESECAKE TOPPING; 400 g of cream cheese (at room temperature); 100 g of caster sugar; 2 eggs; 100 g of dark chocolate (melted)

Published: November 5, 2012 Last updated: November 23, 2016

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The other day I wasn’t feeling particularly well. When most people feel sick they curl up on the couch, or in bed, and rest until they feel better. But for me, for some reason, I get the urge to cook. This usually leads to either making soup, my go to remedy for when I feel sick, or baking something so bad it’s good. This is a case of the latter.

The funny thing is, in these situations, I rarely feel like eating what I’ve made afterwards. Well, not immediately anyway, but the act of baking, and baking something so sinful makes me feel better.

The urge started with brownies. Rich, chocolatey and indulgent. Nothing wrong with that right? Then came the decision to stuff the brownies with a chocolate bar. So off to the shop I went and quickly settled on Snickers. Although I rarely (read once every 2 years or so) indulge in a Snickers, I enjoy them when I do. I think for me it’s the contrast of textures. The chewy nougat, the sticky stretchy caramel, the crunchy nuts and then the chocolate coating that melts in your hands, particularly on a hot Queensland day. Armed with an obscene amount of Snickers I headed to the counter and paid for my bounty, ignoring the looks of the shop assistant who was clearly wondering what I was doing with 10 Snickers bars.

Back home the brownies came together in a flash, thanks to my favourite, I need some chocolate sustenance in a hurry, brownie recipe courtesy of the wonderful Nigella Lawson. Batter in the pan I then smushed the Snickers into the brownie batter, wondering if Nigella would approve. She would, wouldn’t she? I’m sure she would. She understands that sometimes a girl just needs a sugar fix.

Then before I put my sinful concoction in the oven I decided I needed a cheesecake topping. I’m not sure what it is about cheesecake lately, but I can’t seem to get enough of it. Which is strange because once upon a time I actually didn’t like cheesecake. Once the cheesecake was on top I then, finally, swirled in some chocolate through the cheesecake mix. Totally over the top, totally diet unfriendly and totally decadent all the same.

If you are on a diet these little babies will be out of the question, perhaps you can just drool over them instead, but when you want something sinful there quite frankly isn’t anything better than something truly, madly and completely over the top as these brownies.

So tell me, do you think Nigella would approve?