Green Velvet Brownies with Cream Cheese are dense chocolate brownies colored green and finished with a creamy, lightly tangy cream cheese frosting, offering a bold look with classic brownie flavor.
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Author: Sandra Myers
Ingredients
Brownies
¾cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
¾cupbutter
2cupssugar
4large eggs
1 ½cupsall-purpose flour
1bottle green liquid food coloring1 oz
1 ½tspbaking powder
1tspvanilla
⅛tspsalt
Cream Cheese Frosting
1package cream cheese8 oz, softened
3tablespoonsbuttersoftened
1 ½cupspowdered sugar
⅛tspsalt
1tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9-inch square pan with foil, leaving overhang, and grease lightly.
Microwave chocolate chips and butter for 1½–2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth.
Whisk in sugar, then eggs one at a time. Stir in flour, green food coloring, baking powder, vanilla, and salt.
Pour batter into pan, smooth the top, and bake 44–48 minutes until a toothpick has a few moist crumbs.
Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack for about 2 hours.
Beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add powdered sugar and salt gradually, then mix in vanilla.
Lift brownies from pan, remove foil, frost evenly, and slice into 16 squares.