Red Hot Cheesecake Brownie Bars
These Red Hot Cheesecake Brownie Bars are a fudgy brownie topped with easy no bake cheesecake, dark chocolate syrup & cinnamon red hots for Valentine's Day.
Ingredients
- Brownie layer
- 1 Box fudge brownie mix plus called for ingredients- water, eggs, oil
- Topping
- 1 8oz pkg cream cheese - room temperature
- 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup pasteurized egg product
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 2 tsp powdered unflavored gelatin
- 3 tbsp boiling water
- Decorate
- Dark chocolate syrup
- Cinnamon red hot candies
Instructions
- Brownie Layer
- Prepare brownies to package directions using a 9x13 pan lined with parchment - leaving 1" overhang on the sides
- Remove baked brownies & allow to cool on wire rack in pan before adding cheesecake layer
- While the brownies are cooling, prepare your cheesecake
- Topping
- Beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk & pasteurized egg product in mixer bowl
- Add lemon juice - beat until combined
- In a small bowl - combine gelatin & boiling water & whisk until dissolved. Allow to cool about 2 minutes
- Add semi-cooled gelatin mixture to cream cheese mixture & beat again until evenly incorporated
- Pour over chilled brownies & refrigerate for at least 6 hours. I like to chill overnight.
- Cut into squares, drizzle with dark chocolate syrup & sprinkle with cinnamon red hot candies