Marble Magic Decadent Brownie Bars
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
25 squares
ingredients
- 1 (18 ounce) box French vanilla cake mix (I use Betty Crocker super moist or Duncan Hines)
- 2 cups butter (or 1 cup butter and 1 cup margarine) or 2 cups margarine, melted and cooled (or 1 cup butter and 1 cup margarine)
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, packed
- 6 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups sifted cocoa powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
directions
- Set oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan, and line bottom with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, prepare the cake mix as stated on the box; spoon out into a bowl, do not wash the processor bowl.
- For the brownies: using the processor, blend the melted butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs.
- In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; blend/PULSE with the processor until combined (do not add in the chocolate chips, they are placed on top).
- Pour the batter into prepared baking pan.
- Spoon/dollup the cake mix batter on top of the chocolate batter, and swirl in gently with a knife (just a bit, do not swirl too much!).
- Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until the brownie part seems to be done, and the cake has risen, but is not getting too browned.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over top while cake is hot.
- Let stand for 6-8 minutes, the spread with a knife.
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Reviews
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These were delicious, however, they were not what I expected. I had hoped and expected a dense chocolate brownie layer with a cream cheese type swirl. Instead, the cake mix and the brownie layer were thin batters that baked up to look and taste like a chocolate vanilla swirl cake. I used real butter and 6 eggs in the brownie layer and 3 eggs in the cake layer (I used Betty Crocker French Vanilla) with 1/3 cup oil and 1 1/4 cups water. Once mixed together, it was a very thin batter. Additionally, the brownie layer, being made with 6 eggs, would have a cake-like texture. To get a more "fudgy" brownie, less eggs should be used it that layer. So, although this was a rich dessert, I would say it is a cake not a brownie bar. Oh, and the melted chocolate chips on the top were delicious..