Over the top fudge brownies packed with mint truffles and a layer of creamy cheesecake, these brownie cheesecake bars are better than any mint patties you ever had!
I’m bringing you another decadent brownie today. Just like the mint chocolate chip frosted brownies, it combines both chocolate and mint, a combination very popular this time of the year. If you ask me, this combo should be enjoyed year round, especially on hot summer day to cool down a bit.
I’ve been holding on to this recipe for weeks now. I was just waiting for the right moment to share it with you. With St. Patrick’s day just few days away, what better time than now to share these better than thin mint brownie cheesecake bars?
What I love most about this recipe? Except the combination of flavors and textures, I love the fact that these fancy looking bars take so little time to come together.
The bars start with a layer of Oreo cookie crumbs. I prefer buying the Oreo pie crust instead of making my own, but you can pulse a few cookies in the food processor. It’s just as easy.
The brownie is a melted chocolate based brownie, mixed with sugar, eggs and flour – ingredients I’m pretty sure you already have on hand.
The cheesecake layer is whipped in no time – cream cheese, sugar and egg. A few drops of green food color to dress them up for the holiday.
Unless you’re as obsessed with seasonal candy as me and have mint truffle kisses, you can use thin mints, york peppermint patties or any mint chocolate candy you have on hand.
Since an entire bag of mint truffle kisses is used, it makes a little difficult to swirl the cheesecake layer with the fudgy brownie. To make sure I don’t end up with a messy looking bar I spread the cheesecake filling over the brownie layer. If you ask me now, I think it looks better this way. To give the bars a fancy look, I drizzled them with melted chocolate.
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Che dire!! Sono favolosi ed io adoro la Menta con il Cioccolato!
These are so pretty when you cut them. Green food tastes good!
Linda
These brownies couldn’t look any more amazing! Love how you combined all truffle, mint, chocolate, brownie and cheesecake in a dessert. These sound truly heavenly and I wish I had a big pan of them in front of me right now ;–)
Have a lovely day! x
OH MY GORGEOUSNESS! Look at those geometric delights! It speaks mint, but it screams “I am the coolest looking dessert ever to grace your plate and to soothe your palate!” OMG, how awesome and popular would be if you brought a plate of these guys to a party!!!??? They look like little pieces of edible art! I could just keep going, but to cut it short I am in LOVE!
This is so freaking amazing Roxana. LOVE!
These bars are so fun with the colors all of the way through. I love chocolate and mint. Fun, fun!!
These are amazing. So much deliciousness in there!! I would love to have some right now!!
I’m hungry now, these look very good.
Crafty Chic
Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home
Oh my goodness, all these mint themed desserts look so YUMMY!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Suzanne
All of these look fabulously minty Roxana! I will be featuring your brownies this Sunday @ 2-pm at redheadcandecorat.com during our “Inspiration Monday Party”! I hope to see you there! ~ Julie
oh my heck. These just look sinful! Right up my alley. I love them!
OMG. Did you hear my tummy grumble? These look delicious, and I’m impressed you were able to slice directly through the middle of the kisses. I found your blog through The Crafty Blog Stalker. Pinning for later!
These look SO GOOD! Thanks for sharing this recipe at The Pin Junkie. It was featured in a St. Patrick’s Day roundup at http://www.thepinjunkie.com/2014/03/st-patricks-day-crafts-and-recipes.html
Wow, those look amazing Roxana, and so decadent! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Best of the Weekend. Pinned to our party board. 🙂
I made the mint truffle brownie cheesecake twice. The 1st time when I cut them the brownie mixture oozed out all over. I figured I did something wrong or my oven was turned off.. so again I had ingredients I thought thankfully to try it a 2nd time. Much better but the brownie filling is oozing as a cut piece sits on a plate. Its not baking enough to create a brownie texture. Very disappointed and I don’t know what the issue is but I will not be wasting another bag of mint candies on this recipe.
Hi Monika,
I’m sorry to hear you had problems with this recipe.
To have a runny brownie batter, it only means the bars were not baked long enough or weren’t let to cool completely.
My brownie layer was moist but it was not runny.
My 2nd attempt was done around 10:30 pm and I baked it at 350 degrees for 37 minutes. It was left to cool until the morning as I was making them for my children’s youth group bake sale. They were definitely cooled enough. You stated that they may not have been baked long enough. It appeared baked but its difficult to look through the parchment paper but from what I could tell the edges were brown. How much longer would you recommend baking it for? Should the cheesecake topping be placed on the brownie mixture or should I have baked the brownie first and than cool…spread topping and bake again?
Is it hard to layer the cheese cake layer over the wet brownie layer?
Hi Lori,
The cheese layer is really easy to spread. The brownie batter is a little challenging, but not impossible
Roxana
OH MY GOSH! These are literally the best things EVER! I’m in awe!