#929 - Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 21oz. box of your favorite chewy brownie mix
1/2 cup applesauce
1/4 cup water + 1 TBSP water
6 egg whites
1 - 8oz. and 1/2 of an 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (12oz. total)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 TBSP flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp. canola oil
1 - 7oz. jar Fluff marshmallow

In a mixer add brownie mix, 1/4 cup water, 4 of the egg whites and the applesauce--beat for 1 minute. Grease a 9 x 9" square baking pan--pour batter into the baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. In a mixer add the 8oz. cream cheese--beat. Add 2 egg whites--beat. Add white sugar, flour and vanilla--beat until smooth. Remove brownies from oven after the 15 minutes are up--pour the cream cheese mixture evenly over the top of the brownies. Return brownies to the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool completely. Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave--add the canola oil--stir and set aside. In a mixer add the 1/2 of an 8oz. cream cheese (4oz.) and 1 TBSP water--beat. Add the melted chocolate--beat. Add the marshmallow--beat until smooth. When brownies are completely cool, spread chocolate/marshmallow/cream cheese mixture over the top.