#1860 - Black and White Cheesecake Brownies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 12oz. bag Nestle's semi-sweet MINI chocolate chips
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup softened butter
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 cup flour
Filling: 1 - 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened); 1/2 cup white sugar; 2 TBSP softened butter; 2 eggs; 2 TBSP milk; 1 TBSP flour; 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Remove 1 1/4 cups of the mini chocolate chips--melt them according to bag directions and set it aside. In a bowl add 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/4 cup softened butter--beat with a spoon until creamy. Add 2 beaten eggs--beat with a spoon. Add 1 tsp. vanilla and salt--stir with a spoon. Add melted chocolate (that you set aside) and flour--stir just until mixed. Pour batter into a greased 9" square cake pan. In a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Add 1/2 cup white sugar, 2 TBSP softened butter and 2 eggs--beat. Add milk and 1/2 tsp. vanilla--beat. Add 1 TBSP flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add remaining mini chocolate chips from the bag--stir until mixed. Pour the cream cheese batter evenly over the chocolate batter in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Cool completely. Cut into squares.