Five chocolate and peanut butter swirl brownies on a wooden cutting board, with one broken piece

Kitchen Stories' Pumpkin-Swirl Brownies

Name: Fall Dessert Recipe: Pumpkin-Swirl Brownies Recipe | Heart of the Home
Prep time: 80 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup pumpkin purée; 1 lb semisweet chocolate; 1 cup flour; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 stick of butter; 1 1/8 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/3 cup cream cheese; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg; Butter for greasing

Kitchen Stories

Anyone can cook

Difficulty

Medium

Total time

120 min

Cooking time

40 min

This delicious Pumpkin Swirl Brownies recipe from our friends at Kitchen Stories are the perfect mix of two of our favorite fall desserts: pumpkin pie and chocolate! They’re the perfect treat for Halloween, Thanksgiving or any gathering for that matter. If your mouth is watering as much as ours, read on for the step by step recipe.

Ingredients

12 servings:

1/4 cup pumpkin purée

1 lb semisweet chocolate

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 stick of butter

1 1/8 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup cream cheese

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

Butter for greasing

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a square baking pan with aluminum foil, letting some hang over the sides, and grease the foil with butter. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Roughly chop chocolate.

Person slicing dark chocolate on a wooden cutting board with a knife, with chopped pieces beside it

Step 2

Melt butter and chocolate over a double boiler, stirring occasionally, until combined. Do not stir too much, or the chocolate will seize and lose its shine.

Person stirring chocolate chunks in a glass bowl set over an orange pot on a stovetop, melting chocolate using a double boiler method

Step 3

Remove chocolate from heat and let cool for approx. 1 min., then stir in sugar. Beat in 3 eggs and vanilla extract.

Person adding vanilla extract to a glass bowl with eggs and chocolate batter, stirring with a red spatula on a striped cloth

Step 4

Fold in flour mixture, then transfer batter to prepared pan.

Person folding flour into chocolate batter before transferring it to a lined baking pan for brownies

Step 5

Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, then add pumpkin purée, 1 egg, sugar, and spices, and mix until combined.

Person beating cream cheese, pumpkin, egg, sugar, and spices until smooth and combined for brownie topping

Step 6

Dollop pumpkin mixture over brownie batter about half a thumb’s length apart. Use your finger or the handle of a wooden spoon to swirl pumpkin mixture through brownie batter in large figure-8 movements. Bake at 350°F for approx. 40 min., or until brownies start to pull away from the edges and the center is set. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out with a few moist crumbs. Let brownies cool completely, then carefully lift them out of the pan using the aluminum foil overhang. Cut into squares and enjoy!

Swirling pumpkin mixture into brownie batter with a spoon before baking in the oven until set and cooled