I made the most amazing brownie dessert this past weekend. Cherries are in season here, and this recipe for Cherry Garcia Brownies is reason enough to buy a bag of cherries and make these for yourself at home.
First of all, the recipe is by Delish and can be found here. One major change I recommend is to use a 9 x 13" pan. Do NOT use an 8" pan. That would be a disaster. Your pan would be way too full and the cake would never bake properly. Also, there are conflicting directions on what temperature to bake the brownies. The video says 400 and the instructions say 350. I think 400 would be way to hot an oven. I did 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Check after 45 minutes. If the cake is awfully jiggly, give it a couple more minutes, but don't let it get too brown. I also used more cherries than the recipe called for (maybe 1 1/4 cup). I used Duncan Hines family-sized brownie mix and as I said, put it in a large pan.
You start with your basic brownie mixture and put it in your 9 x 13" pan.
Now here is where the magic happens. You mix a large block of cream cheese with your pitted chopped cherries along with 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, an egg, some sugar and vanilla.
I could have stopped right there, gotten out a spoon and just eaten that. Good sense prevailed, however, and I plopped spoonfuls of it on top of the brownie mixture and swirled it around.
Pop it in the oven and bake at least 45 minutes at 350. You end up with the best of two worlds: hot fudgy brownies with a cherry cheesecake topping.
Trust me, this is a really yummy dessert to make when cherries are in season. It would also feed a lot of people if you ever have any kind of gathering in your house again.
27 responses to “Cherry Garcia Brownies”
Sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing; I love when you share a good recipe, good read, quilt tools, yadda yadda. Always fun to see what’s posted here.
Sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing; I love when you share a good recipe, good read, quilt tools, yadda yadda. Always fun to see what’s posted here.
Sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing; I love when you share a good recipe, good read, quilt tools, yadda yadda. Always fun to see what’s posted here.
Mary, above, is right. Your blog has kept me interested for years, coming back for what you’re sewing, quilting, cooking, or reading. The brownies above look super. Hope I can get some good CA or WA cherries while they are in season, and that I don’t eat them all before I add them to my brownies. Thanks so much. Yum!
Mary, above, is right. Your blog has kept me interested for years, coming back for what you’re sewing, quilting, cooking, or reading. The brownies above look super. Hope I can get some good CA or WA cherries while they are in season, and that I don’t eat them all before I add them to my brownies. Thanks so much. Yum!
Mary, above, is right. Your blog has kept me interested for years, coming back for what you’re sewing, quilting, cooking, or reading. The brownies above look super. Hope I can get some good CA or WA cherries while they are in season, and that I don’t eat them all before I add them to my brownies. Thanks so much. Yum!
This looks amazing! Something wonderful to share when I get to see my quilty friends again. Thank you.
This looks amazing! Something wonderful to share when I get to see my quilty friends again. Thank you.
This looks amazing! Something wonderful to share when I get to see my quilty friends again. Thank you.
Those look so good! Thank you for sharing. I am definitely going to get this one cooking soon!
Mary
Those look so good! Thank you for sharing. I am definitely going to get this one cooking soon!
Mary
Those look so good! Thank you for sharing. I am definitely going to get this one cooking soon!
Mary
Oh, my gosh! Those are definitely my kind of brownies! I was hoping you’d post the recipe because when I serve brownies to guests I like to offer a scoop–or three–of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream on the side! No ice cream needed with your’s! I’m making these!! Stay well!
Oh, my gosh! Those are definitely my kind of brownies! I was hoping you’d post the recipe because when I serve brownies to guests I like to offer a scoop–or three–of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream on the side! No ice cream needed with your’s! I’m making these!! Stay well!
Oh, my gosh! Those are definitely my kind of brownies! I was hoping you’d post the recipe because when I serve brownies to guests I like to offer a scoop–or three–of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream on the side! No ice cream needed with your’s! I’m making these!! Stay well!
gatherings in our house again? ;p travel again? ;p things are not looking good. are you going to go to Ireland in September? I saw on the news that airport travel is starting to pick-up. So many decisions lie ahead for all of us. 🙁
anywho, the brownies look wonderful. I’m still on my cookie baking kick. ;p
gatherings in our house again? ;p travel again? ;p things are not looking good. are you going to go to Ireland in September? I saw on the news that airport travel is starting to pick-up. So many decisions lie ahead for all of us. 🙁
anywho, the brownies look wonderful. I’m still on my cookie baking kick. ;p
gatherings in our house again? ;p travel again? ;p things are not looking good. are you going to go to Ireland in September? I saw on the news that airport travel is starting to pick-up. So many decisions lie ahead for all of us. 🙁
anywho, the brownies look wonderful. I’m still on my cookie baking kick. ;p
Oh, I’ve got to try this. I think I even have all the ingredients 🍒
Oh, I’ve got to try this. I think I even have all the ingredients 🍒
Oh, I’ve got to try this. I think I even have all the ingredients 🍒
Omg! That looks so good! You crack me up! I can hear my husband in the background saying “save some topping for the brownies” 😂 Now I see why the Covid 15 exists 😩
Omg! That looks so good! You crack me up! I can hear my husband in the background saying “save some topping for the brownies” 😂 Now I see why the Covid 15 exists 😩
Omg! That looks so good! You crack me up! I can hear my husband in the background saying “save some topping for the brownies” 😂 Now I see why the Covid 15 exists 😩
Last weekend I made the Cherry Garcia Brownies and oh man are they good! Grandkids and kids enjoyed them as well. I am very so glad the pan is empty since every time I walked by I was taking a small piece. Thank you for the recipe.
Last weekend I made the Cherry Garcia Brownies and oh man are they good! Grandkids and kids enjoyed them as well. I am very so glad the pan is empty since every time I walked by I was taking a small piece. Thank you for the recipe.
Last weekend I made the Cherry Garcia Brownies and oh man are they good! Grandkids and kids enjoyed them as well. I am very so glad the pan is empty since every time I walked by I was taking a small piece. Thank you for the recipe.