Death by Chocolate

Here's a recipe that will thrill your tastebuds and clog your arteries. I made it recently for my co-workers....they went back and forth between thanking me for making them and scolding me for bringing them in and making them feel like the "had" to eat them.

Black and White Brownies

12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 cup butter

Cream Cheese Batter:
6 Tablespoons butter, softened
9 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 Tablespoons flour
1 Tablespoon vanilla

Chocolate batter:
6 eggs
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 Tablespoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350.

Melt chocolate and 1/2 cup butter and set aside to cool. You can melt it in the microwave or over a double boiler.

To make the cream cheese batter: with a whip attachment, cream 6 tablespoons butter then add the cream cheese and continue mixing. Add the sugar, beat until fluffy, then beat in the eggs, flour, and vanilla. Set aside.

For the chocolate batter: in a separate bowl whip the eggs and sugar until fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and mix into egg mixture. Mix in the melted chocolate and butter and vanilla.

In a rectangular pan, lined with parchment, spread half the chocolate mixture. Spread the cream cheese layer over that to cover. Then drop remaining chocolate batter by spoonfuls on top then swirl with a knife. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.