Zucchini Brownies

Yea, you read that title right. Amanda suggested that we use our abundance of zucchini to make brownies. And since (a) I will readily agree to almost anything if chocolate is involved and (b) we were having company over. I jumped on it. I used this recipe from All Recipes and made a few slight tweaks.

Dark Chocolate Brownies

Recently, we had a coworker leave our office to move on to bigger and better things. Happy for him, sad for us. Naturally, this meant he needed some sort of sending off treat. Knowing that he wasn't a fan of overly sweet things I asked him what he liked best. His response--rich, fudgey brownies. And so I turned to Joy the Baker for her Dark Chocolate Brownies.

Cheater Cheesecake Brownies

When I was a kid we always made our brownies from the Betty Crocker box mix. And for years they had a recipe on the side for "Zebra Brownies" which were brownies layered with a cream cheese topping and swirled together. (Much like the Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies I made last month). The recipe is no longer on the box, but having massively overbought cream cheese, I thought these would be a nice addition to our holiday baking. I used the cream cheese recipe from Pillsbury's site.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies

After having my eyes opened to the wonders of pumpkin in baked goods I began to pay attention to all the pumpkin recipes that fall was inspiring. Especially this one. I had made "Zebra brownies" before with brownie mix and cream cheese and this looked like a super charged version.