The combination of pumpkin and chocolate may be unusual, however it is rather a delicious one. If you want to serve pumpkin brownies as a plated dessert, consider a mandarin sorbet. Oftentimes I am asked if I use fresh pumpkins instead of canned, but I do not. I prefer canned pumpkin as it provides consistent and very good results.
Since the pumpkin part of this brownie provides a good amount of creaminess, I choose a brownie batter formulated with cocoa powder as it creates a less fudgy brownie.
Pumpkin brownies |Pumpkin layer
| 1 lb 8 oz | Cream cheese (Philadelphia) | 720 g | |
| 6 oz | Extra fine granulated sugar | 180 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | Vanilla extract | 5 g | |
| 3 | Large eggs | 3 | |
| 3 teaspoon | cinnamon | 7 g | |
| 1.5 teaspoon | Ginger | 3.5 g | |
| 12 oz | Pumpkin puree | 360 g | |
Brownie Layer
| 12 oz | Pastry flour | 360 g | |
| 5 oz | Cocoa powder | 150 g | |
| 0.5 teaspoon | Baking soda | 2 g | |
| 12 oz | Unsalted butter | 360 g | |
| 1 lb 6 oz | Extra fine granulated sugar | 660 g | |
| 6 | Large eggs | 6 | |
| 1 teaspoon | Vanilla extract | 5 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | salt | 5 g | |
1.Line a half sheet pan with parchment paper including sides and set aside.
2.Combine cream cheese with sugar on lowest speed until lumps are dissolved. Add vanilla and gradually eggs. Add cinnamon, ginger and pumpkin. Set aside.
3.Sift together flour, cocoa powder and baking soda and set aside.
4.Melt butter and whisk in sugar. Whisk in eggs a few at a time. Add vanilla and salt. Stir in sifted ingredients.
5.Pour a generous half of brownie batter in pan. Cover with pumpkin batter. Drizzle remaining brownie batter on top.
6.Place in 350°F (180°C) oven and bake until center is set, about 35 minutes. Refrigerate or freeze before cutting. Serve refrigerated.
They are to die for!!! And a must for Thanksgiving dinner.
I like this a lot! But i was wondering could this same idea go along with pumpkin bread and add the chocolate to it as well?
This sounds delicious! I can’t find pastry flour at the grocery store … is there a suitable substitute?
I’m kinda interested in doing this recipe for my baby! As much as she loves sweets, i bet alll i hear is mmmmm mmmmm!
Can’t wait to try these! All the pumpkin brownie recipes I have found are usually more like a blondie with pumpkin in them. Excited to see something different!
Moist, soft and delicious! Brownie crossed with pumpkin pie was a good mixture of both even do I am not a fan of pumpkin.
I am looking forward to try this. Something tells me it will be as good if not better than the Pumpkin Cheesecake we made in class.
These were amazing, good combination of both. I’m attempting these for a thanks giving dessert. I’ve used the same sort of idea but I used brownie and chocolate chip cookie
Yep, definitely making this one for Thursday now!! Can’t wait.
I have tasted the pumkin brownie and the chocolate nor the pumkin takes over a great balance of flavors.
A friend of mine from Boston sends me a pumpkin chocolate chip bread for Thanksgiving every year. I remember being unsure about the combination the first time. I guess you can never go wrong with chocolate.
I love pumpkin and chocolate together, I can imagine this is to die for like the pumpkin bars we made in class.
My Family loved them. This reminded me of cheesecake. I served it with whipped cream.
Great ideal for the holiday season I wanted to know if I can use white chocolate or will it change the flavor of the brownie!!
Another great idea of using pumpkin for the next year’s Thanksgiving. Thank you Chef!
Your Pumpikn brownie look good i will try to dothem next year.
Tried a pumpkin cheesecake the my family fell in love with. I will have to try this and see what they say.
this looks delicious!! I am going to try to bake this.
Pumpkin and Chocolate the mixture is just so appealing. I just love anything that has pumpkin in it
What a combo Chef… I am a little curious how this gonna taste and saw that you mixed a bit of ginger (powder or juice?) in the pumpkin mixture… Very interesting concoction indeed!
I would like to know if the pumpkin can be subsituted with sweet potato? Looking forward to an answer.
Chef Eddy, as you know i really like all of your items that you composed,and i would just like to say again you did a great job with this one.
I usually just fix brownies by the bow and my family always says how great they are. In class we made brownies just from scratch, but it was way too chocolatey. I like more of a cake-like brownie with a lot less choclate. I know I’ve said previously that I dont like pumpkin, but with the brownie i think this recipe would be great.
So when I saw this, I was like Pumpkin Brownies? I mean I love pumpkin and I love brownies but I never thought they could go together. This will be a must try! It looks delicious!
Would the addition of a chocolate sauce go well with the pumpkin brownies or would it drown out much of the pumpkin flavor?
These pumpkin brownies sound great! maybe a la mode would be good? perhaps a scoop of cinnamon ice cream.
This sounds like an amazing combination, im so use to plain chocolate brownies, the addition of pumpkin is great. Considering making these instead of the tradition pumpkin pie for thanksgiving. much more interesting!
I think that the pumpkin mixture containing cream cheese sounds creamy and delicious. Chocolate and pumpkin are not flavors that go together in my mind but I am excited to try this recipe just because it is out of the ordinary for me.
Wow! I’ve never heard of a chocolate and pumpkin together but it sounds great! This is a thanksgiving must! How would it be if I added some toasted pecans?
I like pumpkin cake, I also like chocolate. This could not go wrong just from the title alone. I wish I had time aside from attending to visiting relatives to make this for thanksgiving. Regardless, I will be sure to try this during winter break, and enjoy it with hot cocoa. I wonder if it would be possible to make this with a cheesecake as well, a pumpkin cheesecake chocolate swirl brownie!