Colorful Brownie Pie (adaptable For Any Season!)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten well
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract or 1/2 teaspoon cherry extract or 1/2 teaspoon orange extract or 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract (use whatever you like to go with whatever color you want)
• food coloring (red/pink for valentine's day, green for st. patrick's day, red "or" green for christmas, blue for ha)
• 1 (8 ounce) container non-dairy whipped topping, thawed (cool whip)
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips, melted (optional)

Recipe

• 1 brownie: preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 melt butter and chocolate in saucepan or microwave.
• 3 stir in sugar until well blended.
• 4 add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
• 5 stir in flour until combined.
• 6 pour into a greased 9 inch springform pan.
• 7 (you can use a regular 9 ince cake pan, but the presentation is not as nice if you serve it in the pan) bake for about 20 minutes or until center tests done with a toothpick.
• 8 cool on wire rack.
• 9 topping: in a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
• 10 add your choice of extract and food coloring and mix well.
• 11 fold in whipped topping and spread mixture evenly over brownie layer.
• 12 cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.
• 13 remove sides of springform pan just before serving.
• 14 if desired, melt chocolate chips and drizzle over top.
• 15 dollop additional whipped topping around edges if you like.