Death by Decadent Brownie Pudding

on Jan 24, 2013, Updated Oct 25, 2023

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A friend made this for us a couple weeks ago and then sent all the leftovers home with me as she had the nerve to head to the Bahamas… I swear I gained 10 pounds just by having it in my fridge. But it. is. delicious. And, it made a great bribe to get my kids to eat their healthy food.

Death by Decadent Brownie Pudding

Ingredients

For the brownies:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
For the topping:
1 8oz package cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
16 oz real whipped cream\
oz chocolate pudding mix
3 oz vanilla pudding mix
3½ cups milk
Hot fudge
Chocolate chips for garnish or shredded chocolate

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9×13 pan.
Prepare your brownies:
Melt butter. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Beat in cocoa powder, flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. Do NOT overcook.
For the topping:
Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, and half the whipped cream. Spread mixture on top of the COOLED brownies. Blend puddings and milk together and carefully spread on top of cream cheese mixture.
Top with remaining whipped cream.
Garnish with hot fudge and chocolate chips {or shaved chocolate}.
Refrigerate or freeze for easier cutting and serving.
ENJOY!