Ingredients

The following ingredients have 1 Servings
  • 1 & 1/4 cups butter (2 and 1/2 sticks salted butter)
  • 2 & 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 & 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (high quality *)
  • 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin (canned )
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • orange food coloring

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Prepare a 9×13 baking dish by lining with parchment paper or foil and then spraying with non-stick cooking spray. Or just spray the pan.
  • Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally. The butter will foam up, then back down and start forming brown-colored milk solids or “bits”. When it is a nice light brown and it starts to smell like you could drink it straight, that’s when you know it’s done.*
  • While your butter is browning, combine sugar, cocoa, and salt in a bowl or stand mixer.
  • Once the butter is nice and brown, immediately pour the butter into the bowl with the sugar and cocoa (so that it stops cooking. You don’t want it to burn). Beat the mixture until it is smooth, almost creamy.
  • Add the water and vanilla. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing in between each addition.
  • Add the flour and chocolate ships and mix until just incorporated. Batter will be about the consistency of cement. Have a taste. It’s awesome.
  • Use a sturdy rubber spatula to spread batter into the prepared pan.