Cookies ‘N Cream Extreme Brownies – Eat More Chocolate Eat More Chocolate

Ingredients

• 2 sticks (1 cup or 8 ounces) unsalted butter
• 1 1/3 cups 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips (I used Hershey’s Special Dark)
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon cake flour
• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (Dutch process or regular or Special Dark)
• 15 Oreo Cookies (or, if you can find them, use the White Fudge Covered Oreos)
• 8 tablespoons vegetable shortening (Crisco)
• 1 stick (1/4 cup or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup marshmallow creme (such as Fluff)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or another 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract)
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• About 1 1/4 cups (or more) Oreo Mini Cookies
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons very hot water