Preheat oven to 350°F and spray 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray

In a microwave safe dish melt the butter. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, and repeat until the butter is completely melted.

Stir cocoa powder into melted butter making sure there are no clumps. Set aside.

While butter mixture is cooling, in a separate small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

In a stand mixer, or using a hand mixer, mix together the butter mixture (it’s okay if it’s still warm), sugar, espresso powder, and vanilla. Then add the eggs one at a time, letting each egg become fully incorporated into the batter before adding the next.

By hand, with a large rubber spatula or mixing spoon, fold in the flour mixture. Folding in the flour will help the brownie batter keep the air in it.

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Reserve 1 cup of batter, then pour remaining batter into prepared baking dish.

Mix together cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Best done with a stand or hand-held mixer.

Divide mixture in half, mixing in red food gel to one half and the orange to the other and stir until fully mixed in.

Add dollops of cream cheese over batter, alternating between the red and orange, then gently swirl together- just enough to swirl but not so much to mix the colors together or with the batter below.

Then add spoonful’s of remining brownie batter on top and next to the cream cheese. You can leaved the pattern blocky or gently spread the batter over the cream cheese a bit.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until set. Remove from oven and let cool completely.

Once cool, using a can of storebought white frosting (vanilla or cream cheese), or using some homemade buttercream frosting, pipe on the spiderweb.

To make the spiderweb place a small circle of frosting on top of the brownies- this will be the center of the web. You can place this off to one side of the brownies or directly in the middle.

Draw circles around this center about 1” apart, moving out from the center. After all the circle are drawn, pipe a line of frosting perpendicular to the circles starting from the center of the web out, repeat every 1-2’’ to fil in the web.