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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

So much to love in one bar! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars!

So much to love in one bar! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars!

It’s that time of the month again. Crazy Cooking Challenge. I love this challenge. Every month we are given a different type of food, to go out and find a recipe for, make it, blog about it, and then everyone links up so we can all see what everyone made.

In the past, we’ve made smoothies, spaghetti, chocolate cake (my favorite) and chicken noodle soup. You never know what Tina will come up with but it’s always enjoyable. And this month, it’s Cheesecake!

I love cheesecake but in my house, it’s just not a favorite dessert so I hate to make a big cheesecake and then still be the only one eating it five days later. It’s why I make things like Chocolate and Peanut Butter Mousse Cheesecake, Petit Mocha Cheesecakes and Cream Cheese Squares. I can make it, take what I want and share the rest with friends without it looking like I gave them leftovers.

I actually had another recipe all picked out for this challenge and then Chocolate Moosey posted that it was National Cheesecake day. With a link to all her cheesecake recipes. And she’s made a lot of cheesecake! I love to drool as much as the next person so I click on over. Pure heaven. About half way through, I spot the bars. I can almost taste the chocolate chips. And cookie dough. My kids love anything with the words cookie dough in it.

These were so good, my 10 year old said “If anyone doesn’t like these, they’re just crazy.” Guess I picked the perfect recipe for the Crazy Cooking Challenge.

So much to love in one bar! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars!

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars
adapted from Chocolate Moosey

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

So much to love in one bar! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars!

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs (I used butter cookies)
  • 6 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Filling

  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Cookies Dough Topping

  • 5 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt (just a pinch)
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup regular sized chocolate chips
  • Candy melts or chocolate bark (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees, line a square 8x8 or 9x9 pan with foil or parchment paper. Lightly spray with cooking spray. For your crust, combine cookie crumbs and melted butter. Stir in chocolate chips.
  2. Press cookie mixture into bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Bake for 6 minutes. remove from oven and let cool.
  3. Cream cream cheese, add in sugar, egg and vanilla, cream again till smooth. Spread cream cheese mixture over crust.
  4. Now for your cookie dough topping, Cream butter, add in sugars, cream again. Add in vanilla, then salt and flour. The dough will be crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips. Crumble cookie dough mixture over cream cheese layer.
  5. Bake in your preheated 325 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Just until the edges of your crust start to turn golden and when you shake the pan, the cream cheese layer is firm, not woobly. Let cool completely before cutting.
  6. For an extra layer of chocolaty goodness, drizzle some melted chocolate bark across the top.
  7. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, if it lasts that long.

So much to love in one bar! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars!

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Comments

  1. Andrea Kruse says

    Yum! This was one recipe I saw on Pinterest and will make soon. It looks so yummy.

    Come past and say “Hi” #20 – Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake bites.

  2. The Daily Smash says

    Looks amazing. This is one that I debated on doing but changed my mind at the last min. Looks so good I will need to try it soon. Check out my pick

    #30 on the CCC

    Have a great day

  6. Sarah E. says

    Oh I would be in trouble having this around the house! Bars means you can eat more of them! LOL

    Stopping by from CCC #18 – I pinned, tweeted, stumbled, and FB’d your cheesecake 🙂

  22. Carla says

    Yours looks way better than my pics!! You’re making me want to bake these again. Well I am overdue for a batch…

    Thanks for letting me know! I get so excited over this stuff haha 😀

  24. Robyn says

    Joan
    My Hubby was walking by and saw this post. Looks like your recipe is going in my “to try” pile! I have been wanting to try cookie dough cheesecake.

    I made Rolo Cheesecake for the CCC.

  29. Alyssa says

    These bars look so delicious!! I love the cookie dough on top and the melted chocolate on top of that. YUM!! Stopping by from CCC#12.

  34. Jayasri Ravi says

    Oh my am I happy being a part of this cheesey challenge, I have all of these delicious recipes to try and I think my girl will have a gala time enjoying these.., cookie dough cheese cake Mmm…, that’s double treat for her

  37. Patty says

    Thanks so much for stopping by (#34). These sound so good right now! I can definitely see making these in the near future!

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    You have such delicious recipes…I love your pictures. I am craving for these chocolate goodies right now!
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  51. Anonymous says

    Made 02/26/13. May be one of the best things I’ve ever made. I used crushed up Biscoff cookies for the crust. It was more crumbly than I would have liked, but it tasted AH-MAY-ZING. Someone at my husband’s work said it was his favorite dessert I’d made yet. A total repeat recipe!

  52. Evelina says

    I would like to make this and send it to a friend who lives in a different state, would it stay fresh (soft) it they were getting shipped for 4-6 days?

  53. Lorna says

    Hi, I just came across these and they look delicious. I have made cheesecake in the past and have made them into small bars. People actually like it a lot because they don’t feel like they are eating a whole piece of cheesecake. I have only done graham cracker and oreo cookie crusts, so your butter cookie WITH chocolate chips – what a simple yet awesome idea! My question to you is what butter cookies did you used for the crust? Were they Lorna Doone cookies? I am planning on making these and super excited to have my family try them out! Thanks for the recipe!