Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 10 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 dash salt
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 350ºf.
• 2 line a 9x9-inch baking pan with foil, leaving extra foil extending over the edges.
• 3 spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
• 4 in a medium bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs and melted butter until crumbs are moistened.
• 5 stir in the miniature chocolate chips.
• 6 press into the bottom and 1-inch up the sides of the pan.
• 7 bake for 6 min or until set, and cool on a wire rack.
• 8 decrease oven to 325ºf.
• 9 in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar at low speed until smooth.
• 10 beat in the egg and 1 tsp vanilla until just blended.
• 11 pour the filling into the prepared crust.
• 12 in the same large bowl, beat 5 tbs butter, brown sugar, 3 tbs sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and salt at medium speed for 1 min or until blended.
• 13 beat in the flour at low speed just until incorporated.
• 14 stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips by hand.
• 15 drop teaspoonfuls of the dough over the filling.
• 16 bake for 30-35 min or until the top feels dry and looks set when shaken gently.
• 17 cool completely on a wire rack.
• 18 dip a fork into the melted chocolate chips and drizzle over the top of the bars.
• 19 let stand until set.
• 20 using the foil edges, lift bars from the pan; peel away the foil.
• 21 cut into 16 pieces and serve at room temperature.
• 22 cover and refrigerate any leftovers.