Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bar
Published Dec 12, 2017
Updated Sep 10, 2024
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bar - BEST cheesecake bar EVER with chocolate chips, cookie dough and cheesecake, every bite is sinfully sweet!
A special occasion calls for a special, sinfully good dessert recipe, and a special season like the holidays call for that extra sinful, to-die-for dessert that you just want to indulge, and this chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake bar fits the bill.
It’s the combination of two of the best desserts: cheesecake and chocolate chip cookie dough, the holy grail of cookie bar!
This is a scrumptious treat that everyone loves and the sweet ending that everyone wants to indulge in and not have to feel guilty because it’s the holidays!
The good thing about this killer dessert is that they are quite easy to bake.
I love the flavors: the buttery cookie dough, the rich cheesecake, and the ever so pleasing chocolate chips in every bite.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bar is rather similar to the very popular Brownie Butter Cake…basically you get the best of both worlds in one dessert recipe.
This season, indulge in your sweet tooth and make this for your family and friends.
You won’t regret it, I can assure you.
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This recipes is 378 calories per serving.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bar
Ingredients
FOR THE CRUST
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter , room temperature
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips
FOR THE CHEESECAKE FILLING
- 10 oz. (280g) cream cheese , room temperature
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg , room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F (162°C). Line an 8-inch (20 cm) square baking pan with parchment paper or foil, allowing a little overhang, and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Mix the melted butter and graham cracker crumbs until thoroughly combined. Press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. Remove the pan and place it on a cooling rack. Do not turn your oven off.
- While the crust is cooling, prepare the chocolate chip cookie dough. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, and vanilla until smooth and thoroughly combined, about 1 minute. Mix in the flour on low speed until just incorporated. Then, mix in the chocolate chips. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream together the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Mix in the egg and vanilla on low speed, just until incorporated. Pour the cheesecake batter into the prepared crust.
- Using your hands, form clumps of dough. Flatten the clumps in your palms to spread them out a bit. Distribute the cookie dough evenly over the top of the cheesecake batter, ensuring most of the cheesecake is covered. Use all of the dough.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the top feels dry and firm (the cookie dough), and the entire pan looks set when gently shaken. Move the bars to a cooling rack and let them cool completely.
- Lift the bars out by the overhang, slice into your desired size, and store in the refrigerator. Serve cold or at room temperature.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These are my favorite cookie bar evr.Daughter-in-law made these for her Partylite party and everyone loved them and was asking for receipe .Thanks for sharing
These were VERY good! My boys LOVED them. Next time I think I would use 1 stick of butter. The bottoms were crumbly. Otherwise great recipe.
just made these after I saw them on pinterest!! I wish I could post a picture of what turned out like but I don’t know how… they look a lot like the picture though!! It did take a longish time to make, but I’m a beginner in baking, but overall it was really easy. It took me in total about 1.5 hours from making them to eating them, with baking time and cooling time included. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, it will definitely become one of my usuals!!!
Hi Sarah – thanks so much for trying this recipe with success. I would have loved to see your creation. Happy holidays!
are you missing an egg in your dough portion of your recipe? the “dough” was like crumbs not like a cookie dough?
Hi Val – it’s supposed to be very dry.
Tried this but must have made a mistake somewhere. The chocolate chip cookie dough never came together as a dough for me. I even added more butter. Should have added an egg maybe. Maybe I grabbed the one cup measuring cup by mistake when I measured out the flour. It was extremely dry. I spread it over the cream cheese layer with the hopes it would hold together after baking, but no such luck. Oh well. I’m sure my younger brother-in-laws will eat it anyway and enjoy it.
Hi Pennie, sorry to hear that. Yeah, with baking you can’t afford a mistake in any steps. :(
I was expecting the same problem, my cookie dough was very dry as well, but once I “fisted it” together as the recipe stated, it worked out. I think the cookie dough needs to be dry in order for it to not sink into the cheesecake. Sorry for your disappointment!
Can you use any type of crackers or biscuits..they look delicious..thanks for sharing
The crumb was falling apart otherwise it was good
Made these for Thanksgiving. They were so good and a hit! Would definitely make again!
Thanks Lisa for making this chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake bar!!
These were very yummy. I’m going to try your sweet & sour pork recipe next.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes.
I just pulled these out of the oven…I had to bake it an extra 10 mins for it to set and there are pools of oil on top, I didn’t even spray or grease the pan. I hope they are ok once cooled…