Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

CRUST
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
5 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
FILLING
10 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DOUGH
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
TOPPING
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Preparation

Heat the oven to 350\u00b0F.
Line a 9x9-inch baking pan with foil, leaving extra foil extending over the edges.
Spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs and melted butter until crumbs are moistened.
Stir in the miniature chocolate chips.
Press into the bottom and 1-inch up the sides of the pan.
Bake for 6 min or until set, and cool on a wire rack.
Decrease oven to 325\u00b0F.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar at low speed until smooth.
Beat in the egg and 1 tsp vanilla until just blended.
Pour the filling into the prepared crust.
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.
Beat in the flour at low speed just until incorporated.
Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips by hand.
Drop teaspoonfuls of the dough over the filling.
Bake for 30-35 min or until the top feels dry and looks set when shaken gently.
Cool completely on a wire rack.
Dip a fork into the melted chocolate chips and drizzle over the top of the bars.
Let stand until set.
Using the foil edges, lift bars from the pan; peel away the foil.
Cut into 16 pieces and serve at room temperature.
Cover and refrigerate any leftovers.