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These chocolate chip cheesecake bars are so easy to throw together and require only four ingredients. If you’re a fan of cheesecake and chocolate chip cookies, these will not disappoint.
For more amazing cookie bar recipes, check out our chocolate chip cookie bars and our five star bars.
Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
- 1 roll of refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough (you can use your favorite kind for this!)
- 1 package of cream cheese (softened)
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
With only four ingredients required and an almost non-existent prep time, this has become one of my frequent “quick” desserts to make. (Pssst…Love cheesecake? Try our classic cheesecake recipe!)
You can find the full recipe in the recipe card below.
SEE ALSO: Carmelitas | PB Brownies | Baby Ruth | Rice Krispie Treats
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
I love the ease of this recipe. These bars are so much easier to make than cheesecake but just as delicious in my mind.
Start off by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F to allow it to heat up while you prepare things.
Next, line a 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. In the prepared dish, spread a little over 1/2 of the cookie dough onto the bottom, right over the top of the parchment paper. Make sure to press the cookie dough down firmly with your hands.
Begin beating the cream cheese by itself until it’s light and fluffy. I use a stand mixer to do this! Then, beat in the sugar until the two are well combined. Finally, beat in the egg and vanilla until the mixture is nice and smooth.
Pour this filling on the top of the cookie dough already in your dish. Spread it evenly over the cookie base. Lastly, crumble the rest of the cookie dough over the top of everything.
HOW LONG TO BAKE
The best part about these bars is that you can bake everything together, making it a super quick one step recipe. No need to bake the cheesecake part and the chocolate chip cookie part separately. Simply put it all together and throw it in the oven.
Usually 30 minutes is a long enough bake time for me, but they might need just a little bit longer which is why I say 30-35 minutes.
Try to keep an eye on it when it gets to the 30 minute mark and finish baking it to your liking! When the top cookie layer is starting to look light golden brown, you will know they are done!
HOW TO STORE
The ease of this recipe continues, as these bars are super easy to store. I like to store them in the refrigerator, to keep the cream cheese. Plus, I just think these bars taste amazing when they are chilled!
Most of my baking dishes have lids that fit on them, so I just pop the lid on and put them in the fridge.
I’m a big fan of these cookie bars. They are easy and quick to make. The cream cheese makes them so creamy and soft while the cookie part adds crunch and sweet flavor. I hope you’ll love them too!
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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
- 1 roll refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
- 1 package cream cheese softened
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper.
- Spread 1/2 + of the cookie dough onto the bottom of the baking dish.
- Press down firmly.
- Beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy with a stand mixer.
- Beat the sugar until combined.
- Beat the egg and vanilla until smooth.
- Pour this filling on the top of the cookie dough.
- Spread over the cookie base.
- Crumble the rest the cookie dough over the top
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Remove from oven allow to cool.
- Let cool completely before cutting into bars.
- Makes 16 bars.
I like this ideas! chocolate chips recipes is very easy to follow 🙂 can’t wait to baked for our upcoming kids party.
Oh my the chocolate chip cheesecake bars look amazing! Yum! Sharing! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Ooooo!!! I love these ideas! It’s inspired me to have a neighborhood kid party at my house! 🙂 I’m going to have to copy you. 🙂 Love the idea of decorating their own hot cocoa cups. PS The CCC bars look delicious!
Absolutely delicious! You can’t go wrong with chocolate and cheesecake!
Two of my favorites! Pinning for later.
Does the chocolate chip cheesecake bars take sugar top of page sHe 4 ingredients down further it says sugar but not on top of page?? Would like to make Thanks
Hi, Glenda – yes, there is half a cup of sugar in this recipe. If you scroll to the bottom of the post, you can see/print the recipe card to make it easy to see everything in one spot. Enjoy!
Do they have to be stored in the refrigerator because of the cheesecake filling?
I would recommend it!