Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars with Strawberries Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. cornstarch; 1 2 c. 1 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature; 3/4 c. sugar; 3/4 c. light brown sugar (packed); 2 tsp. vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; 1 12 2 12 1 oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips (around 2 cups); 1 8 8 1 oz. pkg. cream cheese, room temperature; 1/2 c. sour cream; 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 1 8 8 1 oz. carton Cool Whip, thawed; 1 16 16 1 oz. carton strawberries, stems removed and chopped

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars with Strawberries Recipe

How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars with Strawberries

A rich chocolate chip bar serves as the base for these cheesecake bars, an easy dessert with a creamy cheesecake filling & a topping of fresh strawberries.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 17 minutes

Total: 37 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2½cupsall purpose flour
1tspbaking soda
1tspsalt
1tspcornstarch
1cupunsalted butter,(2 sticks) room temperature
¾cupsugar
¾cuplight brown sugar,packed
2tspvanilla extract
2large eggs
12ozsemisweet chocolate chips,(1 package) around 2 cups

For Cheesecake Layer:

8ozcream cheese,(1 package) room temperature
½cupsour cream
1½cuppowdered sugar
1tspvanilla extract
8ozcool whip,(1 carton) thawed

For Garnish:

16ozstrawberries,(1 carton) stems removed and chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a large 12×17-inch jelly-roll pan (or similar size); set aside.
Combine flour, soda, salt and cornstarch; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream together softened butter, sugar and brown sugar.
Mix in the vanilla and then the eggs, one at a time. Add the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips. Press cookie dough evenly into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 17 minutes. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and cool completely.
Combine cream cheese and sour cream and mix, using a hand mixer, until combined. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and mix together until smooth and creamy.
Fold in the Cool Whip. Spread over cooled cookie bars. Top with chopped strawberries. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve (remove from fridge 15 minutes before serving). Slice and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 667.25kcal
Fat: 37.57g
Saturated Fat: 22.42g
Trans Fat: 0.62g
Monounsaturated Fat: 10.47g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.68g
Carbohydrates: 81.06g
Fiber: 3.13g
Sugar: 55.88g
Protein: 7.28g
Cholesterol: 111.81mg
Sodium: 394.68mg
Calcium: 84.42mg
Potassium: 286.79mg
Iron: 2.58mg
Vitamin A: 264.67µg
Vitamin C: 22.31mg

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