Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars – The holy grail of cookie bars for cheesecake and cookie dough lovers.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bar
For many, these cookie dough cheesecake bars will be the holy grail of cookie bars; a perfect caloric storm of flavor with a buttery graham cracker crumb crust, a vanilla cheesecake center and gobs of cookie dough on top. Because the cookie dough gets baked on top of the cheesecake, it just bakes to a light golden color on top and beneath retains a cookie dough texture.
What an amazing combination in a single treat! They also freeze very well so you can take one or two out at a time to enjoy over several weeks…if they last that long.
2017 Update: This recipe has become one of our most popular cookie bars ever on Rock Recipes. If you like this one you may also like our Cherry Vanilla Cheesecake Bars or our very popular Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Dessert Bars .
Cherry Vanilla Cheesecake Bars
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- 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- ⅓ cup melted butter
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 cup cream cheese (that's an 8 ounce package)
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup butter
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup flour
- pinch salt
- ⅔ cup chocolate chips
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Mix together the graham crumbs, melted butter and sugar.
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Press firmly into the bottom of a greased or parchment paper lined 9x9 inch baking pan. Bake for 5 minutes at 325 degrees F.
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Cream together the cream cheese and sugar very well.
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Add the egg and vanilla and mix until well blended.
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Spread evenly over the graham crumb crust.
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Cream together the butter, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract very well.
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Mix together the flour and salt and add to the creamed mixture.
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Fold in just until a dough forms then mix in the chocolate chips.
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Pick up the cookie dough in handfuls and press into a ball.
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Break off small nuggets of the dough and sprinkle these evenly over the cheesecake layer.
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Bake at 325 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until the cookie dough just begins to brown on top.
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Cool completely in the pan before cutting into squares or bars.
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Store in an airtight container in the fridge if you are not freezing these cookie bars.
These definitely would not last a week, let alone a day in our house!
When a recipe calls for butter….do you use real butter or margarine? If real butter, salted or unsalted? HAVE to make these!!
I never use anything but real butter. I use both salted and unsalted depending on the recipe but if using salted I omit any salt in the recipe. For frostings and things I always use unsalted.
I made this today and it was delicious! I cut some of the sugar since I don’t like desserts too sweet, and these turned out perfect! A great recipe 😀
In the oven now!! They look delicious 😀
Made this for my daughter’s birthday, but as a cheesecake. I doubled the cheesecake portion, and baked in a 9 inch spring form pan for about an hour. Everyone raved about it! Thanks for the recipe.
That’s a great idea Penny. I was thinking of doing it as a tart too.
How many does this yield?
The recipe says 2 dozen.
Barry, got your cook book for my birthday. The first thing that caught my eye was this recipe (I do love my desserts). I made them ASAP. Seriously, these should not even be legal. You managed to combine my 2 favourite desserts and the result is sooooooooo delicious!!!!! I ended up making a few batches and shared them with family and coworkers….everyone loves them. So amazing. THANK YOU!!!!!! And I’ve gone on to try many of the other recipes in your book, love them all. You, Sir, are awesome!
I’m blushing. So glad you are enjoying the book. Look for Book number two this fall.
Oh my I agree! I’ve made them several times as well with everyone raving and not a crumb left in sight, just amazing! Thanks for these thighs that don’t lie LOOL … I make and eat too many of your recipes to fit as well as I once did in my skinny jeans but I do it with a smile so I’m happy ,..
And I make these w a tbs of course sea salt in cookie dough and the sweet and salty is heaven!