Caramel Cheesecake Bars with a Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust
Caramel, cheesecake, and chocolate chip cookies are three pretty universally loved things. I combined them to create these Caramel Cheesecake Bars with a Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust. Yum!
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1 package of Nestle Pre-Cut Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- 16 ounces of Cream Cheese
- ½ cup of Granulated Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- ¼ cup Sour Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- ½ cup Caramel Sauce
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 325 degrees, and line an 8x8 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- Place the cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer, and beat on a medium speed until it is smooth. Pour in the sugar and sour cream and beat to combine. Add the eggs to the cream cheese one at a time, mixing after each addition. Then add the vanilla and mix to incorporate.
- Place the cookie dough in the baking pan and use a spoon to press into the bottom of the pan so that the dough evenly coats the pan.
- Pour the cheesecake filling over the cookie dough.
- Spoon the caramel sauce on top of the cheesecake filling and swirl it in with a knife.
- Place in the oven to bake for 40 minutes, or until the center of the cheesecake has set.
- Remove from the oven and let cool. Once cooled, place the cheesecake bars in the refrigerate for at least 2 hours to chill before cutting.
Notes
In order to save time, I used store-bought chocolate chip cookie dough. I made the cheesecake filling and the caramel from scratch, and I wanted to reduce the preparation time and the amount of mess. If you want to save yourself even more time you could use store-bought caramel sauce. Using store-bought dough and store-bought caramel would take the active preparation time down to under 10 minutes.
