Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars

As some of you may have guessed, I LOVE chocolate and peanut butter and when combined with cheesecake, what you have is a whole lot of deliciousness :)



Ingredients:

2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup Oreo crumbs

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted

3/4 granulated sugar, divided

1 cup Godiva semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided

3/4 cup Reeses peanut butter chips, divided

1/2 cups Reeses Miniature Cups, chopped

2 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened

1 tablsepoon vanilla extract

4 large eggs


Directions:


Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Combine graham cracker crumbs, Oreo cookie crumbs, butter 1/4 cup sugar in medium bowl. Remove 1 cup mixture and reserve, for topping. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Sprinkle chopped Reeses Miniature cups, 1/4 cup Godiva chocolate chips, 1/4 cup Reeses peanut butter chips over crust.

Beat cream cheese, remaining sugar, flour and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth. Pour over crust and morsels in pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumb topping and remaining chocolate and peanut butter chips.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into bars.


SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS:

I made adjustments to this recipe prior to making it because I had Oreos and Reese's cups left over from making a peanut butter cup cheesecake. Also, this recipe is a Nestles recipe from back when they made Swirled Milk Chocolate & Peanut Butter morsels.

Personally, I think the adjustments I made make this recipe scrumptious :)