Cheesecake in bars + another favorite

If you were to ask The Hubby what dessert he would want he would say chocolate chip cookies or cheesecake. If you were to ask me I would say anything chocolate…yes ANYTHING chocolate. So last week when I was craving something sweet I decided to bring together two favorites into one…Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars.

Two in one?

Yes…cheesecake and chocolate chip cookies all in one bar for a dessert everyone will love.

The cookie batter is a perfect balance of semi sweet chips and dark chocolate chips. I use both as I think the balance is perfect with the richness of the cream cheese filling. If you do not care for dark chocolate or do not have any on hand, feel free to use all semi sweet, it will still be delicious.

The cheesecake filling is just a little sweet and helps to balance each bite. This is not your traditional cheesecake filling but the consistency is perfect for these bars. Trust me this is a recipe you will love.

The Hubby loves these…

As I mentioned The Hubby is a huge fan of both chocolate chip cookies and cheesecake he LOVES these bars for sure.

I wanted to surprise him with a little treat and he was quite surprised for sure. When he came in the house he immediately smelled chocolate chip cookies and got quite excited but then I told him there was cheesecake too. He thought I made him two treats so when I explained that I took his 2 favorites and mashed them together he was so excited.

Unfortunately I had just taken them out of the oven and I could not cut them, they had to cool. So I sent him off to the office and went on about doing laundry and the next thing I know he is back in the kitchen cutting a little corner off…but don’t worry I caught him. I moved them to the refrigerator and made him promise to be good.

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Traditional or Not?

The Hubby is not a fan of nuts so I never add them to chocolate chip cookies, but if you wanted you could add in some chopped pecans or your favorite nut. You could also add in some salted caramel to the cheesecake batter for a salted caramel cheesecake filling. You could replace some of the chocolate chips with white chocolate to butterscotch chips for some extra fun.