Easy Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
Layers of chocolate chip cookie dough with a smooth cream cheese center make these easy cheesecake bars hard to resist.
Chocolate Cheesecake Bars Recipe
An easy cream cheese filling tucked between layers of soft chocolate chip cookie dough is both asthetic and delicious! We love that it only takes 5 ingredients and 10 minutes to mix this recipe up.
Our Churro Cheesecake Recipe is super popular recipe on Pinterest. Our chocolate chip cookie and cheesecake bars substitute the crescent roll dough for cookie dough. Wherever I take this recipe to a potluck or event the dish is always empty, so we have proof that using prepared cookie dough is just as good or better!
With our love for these Chocolate Chip Cookies, I couldn’t wait to try these warm. I was surprised to test again the next day and learn they taste even better chilled, making them the ideal make ahead dessert.
If we ever have leftovers (which is rare) we love to cut into small strips and freeze a few strips in a self sealing bag to have a quick dessert to enjoy later on.
Ingredients Needed
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough – We use a 30 ounce family size roll ounces, two of the more common 16 ounce roll work fine too.
- Cream Cheese – soften, but do not melt before starting the recipe.
- Granulated Sugar
- Egg – we use one, you can use two if you have extra but baking time may increase.
- Vanilla Extract – go for the real stuff and skip the imitation!
Step By Step Instructions
Line a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350° F.
Using an electric mixer beat the softened cream cheese well.
Then mix in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Scrape the bowl with a spatula and mix well again.
Press half of the raw cookie dough in the bottom of the baking dish.
Pour the delicious and creamy filling over top of the pressed layer of cookie dough.
Press out remaining cookie dough and place as evenly as possible over the top of the cream cheese filling.
Bake at 350°F and check around the 30 – 35 minute range. If the cookie dough hasn’t fully baked it may need another 5 – 10 minutes to finish browning and baking.
These chocolate chip cookie cheesecake bars taste really good warm, but they taste AMAZING after being chilled.
Jennifer’s Recipe Tips and Tricks
- We like to buy refrigerator cookie dough, but frozen dough can be used too after being defrosted.
- Cookie dough is easier to press and shape when chilled compared to using room temperature dough.
- Using a board scraper to cut cooled bars is the easiest way to prep and serve.
Other Delicious Cookie Bar Recipes:
- Buckeye Cookie Bars
- M&M Oatmeal Cookie Bars
- Easy Lemon Squares
- 5 Ingredient Chocolate & Peanut Butter Bars
- Butterscotch Cookie Bars
- Pecan Pie Surprise Bars
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
- 30 ounce package chocolate chip cookie dough
- 16 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Slice package of 30 ounce package chocolate chip cookie dough in half. Cut half of the roll into 8 slices and press out with hands to fill the bottom of a lightly greased 9 x 13 baking pan.
- Beat softened 16 ounces cream cheese until smooth.
- Mix cream cheese, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Spread on top of cookie dough.
- Slice remaining cookie dough and flatten with fingers. Lay pieces over the top of the cream cheese filling to create top layer of cookie bars.
- Bake in a 350°F oven until cookie dough is done about 30 – 35 minutes.
Notes
- Cookie dough is easier to press and shape when chilled compared to using room temperature dough
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Rate This Recipe Pin This RecipeRecipe originally shared on September 17, 2020 with pictures updated on April 10, 2026.
