Cookie Monster Cheesecake Bars
Cookie monster cheesecake bars is a fun and tasty dessert. Chocolate chip crust topped with a no-bake cheesecake filling and topped with chocolate chips, and Oreo mini cookies! This cookie monster dessert is fun for birthdays, a weekend dessert, parties, and so much more.
Servings 12 -14
Calories 570kcal
Ingredients
Cookie Crust
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
No Bake Cheesecake Layer
- 16 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups cool whip
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- blue food coloring
- 12 mini Chip Ahoy chocolate chip cookies
- 12 mini Oreos
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Start by mixing your butter and granulated and brown sugar in a stand mixer for the cookie crust.
- Once the butter mixture is creamy, you will add in the egg, vanilla, salt, and slowly stir in the flour.
- Fold in the chocolate chips. Place in a parchment-lined 8x8 pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cookie bars are done. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- Once the cookie bars are cooled, you will begin to work on your no bake cheesecake layer. In a stand mixer begin whipping up your 2 blocks of softened cream cheese. Add in the sour cream, lemon juice, vanilla, and slowly add powdered sugar.
- Then add in some blue food coloring till you reach your desired blue color. Fold in the cool whip. Pour into the 8x8 pan.
- Top with chopped cookies. Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight for the cheesecake layer to set up.
- Slice your Cookie Monster cheesecake bars into squares and serve up your family or friends.
Notes
Feel free to swap the homemade chocolate chip cookie bottom with a store-bought cookie mixture you press into a pan and bake.
The chocolate chip cookie crust has to fully cool or it will heat up the cream cheese filling your spoon on top.
I prefer to use Wilton Gel Food coloring.
You can double this cookie monster dessert and just use a 9x13 pan instead.
Feel free to make this dessert the night before you plan to serve it. Just leave the cookies off until you are ready to serve if you want them to be crunchy. The topping cookies will soften in the fridge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 570kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 415mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 33g