Chocolate Cheesecake Bars

Today I made soft, delicious cheesecake bars. I was perusing Bake at 350 the other day, and Jimmy peeked over my shoulder and noticed the recipe for them.

Jimmy freaks out about anything cheesecake. Cheesecake pancakes, cheesecake ice cream, cheesecake cheesecake, you get the picture. So he twisted my arm into making these. Sigh, what a burden!

Of course, the recipe calls for chocolate wafer cookies, which I've never been able to find. I've always wanted to make an icebox cake, but have never come across the elusive chocolate wafer cookie. So I scraped the fluff'n'stuff out of Oreos! Another option would have been buying an Oreo pie crust and crushing it. This was more fun, however.

I used reduced fat cream cheese as well as sour cream, and it only calls for one whole egg and an egg white. There's enough chocolate flavor, and a hint of espresso, which makes it rich enough.

Have I mentioned that my egg dish is super cute? Well, it is! Thanks Jimmy!

Back to the chocolate wafer cookies...how in the heck is it that a store like Meijer doesn't have such a simple item?! Every time I shop there, which isn't often, I'm disappointed. For being a huge store, they always seem to not have items I'm looking for. One time, I couldn't find Velveeta! VELVEETA!! I thought it was an American institution that your average grocery store had stockpiles of! Neigh...

By the way, Velveeta doesn't make the best queso dip. I had to try, but it turns out I make a way better one with a variety of real cheese! Whodathunk, cheese tastes better than orange melted plastic!

I ran out of daylight for the photo of the finished product, so it may look a little off. I assure you it's nice and light and tasty! The recipe is here if you'd like to make your own!

Next up, adventures with salsa!

-Cait