CHIPS AHOY! Peanut Butter Cheesecake Squares

Name: CHIPS AHOY! Peanut Butter Cheesecake Squares
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 230 min
Yield: 25
Ingredients: 20 Peanut Butter CHIPS AHOY! Real Chocolate Chip Cookies, finely crushed; 3 Tbsp. margarine or butter, melted; 2 pkg. brick cream cheese, softened; ½ cup sugar; ½ tsp. vanilla; 2 eggs; ¼ cup creamy peanut butter

Love serving a dessert when everyone asks you for the recipe? Try our creamy peanut butter cheesecake squares with a chocolate chip cookie crust. It's the best!

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

Makes 25 servings, 1 square each.

Ingredient list

20 Peanut Butter CHIPS AHOY! Real Chocolate Chip Cookies, finely crushed
3 Tbsp. margarine or butter, melted
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) brick cream cheese, softened
½ cup sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
¼ cup creamy peanut butter

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix crumbs and margarine; press firmly onto bottom of 9-inch square baking pan. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Remove 1/2 cup of the batter; set aside. Spread remaining batter over crust. Stir peanut butter into reserved 1/2 cup batter. Spoon over cheesecake. Cut through batter with knife several times for marble effect.

Bake 35 to 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely on wire rack. Cover.

Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Cut into 25 squares. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

Recipe Tips

Size-WiseNeed to feed a crowd? This recipe makes enough for 25 people so is a perfect dessert to serve at your next party.
How to Easily Remove Squares from PanLine pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan, before pressing crumb mixture into pan. When ready to cut into squares, remove dessert from pan using the foil handles.