Reese’s Cream Cheese Cookie Bars
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Reese’s Cream Cheese Cookie Bars are yummy, rich peanut butter cookie layers loaded with chunks of Reese’s peanut butter cups
Would YOU turn peanut butter & Reese’s Cup
I couldn’t resist eating these Reese’s Cream Cheese Cookie Bars like it was my last meal. I’m weak and sort of a dessert glutton for punishment kind of gal. That’s why I post these goodies.
I could have easily eaten more, but I had Ultimate Banana Cake with Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting I was snacking on too, and between the two desserts, battling for my attention, something had to give. And…I…ate…too…much! Voila, Phat Pants!
After about 3 days of torture, pretending that I wasn’t sneaking bites during commercials and whatever excuse I could come up with, I came to the conclusion that ‘These sinful cookie bars’ and I had to be separated for good, for awhile anyways. Except for the part, the out of sight out of mind part didn’t work out very well.
I still kept thinking about my new best peanut butter dessert friends in the land.
From one peanut butter lover to another, I think I got this one covered with these decadent layered Peanut Butter Reese’s Cream Cheese Cookie Bars.
More Reese’s Treats!
- Ultimate Reese’s Pieces Cookies
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
- Ultimate Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Trifle
- Reese’s Pieces Magic Bars
- Reese’s S’mores Graham Cracker Candy
- Extreme Peanut Butter Cookies
BTW…You need all 16 of these in your life!
Don’t mind me. I kind of have a Peanut Butter addiction? 🙂
Peanut Butter Reese's Cream Cheese Cookie Bars
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Reese's Cookie Dough
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 20 to 30 mini Reese's Cups chopped up & divided into two groups
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz . cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Peanut Butter Reese's Cookie Dough
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In another bowl, using mixer, beat the butter, peanut butter, and sugars, until smooth and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla extract and combine until mixed.
- Gradually add the flour mixture into the wet mixture mixing well after each addition.
- Cream cheese filling: In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, egg, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
- Spread ⅔ of the cookie dough in the bottom of the 8-inch baking dish.
- Add one half of the Reese's cup, chopped on top of cookie dough.
Cream Cheese Filling
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the dough/Reese's cup layer.
- Using your fingers, crumble the remaining dough over the top of the cream cheese layer.
- Add the other half of the Reese's cups, chopped and sprinkle the mini chocolate chips on top.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes, or until it is lightly browned on top and the cream-cheese layer is set.
- Cool on a wire rack. Cut and store leftover bars in refrigerator.
