OREO Cheesecake Bites

By samara72

Ingredients

• 36 OREO Cookies, divided
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, divided
• 4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 4 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Details

Servings 36
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 20mins

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 325°F.

LINE 13x9-inch baking pan with foil, with ends extending over sides. Finely crush 24 cookies. Melt 1/4 cup butter; mix with crumbs. Press onto bottom of prepared pan.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each just until blended. Chop remaining cookies. Gently stir into batter; pour over crust.

BAKE 45 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Meanwhile, microwave chocolate and remaining butter in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min.; stir until smooth. Cool slightly; spread over top of cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours. Use foil handles to lift cheesecake from pan before cutting to serve.