Double Chocolate Cookie Bars w/ Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Topping

By srumbel

This dessert is made in 35 minutes and is ideal to share with your mom this Mother’s Day. What’s not to like about chocolate and peanut butter? It’s been my favorite combo for the past month (heck who am I kidding– since I can remember eating a chocolate brownie with peanut butter frosting on it when I was in pre-school).
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Ingredients

• 1 package Betty Crocker® Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 eggs, divided
• Cooking spray
• 2 8oz. packages of cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup whipped peanut butter

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 35mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray cooking spray on a 13x9 baking dish and set to the side.
Make cookie dough according to package using the vegetable oil, water, and 1 egg. Spread the cookie dough in a 13x9 baking dish.
In a stand mixer, cream the room temperature cream cheese, granulated sugar, peanut butter and 1 egg, until well incorporated (2 minutes on low to medium speed). Make sure you scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl as you go. Pour the peanut butter cream cheese mixture on top of the cookie dough. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
Let the cookie bars cool for 30 minutes then stick in the refrigerator for at least one hour before cutting.