Chocolate Mint Cheesecake Bars

By LaurenCocch16

Ingredients

• 24 Oreos, finely crushed
• 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (14 oz) condensed milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp peppermint extract
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tsp shortening
• 14 creme de menthe thin candies, chopped

Details

Servings 9
Preparation time 40mins
Cooking time 80mins

Preparation

Step 1

1) Preheat oven to 325.
2) In medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs and butter, mix well.
3) Press crumb mixture firmly on bottom of 9x9 baking pan.
4) Bake 6 minutes; cool.
5) In medium bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
6) Gradually beat in condensed milk, eggs, & peppermint extract until smooth.
7) Pour over cooled cookie base.
8) Base 25-30 minutes.
9) Cool 20 minutes; chill in refrigerator.
10) Just before serving, in heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips & shortening. Drizzle over top of bars.
11) Sprinkle chopped mint candies over top.
12) Cut into bars & serve.
13) Store leftovers in refrigerator.