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July 16, 2011

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars

These easy, no bake Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars are a perfect sweet treat that won’t heat up the kitchen.

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These easy, no bake Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars are a perfect sweet treat that won't heat up the kitchen.
 
 

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I really apologize for the overload on the sweets this week. I usually try to only post 1, or maybe 2 sweet recipes a week, but this week I’m going on 3!! But this one is totally worth it.

Imagine: Peanut butter. Cream cheese. Chocolate chips. 5 minutes prep – 10 minutes if you are really slow. And the best part? NO BAKE. No stove top. Just a mere 10 seconds in the microwave. When I first saw this recipe, I thought to myself that even if these peanut butter cheesecake bars are just good – not great – it would be a recipe worth having on hand just because they are so darn easy. But guess what? These are better than good. I absolutely loved these!! Really loved them.

The original recipe called for “7 oz. condensed milk”. I was a bit confused by this – did they mean sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk? My common sense told me sweetened condensed, and I’m pretty sure I guessed right. And even if I guessed wrong, it was a good mistake. And I used chocolate animal crackers for the base, since we have a huge, never ending bag of them in my cabinet.

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I’m betting that these aren’t going to last long in my freezer!
 
 
These easy, no bake Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars are a perfect sweet treat that won't heat up the kitchen.
 
 

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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
These easy, no bake Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars are a perfect sweet treat.
Serves: 16 2x2 squares
Ingredients
  • 1 cup crushed chocolate wafer cookies
  • 4 tablespoons melted butter
  • ½ teaspoon gelatin
  • 8 ounces room-temperature cream cheese
  • 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk
  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Mix together the cookie crumbs and the melted butter. Press into the bottom of an 8×8? baking dish. Set aside.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the gelatin with 1 tablespoon of water. Let sit for 5 minutes.
  3. In a bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter until smooth. Microwave the gelatin for 10 seconds to melt, then beat into the cream cheese mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips. Gently spread the mixture over the crumb crust.
  4. Freeze for 20 minutes then cut into squares.
Notes
source: Every Day with Rachael Ray August 2011
3.5.3208

 

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These easy, no bake Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars are a perfect sweet treat that won't heat up the kitchen.

Filed Under: Dessert - Brownies/Bars, Food Tagged With: chocolate chip, chocolate sandwich cookies, cream cheese, gelatin, peanut butter, sweetened condensed milk

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  1. danielle says

    July 16, 2011 at 6:59 am

    We love anything with peanut butter and this looks great for these hot summer days.

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  2. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    July 16, 2011 at 7:23 am

    These look amazing! Sounds like a RR dessert – no baking! Great job!

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  3. Brenda says

    July 16, 2011 at 8:34 am

    I’m so glad you made these, I cut this recipe out of the magazine to save just last night. Can’t wait to make them! Thanks for hosting.

    Reply
  4. Joanne says

    July 16, 2011 at 10:55 am

    I’m fairly certain these would last 30 SECONDS in my freezer! Anything this peanut buttery has to be amazing.

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  5. Julie says

    July 16, 2011 at 10:58 am

    You had me at “no bake”!

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  6. Heather of Kitchen Concoctions says

    July 16, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    Yum!! Peanut butter and chocolate is the perfect combo! Great suggestion on using the chocolate animal crackers!

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  7. Katrina says

    July 16, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Yum! Love the look of these. I would devour them immediately!

    Reply
  8. Casey says

    July 17, 2011 at 1:41 am

    These look too good but like must makes….

    The week before last, I cooked Rachel Ray all week. I have more than 7 recipes so I linked up 2 of them. Everyone of them was delicious.

    Reply
  9. Barbara says

    July 17, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    You know what I love about these? The color! It’s divine. And I bet they taste wonderful. Of course, anything with condensed milk has got to be perfect. Copied the recipe already!

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  10. Betty says

    July 17, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    These look so good! No-bake recipes are high on my list right now, with my air conditioning broken! 🙂

    Reply
  11. Marisa says

    July 18, 2011 at 3:12 am

    Oh my, this looks utterly decadent, which is my kind of dessert, heck, if I’m throwing caution to the wind calorie wise, it best be darn good like this. What a combination!

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  12. Cupcake Activist says

    July 18, 2011 at 11:40 am

    Yum! Peanut butter cheesecake bars. I’ve never tried peanut butter with cheesecake before. Looks like a winner!

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  13. The Food Hunter says

    July 18, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    Perfect for this heat wave we are having.

    Reply
  14. Lauren at Keep It Sweet says

    July 18, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Oh wow, these look amazing!

    Reply
  15. Rachel says

    July 18, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    These look amazing. Perhaps dangerously so… 🙂

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  16. The Undercover Cook says

    July 18, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    What a simple no-bake dessert! They look like they taste amazing. Sweetened condensed milk usually leads to good things!

    Reply
  17. Mary @ Delightful Bitefuls says

    July 19, 2011 at 8:40 am

    Oh my! These look divine! Bookmarked to bake asap!

    New to your blog; happy I found you!

    Mary xo
    Delightful Bitefuls

    Reply
  18. natalie (the sweets life) says

    July 19, 2011 at 8:51 am

    I’m having a cheesecake party next weekend and these just might need to be added to the menu! 🙂

    Reply
  19. Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction says

    July 19, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Saw these on Foodgawker, and I just had to see they recipe. They look amazing! Perfect summer dessert. 🙂

    Reply
  20. Carolyn Jung says

    July 19, 2011 at 10:19 am

    Perfect for a scorching summer day when you don’t want to turn on the oven. Now, this is my way to cool off — with a lovely, chilly, creamy dessert.

    Reply
  21. Adi says

    July 19, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    These look wonderful – I haven’t baked in ages because of this heat wave and I have been at a loss! These are just what I need! Question: do you think it would be possible to make these without the gelatin?

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  22. grace says

    July 21, 2011 at 1:50 am

    rachael’s been holding out on us! here i was, thinking she didn’t ever do decent desserts, but this is more than decent–it’s fantastic!

    Reply
  23. Maria says

    July 22, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    I love that I don’t have to turn on the oven to make these!

    Reply
  24. danielle says

    July 24, 2011 at 7:18 am

    Just stopping by to let you know that I featured this in my “What I Bookmarked This Week” post – stop by and see!

    Reply
  25. Myrynda says

    August 3, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    Made these a few nights ago- my husband loved them. I’m not sure that I’m sold on the PB/Cheesecake taste but all I heard from everyone else was good things! Thanks for the recipe! It was definitely easy to make 🙂

    Reply
  26. Jess says

    August 9, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    These look very rich, but tasty.

    Reply
  27. Alicia says

    November 3, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    These are absolutely to die for!! I am now consistently making them for potlucks and whatnot. So so so good. Addicting too, so watch out!! 🙂

    Reply
  28. teresita says

    April 1, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    Nice and delicious chocolate

    Reply
  29. Rob Breuseker says

    April 2, 2015 at 3:03 am

    It looks terrific, and will taste in the same way. I love chcolate and in a cake tarrific..

    Reply
  30. Caitlin says

    April 7, 2015 at 7:05 am

    I am so making these! Thank you! I do have a question; this gelatin, is it Knox gelatin?

    Reply
    • Deborah says

      April 7, 2015 at 9:58 pm

      Yep – that is one brand of gelatin!

      Reply
  31. IVA OXENDINE says

    April 8, 2015 at 7:12 pm

    Do you have to use Gelatin?

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    • Deborah says

      April 9, 2015 at 11:11 pm

      I haven’t tried making them without the gelatin, so I’m not sure how they would turn out without it. I know it helps them to stay softer when frozen, but you might be able to get away without using it, just knowing the bars may be harder.

      Reply

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