Marbled Cheesecake Bars

While Devin was here in town we made a delicious dessert. This recipe, again, comes from my Best Loved Hershey's Recipe Book. 

They are delicious! However, not a good treat to consume in large amounts. Definitely not a healthy-weight-friendly recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

1. Chocolate Crust (recipe below)
2. 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
3. 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
4. 3 eggs
5. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
6. 2 bars (1 ounce each) HERSHEY'S unsweetened baking chocolate, melted

Chocolate Crust:

1. 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 60 wafers)
2. 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
3. 1/2 cup powdered sugar
4. 1/2 cup melted butter

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Prepare Chocolate Crust: stir together vanilla wafer crumbs, cocoa, and powdered sugar. Stir in the melted butter until well blended. Press mixture firmly into bottom of ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add sweetened condensed milk, beating until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well.
3. Pour half of batter evenly over prepared crust. Stir melted chocolate into remaining batter; drop by teaspoons over vanilla batter. With metal spatula or knife, swirl gently through batter to marble.
4. Bake 45-50 minutes or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate several hours until chilled. Cut into bars. Cover; store leftover bars in refrigerator.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Bake Time: 45 minutes

Cool Time: 1 hour

Chill Time: 2.5 hours

When we made the bars, I found that pouring half of the batter on the crust left me with a LOT of chocolate batter. More than I could use to swirl on the top. So, I ended up tossing out quite a bit of cheesecake batter. So in step number 3, I would pour a little more than half on the crust and then mix in the melted chocolate.

Other than that, this recipe is easy and very yummy!