Cookies and Cream Gooey Bars have a chocolate cake layer on the bottom topped with a gooey cream cheese layer full of crushed oreo cookies.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword bars, oreo
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Ingredients
Bottom Layer
1boxchocolate cake mix
1/2cupmelted butter
1large egg
Cream Cheese Layer
8ouncescream cheese
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1/2cupmelted butter
3largeeggs
16ouncesconfectioners' sugar
15Double Stuff Oreo Cookies,coarsely crumbled
whipped cream and oreos for garnish,optional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat cake mix, melted butter and egg until evenly mixed. It will be very thick. Transfer to prepared pan and pat it out evenly.
In the same bowl, beat the cream cheese and vanilla until smooth.
Add the melted butter and 3 eggs and beat until blended.
Beat in confectioners' sugar.
Stir in the crushed oreos. Pour over the cake mix layer.
Bake for 40 to 44 minutes. It should still be gooey in the middle. Be careful not to overbake it.
Cool completely and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares.