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Knock You Silly Bars

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 4 dozen small squares

Author cindy

Ingredients

• 2 16.5 oz packages refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 60 whole caramels unwrapped
• 1/2 cup peanut butter melted
• 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375° F and grease 9 x 13-inch jelly-roll pan/cookie sheet with rims.
• Spread one package of cookie dough into prepared pan
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and set aside.
  
• In a double boiler melt caramels with ½ cup evaporated milk.
  
• When melted and combined, add ½ cup melted peanut butter and pour over cookie base.
  
• Sprinkle chocolate chips as evenly as you can over the caramel.
• With the second package of cookie dough, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls evenly onto caramel and chocolate chips mixture; press down lightly.
  
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and edges are set.
• Cool in pan on wire rack.
  

These bar cookies are great for holiday gift giving, parties or dessert. I brought them into the office to share and the disappeared quickly.

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I know I like flavored cheesecakes more than I do plain cheesecakes with fruit toppings so that is what I usually gravitate to. I have collected a few delicious sounding cheesecake recipes on my Tasty Treats Pinterest board so I decided it was time to give cheesecake a try. First, I needed to get a springform pan. A friend of mine was having a Pampered Chef party so I got my pan from there. It comes with a glass bottom and is a really nice pan. Then I had to decide which recipe to tackle first. I chose the Brownie Sundae Cheesecake from Justapinch.com.

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Brownie Sundae Cheesecake Recipe

The prep time includes the time to make and cool the brownies.

Prep Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 55 minutes minutes

Total Time 2 hours hours 25 minutes minutes

Servings 10

Author cindy

Ingredients

For the Brownie Chunks

• Brownie Mix
• Eggs as called for on the box
• Oil as called for on the box

For the Crust

• 1 1/2 cups crushed Nilla Wafers about 45-50 cookies
• 6 TBS Powdered Sugar
• 6 TBS Cocoa Powder
• 1 stick of Butter-melted

For the Cheesecake

• 32 oz Cream Cheese at room temperature
• 1 cup Sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 1 tsp Pure Vanilla
• 1/2 cup Hot Fudge Sauce

Instructions

• Set the Cream Cheese out to soften.
• Bake the Brownies and allow them to cool before moving forward with this recipe.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

For the Crust

• Crush the Nilla Wafers using a rolling pin
  
• Using a fork, mix together the dry crust ingredients
  
• Add in the melted butter and mix well
• Spray the pan with cooking spray
• Press the crust mixture into a 9" springform pan
  
• Bake for 8 minutes
• Allow to cool slightly

For the Cheesecake

• While the crust is baking-Cut about half of the pan of Brownies into small cubes-set aside
• Beat the Cream Cheese, Sugar and Vanilla
• Gradually add the Eggs one at a time.
  
• Pour the batter into the crust
• Place the cubed of Brownie into the batter, pushing them down,
  
• Warm up the Hot Fudge Sauce to make is pourable
• Drizzle the Hot Fudge Sauce onto the top of the cake in concentric circles
• Using a butter knife, gently marble the sauce
  
• Bake 50-55 minutes
• Loosen from pan once it is cooled
• Cover and refrigerate
• Best served cold

Notes

We served ours with additional hot fudge sauce drizzled over the cheesecake.

I brought the cheesecake to my small group where it was met with wonderful reviews. On Monday I brought a piece to my Pastor, who is a great cook himself, and he said it was wonderful. I brought the rest of it to work on Thursday where it was gobbled down and I was told I could make it for them every week! So, I guess it was a hit. This was my first ever cheesecake and I have heard so many stories about how hard it is to make cheesecake so I am doubly proud of this success.

Do you like cheesecake? Do you make cheesecake? What is your favorite kind of cheesecake? Leave me a comment and let’s talk cheesecake. Make sure you share this recipe on your Easy Recipes Pinterest board!

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Reese’s Chocolate Chip Brownie Cup Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Author cindy

Ingredients

• Break apart chocolate chip cookie dough
• Miniature Reese's Cups
• Fudge Brownie Mix-and all ingredients needed to make them

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Press 1 1/2 blocks of chocolate chip cookie dough into the bottom of a muffin tin.
• Place a miniature Reese's cup top down in the muffin tin.
• Mix the brownie mix according to package directions.
• Pour brownie mix into muffin tin filling each section 3/4 full.
• Bake 18-20 minutes.
• Cool completely before removing from muffin tin.
• Serve alone or with ice cream.

I made this recipe for our small group and we microwaved them for 10-15 seconds each and topped them with vanilla ice cream. They were delicious! I brought the extras home and shared them with my co-workers and everyone is asking for the  delicious easy recipe. I know I’ll be making this again because Aaron was so busy working he didn’t even get one!

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It took me less than 10 minutes to mix the ingredients and layer them into the pan. Next they had to set-up in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours before I melted and drizzled the chocolate on top. They looked delicious and I couldn’t wait to try them.

photo from Kraft Foods

They were a big hit! They taste a lot like a chocolate eclair but MUCH easier to make. Next time I will add 1 more square of chocolate…because I like chocolate, but other than that you can’t go wrong bringing this dessert to your next event!

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