LOUISIANA RED VELVET CHEESECAKE BARS

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Double up on delicious with Louisiana Red Velvet Cheesecake Bars. These red velvet cheesecake bars are a marriage of everyone's two favorite cakes.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Dairy

Time 5h48m

Yield 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

24 vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed (about 2 cups)
1/4 cup butter, melted
1-1/2 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate (6 oz.), divided
3 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1 Tbsp. red food coloring

Steps:

Heat oven to 350ºF.
Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray.
Melt 4 oz. chocolate as directed on package; place in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add eggs; beat just until blended. Remove 2 cups batter; mix with melted chocolate and food coloring. Carefully spread over crust; cover with remaining plain batter.
Bake 26 to 28 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely.
Melt remaining chocolate; drizzle over dessert. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 340, Fat 23 g, SaturatedFat 14 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 100 mg, Sodium 280 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 5 g