Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Martha Stewart

Category

Yummy Dessert

Chocolate, pumpkin and cream cheese...the perfect dessert! These came out delish! Enjoy!

Ingredients

    For the Crust

    • 20 chocolate wafer cookies (half of a 9-ounce package)
    • 2 Tbsp. sugar
    • 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted

    For the Filling

    • 2 packages cream cheese (8 ounces ea.)
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 cup canned solid=pack pumpkin puree
    • 3 large eggs
    • 3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
    • 1 tsp. pumpkin-pie spice
    • ½ tsp. salt
    • 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 °. Line bottom and sides of an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil, leaving an overhang on all sides. Set aside.

    2. In a food processor, blend cookies with sugar until finely ground (should make about 1 cup crumbs); add butter, and pulse until moistened.

    3. Transfer crumb mixture to prepared pan and press gently into bottom. Bake until fragrant and slightly firm, about 12-15 minutes. Set aside to cool.

    4. Place cream cheese in food processor; blend until smooth. Add sugar, pumpkin puree, eggs, flour, pumpkin-pie spice, and salt; process until combined and set aside.

    5. Place chocolate in microwave-safe bowl; microwave in 30-second increments, stirring between each, until melted. Add 1 cup pumpkin mixture; stir to combine and set aside.

    6. Pour remaining pumpkin mixture into prepared pan. Drop dollops of chocolate mixture onto pumpkin mixture; swirl. Bake until cheesecake is set but jiggles slightly when gently shaken, about 40-50 minutes.

    7. Cool in pan. Cover; chill until firm, at least 2 hours (and up to 2 days). Using overhang, transfer cake to work surface. With a knife dipped in water, cut into 16 squares.