Mocha Cheesecake Bars Recipe

Mocha Cheesecake Bars Recipe Mocha Cheesecake Bars Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 4

The creamy filling in these bars will surely please! So many cheesecake recipes are hard to make, but this recipe is easy and doesn't require many ingredients. —Mary Wilhelm, Sparta, Wisconsin

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Mocha Cheesecake Bars Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + chilling
  • Yield: 24 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 25 reduced-fat Oreo cookies,
  • 3 tablespoons fat-free hot fudge ice cream topping
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • FILLING:
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  • 1/2 cup cold strong brewed coffee
  • 2 packages (8 ounces each) reduced-fat cream cheese
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) reduced-fat sour cream
  • 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled
  • 24 chocolate-covered coffee beans, optional

Directions

  • Place cookies in a food processor. Cover and pulse until fine crumbs form. Add fudge topping and butter; pulse just until blended. Press onto the bottom of a 13-in. x 9-in. dish coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, for filling, in a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over coffee; let stand for 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Remove from the heat; set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the sour cream, chocolate and reserved coffee mixture until blended. Pour over crust. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or until firm.
  • Cut into bars. Garnish with coffee beans if desired. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 24 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 166 calories, 9 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 167 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 fat, 1 starch.

Originally published as Mocha Cheesecake Bars in Healthy Cooking December/January 2010, p26

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Reviewed on May. 07, 2013 by kelinrupp

The crust was delicious! The cheesecake part reminded me of something from a major food service company that you'd find on the buffet lines of cruise ships. I think it was the gelatin that gave it that manufactured jiggle and made it not taste homemade. If I make it again, I would cut the gelatin in half or even eliminate it all together from the recipe. Also, not sure why, but the color of my filling was dark and not light as pictured here. As suggested by another reviewer, I used a smaller pan (7 x 10) and that seemed just about perfect.

Reviewed on Apr. 12, 2013 by marian08

I haven't made this yet. plan to do so tomorrow. You can buy Oreo cookies already crushed in case anyone is interested in saving the crushing step. My computer gives me the option to print in small card sizes. Someone asked why this wasn't possible. Perhaps it is your printer that is lacking this step. Check your printer options. Hope this helps.

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2013 by tttern

For Weight Watchers this is 5 pts. per piece

Reviewed on Mar. 25, 2010 by purple78

it was very good i made this recipe & my boyfriend took it work & none came back. i will make it again

Reviewed on Mar. 03, 2010 by sunlyte83

Excellent!

Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2010 by hazell77040

It was good and easy to make. However using a 9 x 13 pan my dessert was rather flat. I think a brownie/biscuit pan would work better to look like the picture.

Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2010 by baggabee

Very good!!! I didn't use low-fat ingredients because I just used what I had on hand. Not a very strong coffee flavor-maybe I need to use stronger coffee next time. Nice, smooth texture and yummy!!! There are plain chocolate wafers, without filling that work well for the crust, too.

Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2010 by dcmcatee

I made the Mocha Cheesecake Bars and they were wonderful! My husband is diabetic so I used Splenda in place of the sugar and they turned out perfectly. Definitely will make these again.

Reviewed on Feb. 14, 2010 by powelljm

Recipe sounds good. However, picture is misleading as according to directions, there is no light colored layer. All has chocolate in it.

Reviewed on Feb. 13, 2010 by Tiff7781

Actually I have made this now a few more times and think I have really improved it! I have added a couple tablespoons of melted milk chocolate to the mixture and it improved the sweetness and bitter taste of coffee wasn't so much. I also grated some dark or milk chocoate to place decoratively on top (looked and tasted great!). the crushed oreos do have the creme when crushing. I really should've rated it a 5 star because I am asked for the recipe each time and it disappears so quick!

 
 

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