Mocha Cheesecake Bars Recipe

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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 Feb. 12, 2010 by betrus51

Just a suggestion *****

Why not make the recipes easier to print on recipe cards? Some of the other websites have a choice of 3x5 or 4x6 recipe card formats. I had to copy this and paste in Word so I could reformat it to my 4/6 cards.

Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by Oilqueen

by all means, use chocolate milk instead of coffee. My husband likes the coffee flavor, but my daughter and I don't, so when we make some, half is for him, and the other half gets chocolate milk. It really is pretty tasty even with all the low fat items used.

Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by kimariewillman

I don't like coffee, can I substitute water or milk?

Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by nostress

I assume the cookies in the crust includes the creme filling. Has anyone tried it without the creme filling and was there any other adjustments needed with the filling? Thanks!

Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by Spinmom

There's very little chocolate and coffee in the filling compared to the amount of cream cheese and sour cream so it really is very light in color. I didn't make the low-fat version but it came out looking beautiful and was very good. Everyone liked it a lot.

Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by micksd

Can someone tell me how the top layer is light in color almost looks pink, yet has chocolate and strong coffee in it? I haven't made it yet.

Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by Barbnw

This was great. Served it to my grandson and family. They loved it as well.

Reviewed on Jan. 16, 2010 by Tiff7781

Delicious, and the oreo/fudge bottom is awesome! Not to mention low in calories:)

Reviewed on Dec. 30, 2009 by niemij

easy to make and everyone loved it

 
 
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