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