No-Bake Chocolate Cherry Bars
No-Bake Chocolate Cherry Bars start with an Oreo cookie crust that is filled with a chocolate cherry cheesecake filling and topped with more chocolate chips.
Servings: 12
Calories: 472kcal
Ingredients
Crust
- 24 Oreo cookies, crushed
- ¼ cup (½ stick, 57 g) butter, melted
Filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
- 1¼ cups semi-sweet mini chocolate chips, divided
- 1 cup whipped cream
Instructions
Crust
- Spray a 7x11-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Add Oreo cookies to a food processor and crush until you have a fine crumb and very few larger pieces.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the crushed Oreo cookies and melted butter and stir until evenly distributed.
- Pour crust into the prepared baking dish and firmly press to the edges.
Filling
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until it is light and fluffy.
- Add in the confectioners' sugar and cherry pie filling. Beat until combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips, reserving ¼ cup for the topping.
- Gently fold in the whipped topping. Pour the filling mixture into the prepared cookie crust, spreading it out to form an even layer.
- Top with the remaining mini chocolate chips and refrigerate for 4 hours, or until the filling is firm and cold.
Nutrition
Calories: 472kcal