Black Forest Cake Bars
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 1 (17.5 ounce) package double chocolate-chunk cookie mix
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling, divided
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
- Stir cookie mix, oil, and egg together in a large bowl until a soft dough forms. Drop 3 heaping tablespoons of dough on an ungreased baking sheet 2 inches apart to make 3 cookies.
- Bake cookies in the preheated oven until set, 12 to 13 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet, 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 15 minutes.
- Press remaining dough evenly into the bottom of the baking pan.
- Measure 1 cup cherry pie filling into a small bowl and reserve for the topping; cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.
- Beat cream cheese, remaining cherry pie filling, and white sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until well-blended, about 2 minutes. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough.
- Bake in the preheated oven until set, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
- Spread whipped topping over cream cheese layer. Top with spoonfuls of the reserved pie filling. Crumble cookies into coarse crumbs and sprinkle on top. Chill until flavors blend, at least 1 hour. Cut into 20 bars.
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