Reese's Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars

When I saw these, I just couldn't stop myself from making them. If you can stop yourself, then you have more will-power than I do. Now I just need a friend to pond some off to. :)

Recipe from The Sweets Life

Crust-
7 whole graham crackers, crushed in a food processor (I crushed my graham crackers very fine and it turned out to be 1 cup of crumbs)
6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted & cooled
3 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt

Filling-
2 packages cream cheese, softened (I used reduced fat)
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream (I used Lite)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 bag mini Reese's peanut butter cups, chopped

Topping-
1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips, melted with a teaspoon of shortening in a plastic baggie
Remaining chopping Reese's peanut butter cups


1. Preheat oven to 325F. Line an 8-in pan with aluminum foil, leaving a 3-4 inch overhang on each side. Grease foil.
2. Make graham cracker crust by adding crackers to food processor and pulsing until fine. Add butter, brown sugar, flour, and salt. Pulse until mixture is combined. Press into the bottom of the baking dish.
3. Bake crust for 12-15 minutes until browning. Cool for at least 25-30 minutes.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Slowly add sugar, beating well. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Beat in sour cream and vanilla extract until fully combined.
5. After chopping Reese's peanut butter cups, set aside approximately 3/4 cup for later. Stir the remaining chopped candies into the cream cheese batter.
6. Pour batter into baking pan, spreading evenly over crust. Bake at 325F for 35-40 minutes (I baked mine for 40 minutes), until the edges are set and middle still jiggles slightly.
7. Cool cheesecake for 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate 3-24 hours.
8. Remove from fridge and using the foil overhang, remove bars from pan. Cut into small squares. Melt bittersweet chocolate in the microwave (stirring every 15 seconds). Drizzle chocolate over bars and top with remaining chopped Reese's cups.