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Bacon Sea Salt Cheesecake Bars With a Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust

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Ingredients
  

  • Cookie Crust
  • 8 T. butter
  • ½ c. light brown sugar
  • ¼ c. granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 ¼ c. flour
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 c. semisweet chocolate chips
  • Cheesecake
  • 16 ounces soft cream cheese
  • ¼ c. sour cream
  • ⅔ c. granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • Topping
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips melted
  • 6 bacon slices cooked crisp and chopped
  • coarse sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° and line a 9x9 pan with nonstick foil.

Crust

  • Beat butter and sugars.
  • Add egg and vanilla.
  • Add flour and salt.
  • Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Press in the baking pan and bake 20 minutes.
  • Let cool.
  • Lower the oven temp to 325°

Cheesecake

  • Beat cream cheese, sour cream, and sugar until smooth.
  • Add eggs, vanilla, and salt and combine.
  • Pour over the cooled crust and bake 40 minutes.
  • Cool cheesecake.
  • Once cool chill a few hours in the fridge.
  • To serve: Cut squares, spread melted chocolate on each square ith an offset spatula and sprinkle on bacon and sea salt.