Reese's Stuffed Cheesecake Bars

No such thing as too much peanut butter.

INGREDIENTS

• 20 Nutter Butters
• 6 tbsp. butter, melted
• 2 (8-oz.) blocks cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 c. creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 30 mini Reese's chopped, plus 16 mini Reese's halved
• 3/4 c. hot heavy cream
• 2 c. semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350º and line an 8"-x-8” pan with foil. Crush the Nutter Butters until fine crumbs form. Add to a bowl with melted butter and mix until combined. Press tightly into prepared pan.
2. Make cheesecake layer: In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, eggs, peanut butter, vanilla, and salt. Gently fold in the 30 chopped Reese’s then spread over crust.
3. Bake until only slightly jiggly, 40 minutes. Let cool while you make the ganache.
4. Pour hot cream over chocolate chips and let sit for 3 minutes. Stir until all chocolate is melted.
5. Spread ganache over cheesecake. Stick Reese’s halves into the top in four rows of four (so you get one piece in each bar), then refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
6. Slice into 16 bars and serve.

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