Gooey Bars (aka Cream Cheese Bars)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Gooey Bars (aka Cream Cheese Bars)

I have no idea what these bars should actually be called or where this recipe really came from… It’s likely to have come on the back of a cream cheese box for all I know. (Actually, Google helped me to find this recipe which is the same). This is another recipe that my family loves. My sisters practically know this recipe by heart. Similar to the “best dang thing ever bars”, my sisters also prefer to underbake these bars, hence the name gooey bars. I tend to like my bars fully cooked so they hold their shape better. If you prefer an even gooier texture, take these out of the oven a couple minutes early.

I know some of you will shudder at the thought of using a box cake mix. I agree that in general, I would much rather make a cake/cookie/brownie from scratch. For starters, it’s a lot more fun as a baker to measure everything out and follow a recipe that has more than two steps. Not to mention knowing exactly what is in your food (and being able to pronounce it all!) I do however believe that boxed cake mix has a time and a place. One of those places being in this bar.

These bars taste almost like a cheesecake with a great chewy shortbread crust. Everyone that tried one really enjoyed them and Hubby ate an embarassingly large number of these bars.

Gooey Bars

Yield: 30

Ingredients:

1 box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, melted
3 eggs
1 pound powdered sugar
1 8-oz package cream cheese

Directions:

Mix cake mix, margarine & 1 egg with fork. Press into bottom of greased 9 x 13 pan, set aside.

Beat powdered sugar, cream cheese and 2 eggs for 4 or 5 minutes. Pour over cake mixture.

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Cool completely. Cut into bars.

Recipe from my step mom

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12 Responses to “Thanksgiving Two-Fer Bars”

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Megan — November 25, 2009 at 5:15 pm

Oh my goodness – these sound fabulous! I made some delicious caramel-pecan bars, and I can just imagine how nice a pumpkin layer would be too!

Happy Thanksgiving!
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Erin — November 25, 2009 at 5:36 pm

Wow! These look awesome!
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Engineer Baker — November 25, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Oh, I remember loving these! So glad you liked them as bars too!
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Erin — November 25, 2009 at 8:12 pm

I loved this last year! They look wonderful as bars!
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nutmegnanny — November 25, 2009 at 9:08 pm

What a delicious looking bar! I love all the Thanksgiving flavors…yum!
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Coconut Recipes — November 26, 2009 at 3:04 pm

Looks delicious!
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Nanita — November 26, 2009 at 4:19 pm

Прекрасно предложение!Хубава вечер!
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Kerstin — November 27, 2009 at 1:46 am

I love this pumpkin/pecan flavor combo and the bars are so pretty!
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Kevin — November 28, 2009 at 10:36 pm

Those pumpkin bars look so good!
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Erika — September 21, 2010 at 10:58 pm

Sooo happy I came across this recipe! I can’t wait to try these out when the holiday season rolls around.
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Stephanie — November 2, 2010 at 1:52 am

wow! I will have to try these–“they taste like Thanksgving”–SOld 🙂
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