Chocolate Malt Cheesecake Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup instant malted milk powder
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 large eggs
• 3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 crust: heat oven to 350°f line a 13x9-inch baking pan with nonstick foil, extending beyond the short ends. combine crumbs, sugar, and butter in a medium bowl, stirring to combine. press mixture evenly into bottom of prepared pan. bake 8 to 10 minutes, until set. let cool on a wire rack.
• 2 filling: whisk sugar and malted milk powder in a medium bowl. beat cream cheese in a large mixer bowl, about 4 minutes, until light and fluffy. beat in sugar mixture until well blended. beat in sour cream and vanilla until smooth. beat in eggs until combined.
• 3 in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate in microwave. remove 1/2 cup malt batter and stir into melted chocolate. pour remaining malt batter over crust. pour chocolate batter over malt batter in a zigzag fashion; swirl with a thin knife to marbleize. bake 35 to 40 minutes or until top is set. cool completely on a wire rack; loosely cover and refrigerate, 4 hours or overnight.