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Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

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  • Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
2 cups (12 -oz. pkg.) Nestlé® Toll House® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup Ocean Spray® Craisins® Original Dried Cranberries
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 can (14 oz.) Carnation® Sweetened Condensed Milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.

Beat butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly. Stir in morsels and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan.

Bake for 15 minutes. Beat cream cheese in small mixer bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk. Pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved flour mixture. Bake for additional 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Makes 36 bars.

Nestlé® Toll House® and Carnation® are registered trademarks of Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey Switzerland.

Original Dried Cranberries

Stars Delicious and pretty

Anonymous from beecher, IL
01/03/2011 at 02:20 PM

I made these bars for a Christmas party and used white chocolate chips. They were delicious! I would like to make them again and try with the semi-sweet chocolate. These made a large batch and had a delicious and unique taste. Anyone who like cranberries would enjoy this recipe.

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Anonymous from Cotuit, MA
10/03/2010 at 05:52 PM

Yummy,except oatmeal "flakes" didn't all blend in during cooking process. Wonder why?? -- Seems as tho' the bars should be refrigerated after they have cooled.--- Has anyone added nuts? Has anyone frozen them?

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Stars Just right!

Anonymous from Indianapolis, IN
10/26/2009 at 02:19 PM

This recipe is satisfying on so many levels. It is great for that sweet tooth but not overly sweet. One of the best recipes I have tasted in a while. I believe I can adapt it to be a little more diabetic friendly as well and that is very good for our family.

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Tisha from aberdeen, WA
10/08/2009 at 08:50 PM

I use white chocolate chips. Delicious anytime of year - especially pretty at Christmas.

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Stars Make these with white choc instead!

Anonymous from Ocean Reef, OT
04/04/2009 at 05:04 AM

I made these today. I have always loved the white-chocolate cranberry taste so I replaced the choc chips with white choc chips. I totally recommend this! Yummy! Also did not add orange peel - white choc and orange might not go too well! The cheese and condensed milk tastes fantastic, and the oats make it really wholesome. It wasnt overly sweet, like I expected. All those who tried this slice wanted more! Make these!

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