These bar cookies are full of all your favorite Rocky Road ingredients with a twist– rice crispies and a thick Cream Cheese fudge. Easy and quick to make, this is sure to be one of your new go-to recipes!
INGREDIENTS:
- 8 oz. Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2c. mini marshmallows
- 2c. rice krispies
- 1c. dry roasted, salted peanuts
- 1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
- 1/4c. powdered sugar
DIRECTIONS:
- Melt chocolate chips in microwave in 30 second increments, stirring well in between, until smooth.
- Soften cream cheese in microwave until creamy and smooth.
- Combine chocolate and cream cheese until well blended.
- Take one cup of chocolate/cream cheese mixture out and set aside in a separate bowl.
- To original mixture, add marshmallows, peanuts and rice krispies- stirring well to completely coat.
- Press this mixture into a 9×9 pan that has been lined with foil.
- To remaining bowl of chocolate and cream cheese, add peanut butter, mixing until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar to desired consistency (should be thick yet still spreadable)
- Spread this fudge layer over the top of the bars and freeze for 30 minutes.
- Remove bars from the pan using the foil to lift out. Cut into squares and serve!
My thoughts: This was another recipe created for the RWOP website competition….no winning for me yet, but I’m going to keep trying! 
It was inspired by bar cookies my grandmother used to make with me when I was little. Hers were called O’Henry Krispies and they were delicious! The addition of cream cheese gives these bars a rich and creamy feel. This is an incredibly easy dessert- but oh soooo yummy! Hope you enjoy them! r-
Those bars look oh so good.