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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

View a printable recipe or more photos If the title of these alone doesn't win you over, then I will have to shut down BoB. Really, there's no hope if these don't appeal to you. These delicious bars begin with a graham cracker crust. While that usually means graham cracker crumbs and butter, this crust also contains miniature chocolate chips. Then, there is a cheesecake layer, which has been topped with dollops of chocolate chip cookie. If that weren't enough, the whole thing is drizzled with even more chocolate.

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Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Bars

View the original recipe or more photos As most people do these days, I have an obscene number of blogs that I follow. My feed reader is insane. The majority of those feeds are from food blogs. I am always finding recipes that pique my interest. Even with the best of intentions, I never seem to get around to making those recipes. In an effort to remedy that, I made these cheesecake bars from Nicole's blog, Baking Bites.

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Hazelnut Mini Cheesecakes

View a printable recipe or more photos When I came across this recipe in Cooking with Paula Deen, I realized that it had been far too long since I put my mini cheesecake pan to use. I’ve been anxiously awaiting the holiday season so I could justify making these little treats.

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Pecan Pie Cheesecake

View a printable recipe and more photos As I told you earlier in the week, one of our Thanksgiving desserts was this cheesecake recipe I’ve been waiting rather impatiently to make. It takes two of my very favorite things – pecan pie and cheesecake – and makes one fantastic dessert.

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