Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars

I did the exact same recipe as this lady.

Recipe:

Crust:

1 & 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs

5 T. butter, melted

2/3 c. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cookie Dough:

5 T. butter, room temp.

1/3 c. packed light brown sugar

3 T. sugar

1/4 t. coarse salt

1 ts. vanilla extract

3/4 c. flour

1 c. chocolate chips

Cheesecake Filling:

10 oz. cream cheese, room temp.

1/4 c. sugar

1 egg

1 t. vanilla extract

As you can see I had a few issues spreading the stuff...

Topping:

1/3 c. chocolate chips

1 t. shortening

Preheat oven to 325°.

For the crust:

Line an 8 x 8 pan with foil and grease it well.

Crush graham crackers into crumbs to make 1 & 1/2 cups. Add to butter and stir until crumbs are moistened. Stir in chocolate chips.

Press crust mixture into bottom of pan. Bake for 6 minutes. Set pan on wire rack to cool.

For cookie dough:

Using mixer and the paddle attachment, mix butter, brown sugar, sugar, salt, and vanilla extract at medium speed until smooth. Adjust mixer speed to low and add flour. Mix just until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips. Set aside.

For cheesecake:

Using mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add egg and vanilla extract, beating just until blended.

Pour batter into cooled, baked crust. Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls over the top of the filling. The dough is crumbly and you'll have to squeeze/roll it if you want balls. I put in as many dough balls as I could, then just crumbled the rest over the top. It seems like a ton of cookie dough, but it is just so good, so go ahead and use it!

Bake about 30 minutes, or until set. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Place in the refrigerator to chill several hours.

For the topping:

Combine the chocolate chips and shortening and melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals at 50% power. Stir after each interval; repeat until melted.

Drizzle over the bars before serving. Note: Bars will look better if you cut before drizzling - I found that if you drizzle over the whole thing, chill, then cut, the topping breaks and doesn't stay where it belongs very well. 

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I actually mixed all this stuff up in a ziplock baggy. Worked alright. I also didn't have an egg for the cheesecake part so I just added a little milk. My cookie dough batter was too dry (I didn't exactly measure) so I added a little milk, so now the top of the cookie dough looks like raw cookie dough BUT IT'S STILL DELICIOUS AND I'M SURE IT'LL HARDEN UP OVER NIGHT. :D