Double Chocolate Ooey Gooey Bars

by sweethannahhudd
Double Chocolate Ooey Gooey Bars

Do you ever just get the strongest sweets craving? You’re looking through your cupboards, digging around, and there’s nothing that seems will satisfy it. Well, I had one of those moments just the other day. Then all of a sudden, it occurred to me I had some simple ingredients that would make the best most decadent dessert that I could ever crave. Cream cheese, butter, a box of chocolate cake mix, eggs, and cocoa powder. These few ingredients make for one of the best most rich and satisfying desserts, Chocolate Ooey Gooey Bars.

First off, let me just talk to you about ooey gooey bars. If you’ve never had them in their original form which is just cream cheese and yellow cake you should try it. They’re sweet, rich, chewy and addicting. The original has a cream cheese chewy gooey top, with a yellow cake crust. I hesitate even to say crust because these bars are all chewy scrumptious mouthfeel.

Chocolate Ooey Gooey Bars our same texture, and the same basic formula but are totally chocolatey. Chocolate Ooey Gooey Bars that you’re about to make right now have a layer of fudgy chocolate cake mix, chocolate chips and chocolate cream cheese filling. Once you bake it up, it has a lovely crackly top that covers a multitude of chocolate layers underneath. Oooh, you should definitely bake this one up, you will love it!

Triple Chocolate Ooey Gooey Bars

Decadent ooey gooey chocloatey bars with a crunch top gooey middle and chewey bottom, this is the death by chocolate of your dreams.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake
  • ½ cup Chocolate Chips
  • 5 Tbs Butter Melted
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 eggs Whole Eggs (divided)
  • 8 ounces Cream Cheese Softened
  • 4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Bittersweet Chocolate Powder

Method
 

Crust
  1. Pre heat the oven to 350°, and line an 8×8 dish with parchment or grease thoroughly.
  2. In your mixer empty the chocolate cake mix, add 5 tbsp. of melted butter, one egg, and the chocolate chips.
  3. Turn mixer on low-medium until all ingredients are well combined.
  4. Empty the cake crust into the 8×8 baking dish, and press down to fill the dish evenly.
  5. Clean the mixing bowl.
Chocolate Filling
  1. Add softened cream cheese to the mixer and cream until smooth.
  2. Add 2 eggs
  3. Add ½ cup of cocoa powder until combined, scrape and mix for another 10 sec.
  4. Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time on low, mix until fully combined and repeat for the remaining Sugar. Go slowly or your kitchen will be covered in powdered sugar. *you can put a clean dish towel over your mixer to keep your kitchen clean.
  5. Add the chocolate cream cheese mixture to your 8×8 dish, spoon on top of the crust. Smooth and put into the oven.
  6. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
  7. Do not eat right out of the oven, allow to cool ( you can put it into the freezer or refrigerator for 1-2 hours)
  8. Lift the parchment and place the Triple chocolate ooey gooey bars on a cutting board, cut into small pieces and serve with milk or your favorite beverage.