A grain-free chocolate chip cookie has a baby with probiotic-rich, no-bake cheesecake filling! These Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars are easy, allergy-friendly, and good for your gut! Because they’re sugar-free, you can enjoy this crazy-good dessert without spiking your blood sugar! Perfect for the low-carb or keto dessert crowd and nutrient-dense for nourishing food lovers!

It was 8:45 p.m.

The children had been tucked into their beds.

All the lights were off.

Netflix was on.

He wanted cheesecake. I wanted cookies and milk.

That’s how this all started…

Never you mind that this particular night also happened to be on the tail end of PMS Week for me, sooooo……..

It was a recipe for… Well, a recipe for something. It wasn’t disastrous, that’s for sure.

Rather than making 2 separate desserts (remember, it was 8:45 and Netflix was ON), I did what you do in a healthy relationship — I compromised. Or rather, with our powers combined, we created something better than what we both originally wanted! (We did this 2 other times when we made babies! 😉

Call it a compromise; we call them super-freaking-fantastic Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars. Because it’s cheesecake in a chocolate chip cookie crust!

Buckle up.

A Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Has A Baby With Probiotic-Rich Cheesecake Filling…

You follow?

I made up my Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, but instead of forming cookies, I pressed it crust-style into an 8″ x 8″ glass dish. Then baked it like cookies.

Once it cooled, I whipped up a quick, no-bake cheesecake filling — and used my favorite brand Nancy’s cream cheese and sour cream. By using these cultured dairy products and keeping the cheesecake filling raw, every bite of these Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars is good for your guts! (Hello, this is NOT a sponsored post. I just love telling you what I use!)

Yes, you technically can use regular cream cheese and regular sour cream, but please splurge on the good stuff! Your food is only as good as your ingredients, kwim?

What makes these bars special?

You mean, besides the fact that they are the love child of two of the best, most classic desserts in the history of ever???

Ok, fine…

— Easy. Y’all know I don’t do complicated. In this recipe, you don’t have to cut out cookies or bake a cheesecake.

— Allergy-friendly. No grains, gluten, soy, eggs, or peanuts! (You can use an egg, if tolerated.) I use a gelatin egg as the egg replacer. Here is my preferred gelatin source. Save 10% with my coupon code ALLTHETHINGS!

— Easy on the blood sugar. Using my alternative sweetener blend — Dietz Sweet — you get the sweetness you crave without the sugar that causes blood sugar spikes and weight gain. This is also what makes this dessert keto-friendly, low-carb, and Trim Healthy Mama-friendly (S).

— Good for the gut. That cultured cream cheese and sour cream, tho…

These Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars are perfect for dessert, potlucks, parties, and more! You won’t miss the sugar when you taste these bars!

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars {grain-free, egg-free, keto option}

A grain-free chocolate chip cookie has a baby with probiotic-rich, no-bake cheesecake filling! These Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars are easy, allergy-friendly, and good for your gut! Perfect for the low-carb or keto dessert crowd and nutrient-dense for nourishing food lovers!

CourseDessert

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes

Servings 9 servings

Author Lindsey Dietz

Ingredients

Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust

• 3tablespoonswarm water + 1 tablespoon grass-fed gelatinor 1 egg if tolerated
• 1-1/2cupsalmond flourI use Bob's Red Mill Superfine Almond Flour.
• 1tablespooncoconut flourI only use this coconut flour.
• 1/4cup+ 1 tablespoon of Dietz Sweet or coconut sugar if whole sweetener is preferred
• 3tablespoonsNutiva shortening or grass-fed butter
• 2teaspoonsvanilla
• 1teaspoonblackstrap molasses
• 1/4 to 1/2teaspoonsalt
• 1/2teaspoonbaking soda
• 1/2cupLily's chocolate chips

No-Bake Cheesecake Filling

• 8ouncesprobiotic-rich cream cheesesuch as Nancy's brand, room temperature
• 2tablespoonsprobiotic-rich sour creamsuch as Nancy's brand
• 2 to 3tablespoonsDietz Sweetto taste (or coconut sugar if whole sweetener is preferred)
• 1tablespoonfresh lemon juice
• 1/2teaspoonvanilla

Instructions

Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Grease an 8" x 8" glass baking pan.
3. If using the gelatin egg, combine the warm water and gelatin in a small bowl. Set aside.
4. Combine the remaining ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or use a large mixing bowl. Mix until combined.
5. Finally, mix in the gelatin "egg". (If using an egg, it can be combined with all other ingredients.)
6. Turn the cookie dough out into the greased baking dish and press evenly on the bottom and up the sides about 1.5".
7. Bake 15-17 minutes, or until the cookie crust is golden brown. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool completely before filling with cheesecake.

No-Bake Cheesecake Filling:

1. Combine the softened cream cheese, sour cream, and sweetener of choice in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a bowl and use a hand mixer.
2. Beat on medium speed for about 1 minute.
3. Add the lemon juice and vanilla and continue beating for another minute.
4. Set aside. When the cookie crust is completely cool, spread the cheesecake filling evenly into the crust.
5. Chill for at least 3 hours or until the filling is set and cold.

More Keto-Friendly Desserts You’ll Love…

• Probiotic Pomegranate & Clementine Cheesecake (no-bake!)
• Paleo White Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Cookies
• Grain-Free Maple Carrot Cake (with cultured maple cream cheese frosting)
• Stevia-Sweetened Watermelon Mint Sorbet
• Low-Carb Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Instant Pot Orange Creamsicle Custard Cups {dairy-free, stevia sweetened, keto}

Sweet Without Sugar — A Collection Of Nourishing Keto Desserts!

Have you had to break up with sugar (and whole sweeteners) due to blood sugar imbalance, gut issues like candida, weight problems, or food allergies? Or, you know it’s time to end your love affair with sugar but the thought of going without sweets is killing you?

You love dessert…

But unfortunately, dessert doesn’t love you back. 🙁

What if…

• eating dessert no longer has to feel like a guilty pleasure?
• dessert isn’t just grain-free or gluten-free but totally sugar-free as well?
• dessert was a healthy part of a nourishing diet?
• you ate cheesecake, cookies, cobbler, pie, and more without upsetting your tummy?
• dessert didn’t spike your blood sugar or cause you to gain 5 pounds overnight?
• the sweets you eat didn’t contribute to gut dysbiosis?

Now, it IS possible!

As if making nourishing treats without sugar (or even maple syrup or honey) wasn’t enough, I wanted to make every bite count for nutrition, too. That’s why ingredients like pastured eggs, butter, cultured cream cheese, coconut oil, and Fair Trade cacao abound in recipes such as…

• Memaw’s Chocolate Pie
• Orange & Dark Chocolate Milano Tart
• Thin Mint Tart
• Chocolate Curd
• Orange-Vanilla Cake
• Cherry Ripple Cheesecake
• Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cheesecake
• Strawberry-Lemon Swiss Roll
• No-Peanut Butter Cookies
• Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
• Strawberry Swirl Ice Cream
• …and SO many more!

Learn more about Sweet Without Sugar — it’s currently 40% off!

What do you think about this chocolate chip cookie + cheesecake love child?