These delicious cream cheese bars with chocolate chips have a delightfully crispy crust with a deliciously gooey, chocolatey cream cheese center.

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Bar on a wooden board

I love my Snickerdoodle Blondies and my Whole Lemon Bars, but these cream cheese bars hold their own and are every bit worthy of being shared.

These bars are unique in that the crust and crumb topping are both made from a yellow boxed cake mix. The cream cheese and chocolate seal the deal when they come together as a delicious creamy filling that’s near perfection. You should most definitely bake these and give them a try!

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Bars on a white plate sitting on a wooden board

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These cream cheese bars are perfect for taking along on picnics and potlucks. Wherever you serve them, they quickly reach their popularity and just as quickly disappear.

What’s in these bars?

Yellow cake mix
Eggs
Oil
Cream cheese
Chocolate Chips
Sugar

Do cream cheese bars need to be refrigerated?

Yes, they do! Cream cheese is perishable and needs to be refrigerated when used in fillings and frostings. So please refrigerate your bars.

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How should I store cream cheese bars?

Once the bars have cooled, you can cut them and store them in:

Store in the pan wrapped tightly in saran wrap
Remove individual squares and store in a glass or plastic container with a tight-fitting lid
Keep in refrigerator for up to one week
These also freeze well

Helpful tips when making these bars

Use mini chocolate chips (they seem to melt a little better during the baking process.
Make sure cream cheese is softened. If you need to speed up this process, you can submerge the entire foil package in hot tap water for five minutes.
Bring eggs to room temperature
Bars will cut easier and more cleanly if they are cut them after they have cooled.

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