Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars

This recipe is from Cooking Thin TV show on lifetime and its a low fat version of a decedant dessert.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 8 bars

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup  low-calorie thin  chocolate wafer, finely ground in a food processor
• 1⁄2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1⁄3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3  tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1⁄4 cup  reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
• 1 1⁄2 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, room temperature
• 2  teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2  tablespoons  semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Directions

1. 1. Line a 9-x-4-inch loaf pan with wax paper or baking parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the long sides.
2. 2. Combine the ground wafers, oats, sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Stir in the butter until everything is evenly moistened. Stir in 1 tablespoon peanut butter until mixture forms large clumps. Transfer mixture to lined loaf pan and press into an even layer. Refrigerate until firm, about 10 minutes.
3. 3. Meanwhile, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add vanilla, remaining 3 tablespoons peanut butter and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and beat on medium speed until pale and nearly doubled in volume, about 7 minutes. Transfer to the loaf pan and spread in an even layer over cookie crust. Freeze until firm, about 10 minutes.
4. 4. Spread the chocolate in a thin, even layer over the chilled peanut butter layer. Refrigerate until firm, about 10 minutes. When ready to serve, lift bars out of the pan using the wax paper overhang. Cut crosswise into 8 bars and serve cold.