OREO Dessert Bars

OREO Dessert Bars 1 pkg (14.3 oz) Oreo Cookies *divided 1/4 cup butter, melted 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 8 oz. whipped topping (like Cool Whip), thawed 1 cup sour cream 3/4 cup white sugar Line your 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper or foil. This will make it easier to serve and will make for an easier clean up! You can also just lightly grease the pan. Using a food processor grind 20 Oreo Cookies in to crumbs. Grind them so they are fine. See photo above to see how fine I grind mine. Put the cookie crumbs in a medium sized bowl and add the melted butter to the cookie crumbs. Mix them together so all of the crumbs are mixed in with the butter. Press the cookie crumbs in to the bottom of your lined 8×8 baking dish. Put the dish with the cookie crumb crust in the freezer to let it set, for 15 minutes. While the cookie bottom crust is setting, make the cream cheese filling. Using your mixer with the whisk attachment, mix the softened cream cheese, whipped topping, sour cream and sugar together. Mix until it is fluffy and there are no lumps from the cream cheese. Take 12 more Oreos and rough chop them so they are in cookie bits. They don't have to be a certain size. Just chop them up. This will be layered in the middle of the cream cheese filling and on top, so if you want more Oreos in the filling and on top, chop up more! (I like to use the cookie powder that comes from chopping the cookies to sprinkle on top!) Once the crust has set, take half of the cream cheese filling and spread it on top of the cookie bottom crust. Then take half of your chopped Oreo bits and spread them on top of the cream cheese layer. I like to squish mine down in the filling a little bit. Add as many Oreos bits as you like, just leave some for the top! Spread the rest of the cream cheese filling on top of the Oreo bits. Then top with remaining Oreo bits and even some of the Oreo powder that was made when you chopped the cookies. Cover the dessert with foil and put it in the freezer for at least 6 hours, or overnight to let it set up. Take the dessert out 15 minutes before you are wanting to serve it so it can soften a bit. Cut the dessert into squares and enjoy! For easy cutting, just lift the dessert bars out using the sides of the parchment paper. It will easily lift right out on the parchment paper so you can cut and serve with ease! You can keep any leftovers in the freezer