1 (30 oz) pkg chocolate chip cookie dough

2 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese, room temperature

1 egg

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

preheat oven to 350 degrees. cut chocolate chip cookie dough in half. cover the bottom of an ungreased 13″x9″ baking pan or casserole dish with half of the dough, forming a crust. use your hands for this as if you were filing a pie plate with a homemade pie crust. bake for 10 minutes. while the crust is baking, beat the cream cheese, egg (or egg substitute), sugar (or no calorie sugar sweetener), and vanilla in a bowl until well blended. take the crust out of the oven and spread the cream cheese mixture on the top, being sure to cover the entire top. it will be ooey and gooey and may blend with the crust but this is OKAY). take the other half of the cookie dough and crumble it on top of the cream cheese coating, being sure to cover it all. bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. cool in the refrigerator for a few hours before cutting into bars. store in the fridge due to the cream cheese.