Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza

Ok, I admit...I rarely make a recipe without tweaking it along the way! My changes on this recipe were mostly to decrease the sugar and fat (although the topping I added made up for it!). Cut the sugar to 1/2 cup each, I substituted Equal's Sugar Lite for the white sugar. Use 1/2 cup butter & 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce and increase the banana to about 1 1/2 cups. Here is the ingredient that sent these bars over the top - I sprinkled the bars with 1/3 cup chopped Butter Toffee Walnuts before baking. Refrigerate before cutting. We keep them in the fridge b/c we like them cold. We couldn't stop eating them. The whole 9x13 pan was gone within 24 hours.

Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza

INGREDIENTS

1 12-inch-diameter thin crust pizza dough (I strongly recommend using the one mentioned in the recipe notes, omitting the herbs/spices)

1/3 + 1/2 cups mini semisweet chocolate chips divided

Sauce

8 oz cream cheese (1 package)

4 Tbsp granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Streusel

2 tablespoons butter melted

1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp all purpose flour

1/3 cup granulated sugar

2 Tbsp brown sugar packed

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat oven to 500°F. Line a pizza pan with parchment paper and place 12" rolled out pizza dough on parchment paper.
• Sprinkle 1/3 cup mini chocolate evenly over pizza dough.

Sauce

• In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the cream cheese at 10 second intervals, stirring at each interval until it is just melted.
• Add 4 Tbsp sugar and vanilla. Stir well.
• Pour cream cheese mixture over dough and chocolate chips, using a knife or the back of a spoon to spread it evenly over the crust.
• Top with 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, sprinkling evenly.

Streusel

• In a small microwave-safe dish, melt 2 Tbsp butter and set aside.
• In a medium-sized bowl combine flour, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
• Add in butter and vanilla extract, combine using a fork. The streusel topping should clump together in smaller pieces.
• Using your hands, sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the pizza.
• Bake for 7 minutes, the streusel should begin to turn a light brown.
• Remove from oven, allow to cool for several minutes and then cut and serve.

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