Fudge Cheesecake Bars

mmmm, don't these look scrumptious? and yes, they are. its a wonder i don't weigh 400lbs. but enough about me, lets talk about fudge with cheesecake topped with a hershey's hug! another gem from my hershey's cookbook.

4 bars (1 oz each) unsweetened chocolate, broken into pieces
1 cup butter or margarine
2 1/2 cups sugar, divided
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 pkg (13 oz) Hershey's Hugs or Hugs with almonds

1.heat oven to 350. grease a 9x13 pan. in a bowl, microwave the butter and unsweetened chocolate pieces together, until butter and chocolate are both melted, approx 2 minutes, stirring after each minute.
2.beat in 2 cups sugar, 3 eggs and vanilla until well blended. stir in flour, spread batter into prepared pan.
3. in a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, remaining 1/2 cup sugar and remaining 1 egg until blended. remove wrappers from 12 of the Hugs. coarsely chop Hugs and stir into cream cheese mixture. drop batter by spoonfuls over top of chocolate mixture in pan. swirl with knife for marbled effect.
4.bake 35-40 minutes or just until set. cool completely in pan on wire rack. cut into bars. remove wrappers from remaining Hugs, press onto tops of bars. cover and refrigerate leftover bars.
makes approx. 3 dozen

*a note. they can be eaten right after placing Hugs on the bars, but I think they taste far superior if they chill for a while before having any. just my opinion though.