Strawberry Cheesecake Bars Recipe
No bake strawberry cheesecake bars made with cream cheese, fresh strawberries, vanilla, whipped cream, and a buttery shortbread or graham cracker crust.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 480 mins
- Total Time: 495 mins
- Yield: 16 bars 1x
- Method: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 2 cups shortbread or graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter (melted)
- 2 packages cream cheese, room temperature (( 16 ounces total))
- 3/4 – 1 cup granulated sugar (this depends on your preference of sweetness and sweetness of your berries)
- 1 ¼ cup strawberries (thinly sliced)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup fully whipped cream ( or whipped topping)
Instructions
- Line an 8 inch square baking pan with parchment paper leaving some outside of the pan.
- Next in a medium sized bowl, whisk cookie crumbs, granulated sugar and melted butter together until combined.
- Press cookie mixture into the bottom of the pan. Refrigerate for 45-60 minutes.
- While cookie crust chills, add cream cheese, sugar, strawberries and vanilla to the bowl of a stand mixer (or for more of an ice cream texture, add to a heavy duty blender).
- Mix until smooth.
- Add half of whipped cream to cheesecake filling and gently fold in using a spatula. Repeat with remaining whipped cream.
- Remove baking pan with crust from refrigerator and pour filling into baking pan and smooth with a spatula.
- Freeze cheesecake for at least 5 hours then use a hot knife cut into 3 rows horizontally and vertically creating 9 bars. Keep frozen and put in refrigerator for about 30 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories: 248 kcal
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 211 mg
- Fat: 17 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 49 mg
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