Home-style Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
Strawberry Cheesecake Bars start with a graham cracker crust, a layer of cheesecake, and then a no-bake strawberry cheesecake layer. An all-time favorite spring and summer-time dessert! This recipe can be made ahead and frozen for later.
Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
These no-bake strawberry cheesecake bars are a fun, straightforward, and satisfying summer dessert! There’s a basic graham cracker crust and an straightforward but SUPER creamy strawberry cheesecake filling. Plus, there’s no need to turn on the oven!
Ingredients
For the crust:
- Graham crackers
- Sugar
- Butter
For the filling:
- Cream cheese
- Strawberries
- Sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Heavy whipping cream
Instructions:
Crush graham crackers into fine crumbs by placing them in a zip-top bag, and crush with a rolling pin, or whirling them in a food processor.
Pour into a bowl, and add sugar and melted butter. Stir together until evenly combined. Press graham cracker mixture into an 8×8 inch square pan lined with parchment paper. Refrigerate or freeze while preparing the filling
To prepare the filling, combine the cream cheese, strawberries, sugar, and vanilla extract in a food processor. Mix until smooth and creamy.
Alternatively, this can be done by mashing the strawberries by hand and whisking the ingredients together. If using this method, you will want to make sure your cream cheese is Very Soft.
In a separate bowl, whip chilled cream until stiff peaks form.
Add cream cheese and strawberry combination, and fold together until just combined. Spread evenly over the chilled graham cracker crust. Freeze for at least one hour before serving!
Strawberry season is our favorite summer fruit season, so once they start showing up in stores and farmer’s stands, we can’t get enough of the Strawberry desserts.
Strawberry Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Prep 15 minutesTotal 1 hour 15 minutesMakes 12 bars
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 1 package graham crackers (about 10 sheets)
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter, melted
For the Filling:
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup strawberries, sliced and de-stemmed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, chilled
Method
- Crush graham crackers into fine crumbs by placing them in a zip-top bag, and crush with a rolling pin, or whirling in a food processor
- Pour into a bowl, and add sugar and melted butter
- Stir together until evenly combined
- Press graham cracker mixture into an 8×8 inch square pan lined with parchment paper
- Refrigerate or freeze while preparing the filling
- To prepare the filling, Combine fir soft cream cheese, sliced strawberries, sugar, and vanilla extract in a food process, and process until smooth. Alternatively, this can be done by mashing the strawberries by hand, and whisking ingredients together. If using this method, you will want to make sure your cream cheese is very soft.
- In a separate bowl, whip chilled cream until stiff peaks form
- Add cream cheese and strawberry combination, and fold together until just combined
- Spread evenly over crust
- Freeze for at least one hour before serving
- Can be covered with heavy cling wrap and frozen for several days before serving
Notes
- The 15-minute prep time includes destemming and slicing strawberries. We like to serve these bars half frozen, so if they’ve been in the freezer for several hours, we'll remove them about 15 minutes before slicing and serving. <div class="
