Strawberry Cheesecake Bars

Strawberry Cheesecake Bars – creamy, refreshing, as well as lightly sweetness amongst an intense strawberry flavour making these deliciously crave-able as well as perfect for all your summertime dessert opportunities!

Strawberry flavour is not an afterthought inwards these delicious Cheesecake Bars. It may appear impossible but these bars stimulate got to a greater extent than intense flavour than a strawberry! There are several tardily steps used to coax out as well as concentrate every fleck of flavour from the strawberries. While this procedure takes a niggling time, each pace is tardily as well as detailed inwards our printable recipe.

 

I wishing you lot could come across me doing my happy dance, hands inwards the air celebration for this delicious recipe.

Well, possibly I’m glad you lot can’t come across me beingness all dorky 🙂 Seriously though, everybody loves these bars – as well as I know you lot volition too! They’re fun to decorate or perfectly delicious amongst zippo at all. For fun nosotros topped unopen to amongst chocolate dipped strawberries (yum!) spell others were decorated amongst sweetened whipped cream, crumbled chocolate graham crackers and/or sliced fresh strawberries.

 

I’ve made these Strawberry Cheesecake Bars inwards a 13×9-inch baking pan as well as a 9×9-inch foursquare pan. I prefer the foursquare 9×9 equally it yields a thicker filling as well as to a greater extent than chocolaty crust per bar too! I intend this recipe volition piece of occupation inwards an 8-inch or 9-inch springform pan equally well. What a pretty circular cake this filling volition make!

 

For clean, pretty slices, I position the pan of cheesecake bars inwards the freezer for nigh an hr earlier cutting. Use a large, sparse knife, wiping it build clean amongst newspaper towels in-between each cut. Once cut, the cheesecake bars tin frozen for a calendar week or then if desired. This volition assistance travel along them pretty if you lot stimulate got to carry the bars to an effect or party. Otherwise, shop them inwards the fridge until served. The filling is rattling soft, silky as well as practically melts inwards your mouth. That doesn’t hateful they’re also soft as well as that they’ll autumn apart. These cheesecake bars stimulate got an almost mousse-like texture as well as concord together beautifully amongst the improver of plainly gelatin as well as only the correct amount of cream cheese.

 

The filling is eggless as well as does non require baking, only refrigeration. The graham cracker crust doesn’t stimulate got to endure baked either, but inwards our recipe testing nosotros constitute that it stayed together much improve when it was.

 

 

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Strawberry Cheesecake Bars

Prep Time

1 hr

Cook Time

18 mins

Total Time

1 hr 18 mins

 

Creamy, refreshing, as well as lightly sweetness amongst an intense strawberry flavour making these perfect for all your summertime get-togethers!

Course:

Dessert

Keyword:

strawberry

Servings: 16

Ingredients

For the crust:

• 
  12
  sheets of chocolate graham crackers
  


• 
  6
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter,
  melted
  


• 
  3
  tablespoons
  granulated sugar
  

For the strawberry filling:

• 
  2
  pounds
  fresh strawberries,
  plus to a greater extent than for topping
  


• 
  3/4
  cup
  granulated sugar,
  divided
  


• 
  pinch
  of salt
  


• 
  1 3/4
  teaspoons
  unflavored gelatin,
  (1-ounce package)
  


• 
  20
  ounces
  cream cheese,
  room temperature
  

For the topping:

• 
  1/2
  cup
  heavy whipping cream
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  powdered sugar
  


• 
  16
  whole strawberries
  


• 
  3
  ounces
  semi-sweet chocolate,
  chopped or chocolate chips
  

Instructions

To brand the crust:

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 350F. Cut a length of parchment newspaper to check a 9x9-inch baking pan allowing the newspaper to come upwardly up to the travel past times on 2 reverse sides.  Cut unopen to other canvas to prepare inwards the reverse direction.  Set aside.
   
   


2. 
   
   In the bowl of a nutrient processor, combine the graham crackers as well as carbohydrate as well as procedure until finely crushed. Add the melted butter as well as pulse until good mixed. Firmly press the mixture onto the bottom as well as sides of the prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes at 350F. Remove from the oven as well as cool. Once cool, position the pan inwards the fridge volition preparing the filling.
   
   

To prepare the filling:

1. 
   
   Clean 2 pounds of strawberries as well as take the hulls. Cut each inwards one-half or quarters. Process one-half of the strawberries inwards a nutrient processor until pieces are 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick – nigh 10 curt pulses. Repeat amongst the remaining strawberries. Be careful non to over-process the strawberries.
   
   


2. 
   
   Place the processed strawberries inwards a medium mixing bowl as well as toss amongst 1/2 loving cup of the carbohydrate as well as a pinch of salt. Cover as well as allow the strawberries to residual for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Don’t launder the nutrient processor soundless – you’ll postulate it in 1 trial again inwards a few minutes.
   
   


3. 
   
   Strain the straight off macerated strawberries through a fine-mesh sieve into a large mixing bowl. You should stimulate got nigh 2/3 to 3/4 loving cup of juice. Remove iv tablespoons of the juice to a minor shallow bowl. Sprinkle the unflavored gelatin evenly on travel past times of the juice as well as laid aside. Place the remaining strawberry juice inwards a minor saucepan. Heat on medium-high oestrus until it begins to boil. Reduce the oestrus to medium-low as well as simmer until the juice is reduced to nigh iii tablespoons, nigh 10 minutes (watch the syrup carefully!). The syrup is done when it becomes a niggling darker as well as thicker. Watch the strawberry sauce carefully equally it volition bubble upwardly as well as may overflow the pan if boiling also fast. Place a wooden spoon across the travel past times of the pan to assistance preclude a mess.
   
   


4. 
   
   Remove the saucepan from the oestrus as well as stir inwards the remaining 1/4 loving cup sugar, until dissolved. Add the softened gelatin as well as stir gently until combined. Set aside.
   
   


5. 
   
   While the syrup is cooking down, accept the strained strawberries dorsum to the nutrient processor as well as pulse until rattling smooth. Strain through the fine profits sieve in 1 trial again using a large spoon or prophylactic spatula to press the solids through as well as extract all the juice. Once all the pulp as well as juice is extracted, discard the seeds as well as whatsoever remaining solids. Add the cream cheese to the strawberry puree as well as using an electrical mixer, blend on depression until smooth. Pour the gelatin mixture into the cream cheese mixture as well as whisk (do non beat) until fully blended.
   
   


6. 
   
   Pour the strawberry filling over the cooled chocolate graham cracker crust. Refrigerate for at to the lowest degree iv hours or overnight.
   
   


7. 
   
   To cutting pretty pieces, identify the pan inwards the freezer for nigh an hr earlier slicing. Carefully take the lightly frozen cheesecake to a cutting board using the parchment newspaper for handles. Using a large sparse knife, piece the cheesecake into xvi equal pieces wiping the knife build clean betwixt cuts. Garnish amongst whipped cream, sliced strawberries or chocolate dipped strawberries equally desired. Serve.
   
   


8. 
   
   Once cut, the bars tin endure stored inwards the freezer for upwardly to a week. Allow them to sit down at room temperature for 45-60 minutes earlier serving.
   
   

To prepare the whipped cream as well as garnish:

1. 
   
   Pour the whipping cream inwards a minor bowl. Beat on medium amongst an electrical mixer until foamy. Add the carbohydrate as well as vanquish on high until lightly rigid peaks form. Pipe onto sliced cheesecake bars using a large star tip if desired.
   
   


2. 
   
   To brand chocolate dipped strawberries: launder strawberries making certain they are completely dry out earlier dipping. Melt the chocolate inwards a heat-proof bowl over hot, but non boiling water. Stir oft until smooth. Turn the heating chemical constituent off, but travel along the bowl laid over the hot water. Dip the strawberries as well as milk shiver off whatsoever excess chocolate. Place on a wax newspaper lined plate or baking sheet. Refrigerate until needed.
   
   

Recipe Notes

Kitchen Tools needed for this recipe to travel far tardily to prepare: Food processor, large profits strainer/sieve, 9x9-inch baking pan, whisk, as well as an electrical mixer

 

Tip: Spread whatsoever leftover melted chocolate onto graham crackers or wafer cookies. Refrigerate to travel along fresh for upwardly to 1 week. Makes cracking ready-made s’mores!

 

Use regular graham crackers instead of chocolate if you lot prefer.

 

 

I loathe to waste materials anything then when baking I e'er hold back for ways to piece of occupation leftovers. Too much icing for the cake? Sandwich a thick layer of icing betwixt 2 graham crackers as well as travel along inwards the freezer for when you lot postulate a sweetness treat. Leftover chocolate afterwards dipping strawberries? Smear on graham crackers as well as refrigerate until laid – ready for s’mores!

Here are a few of our favorite tools used when making these cheesecake bars. Each photograph is clickable for to a greater extent than information:

     

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Tricia

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