Cheesecake bar
There are many recipes for cheesecake bars, but their origins are unclear. Some say that cheesecake bars were first made in New York City, while others claim they were invented in Philadelphia.
It is certain that cheesecake bars became popular in the United States in the early 20th century. At that time, cream cheese was a new and exotic ingredient, and it was used in many different kinds of desserts.
One of the earliest known recipes for cheesecake bars comes from Fannie Merritt Farmer’s 1896 cookbook, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Farmer’s recipe is for a “cream cheese cake,” which is made with a graham cracker crust and a filling of cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and lemon juice.
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Recipes
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
- FILLING
- sugar
- vanilla extract
- pumpkin
- pumpkin pie spice
- cream cheese
- light brown sugar
- egg
- CRUST
- gingersnap cooky
- butter
- salt
- sugar
No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- blueberry
- lemon rind
- ricotta cheese
- cream cheese
- pecan
- graham cracker
- salt
- honey
- butter
No-Bake Cheesecake Bars
- FILLING
- vanilla extract
- confectioners sugar
- cream cheese
- heavy cream
- greek yogurt
- CRUST
- salt
- graham cracker
- sugar
- butter
No-Bake Melon Cheesecake Bars
- FILLING
- honey
- cream cheese
- cantaloupe
- heavy cream
- sugar
- salt
- powdered gelatin
- CRUST
- butter
- salt
- sugar
- graham cracker
Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
- CRUST
- nonstick spray
- shortbread cooky
- salt
- butter
- FILLING
- red coloring
- vanilla extract
- sugar
- strawberry
- cream cheese
- egg
- TOPPING
- heavy cream
- confectioners sugar
- strawberry
Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Bars with Candied Lemon
- sugar
- land lakes® butter
- zest
- blueberry jam
- blueberry
- honey
- lemon juice
- vanilla extract
- cream cheese
- egg
- lemon
- graham cracker sheet
Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- brown sugar
- sugar
- cook oat
- butter
- nutmeg
- all purpose flour
- egg
- cream cheese
- apple
- brown sugar
- all purpose flour
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
- baking soda
- salt
- egg
- butter
- sugar
- cornstarch
- brown sugar
- sour cream
- vanilla extract
- sugar
- sweet chocolate chip
- egg
- all purpose flour
- cream cheese
No-Bake Lemon and Ricotta Cheesecake Bars
- ricotta cheese
- vanilla extract
- lemon curd
- graham cracker crumb
- honey
- cream cheese
- lemon zest
- sugar
- butter
Bloody Cheesecake Bars with Broken Glass Caramel
- glass caramel
- raspberry blood sauce
- vanilla extract
- sugar
- confectioners sugar
- salt
- raspberry preserve
- honey
- light corn syrup
- pouches sugar cookie
- red gel coloring
- blocks cream cheese
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
- pumpkin
- cream cheese
- gelatin
- butter
- milk
- salt
- graham cracker crumb
- water
- cinnamon
- egg
- sugar
- whipped cream
Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars
- cream cheese
- raspberry
- all purpose flour
- egg
- butter
- sugar
- water
- salt
- almond extract
Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars
- nonstick spray
- carrot juice
- lemon juice
- sour cream
- vanilla extract
- egg
- butter
- confectioners sugar
- sugar
- cream cheese
- heavy cream
- cinnamon
- salt
- all purpose flour
- light brown sugar
- rolled oat
- butter
- milk
- butter
- walnut
- eggs yolk
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
- egg
- cinnamon
- sugar
- vanilla extract
- butter
- honey
- cream cheese
- crescent roll
Coconut Vegan Cheesecake Bars With Nut Crust
- Cashews and Crust
- nonstick spray
- flaxseed meal
- virgin coconut oil
- date syrup
- salt
- cashew
- water
- pecan
- Filling
- coconut cream
- coconut
- vanilla extract
- salt
- maple syrup
- virgin coconut oil
Oreo Cheesecake Bars
- sugar
- vanilla extract
- cream cheese
- oreo cooky
- butter
- oreo cooky
- egg
- sour cream
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
- lime zest
- almond extract
- egg
- pineapple
- cinnamon
- sugar
- crescent roll
- cream cheese
- butter
- sugar
Berry Cheesecake Bars
- crisco® original spray
- smucker'® sugar strawberry jam
- graham cracker crumb
- smucker'® sugar blackberry jam
- vanilla extract
- eagle brand® sweetened condensed milk
- lemon juice
- egg
- light margarine
- pillsbury ® all purpose flour
- pkgs cream cheese
Blackberry Lemon Cheesecake Bars
- lemon zest
- sugar
- sour cream
- sugar
- lemon juice
- water
- salt
- graham cracker crumb
- egg
- cream cheese
- blackberry
- butter
- blackberry
No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
- pumpkin puree
- vanilla extract
- butter
- powdered sugar
- brown sugar
- cinnamon
- powdered sugar
- salt
- heavy cream
- pumpkin pie spice
- graham cracker crumb
- cream cheese
- white chocolate
Chocolate Mint Cheesecake Bars
- peppermint extract
- eagle brand® sweetened condensed milk
- butter
- sweet chocolate chip
- creme de menthe candy
- pkg cream cheese
- creme filled chocolate sandwich cookie crumb
- egg
- crisco® all vegetable shortening
- crisco® all vegetable shortening
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars
- chocolate chip
- egg egg yolk
- corn starch
- baking powder
- sour cream
- all purpose flour
- egg
- sugar
- cream cheese
- vanilla extract
- brown sugar
- butter
- salt
Cherry Dr Pepper cheesecake bars
- lime juice
- vanilla
- dr pepper
- cinnamon
- sour cherry
- corn starch
- powdered sugar
- cream cheese
- heavy cream
- butter
- graham cracker
- salt
Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars
- all purpose flour
- chocolate chip
- peanut butter chip
- sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- vanilla extract
- salt
- powdered sugar
- egg
- butter
- cream cheese
- standard reese' peanut butter
Cherry Cheesecake Bars
- cherry pie filling
- graham cracker crumb
- vanilla extract
- sugar
- cream cheese
- heavy cream
- egg
- butter
- cooking spray
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars with Strawberries
- butter
- baking soda
- cornstarch
- salt
- vanilla extract
- pkg sweet chocolate chip
- powdered sugar
- carton strawberry
- sour cream
- carton cool whip
- pkg cream cheese
- egg
- all purpose flour
- light brown sugar
- sugar
Apple Churro Cheesecake Bars
- sugar
- vanilla
- egg
- lucky leaf® apple fruit filling
- cinnamon
- pkg
Brownie Cheesecake Bars
- crisco® original spray
- smucker ® chocolate sundae syrups ice cream
- vanilla extract
- egg
- eagle brand® sweetened condensed milk
- pillsbury® traditional fudge brownie
- cream cheese
- walnut
Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- blueberry
- marshmallow fluff
- powdered sugar
- lemon juice
- vanilla extract
- butter
- sugar
- cream cheese
- vanilla wafers crumb
- milk
- egg
CLASSIC Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- sugar
- all purpose flour
- butter
- vanilla extract
- sour cream
- arnott marie cracker
- sugar
- egg
- blueberry
- philadelphia cream cheese
- icing sugar confection sugar
- lemon zest
Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
- dark corn syrup
- sour cream
- coffee bean
- salt
- sour cream
- butter
- egg
- chocolate wafer cooky
- sugar
- butter
- bittersweet chocolate
- cream cheese
- semisweet chocolate
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
- egg
- cream cheese
- roll pillsbury® chocolate chip cooky
- coconut
- sugar
Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake Bars
- egg
- cinnamon
- sugar
- cream cheese
- pre made cinnamon roll dough
NUTELLA SWIRL CHEESECAKE BARS
- vanilla extract
- nutella
- bars cream cheese
- egg
- sugar
- graham cracker
Samoa Cheesecake Bars
- sweet chocolate chip
- egg
- caramel
- coconut
- sugar
- cream cheese
- vanilla extract
- oreo
- heavy cream
- butter
Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake Bars With Pretzel Crust
- brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- sour cream
- butter
- caramel
- chocolate chip
- sugar
- water
- tsbp flour
- pretzel
- egg
- salt
Coconut Cream Cheesecake Bars
- pkg
- tub
- angel flake coconut
- sugar
- pkg
- milk
- butter
- vanilla wafer
Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Bars
- oreo cooky
- vanilla extract
- salt
- egg
- cream cheese
- sour cream
- sugar
- butter
cheesecake bars with all the berries
- vanilla
- vanilla extract
- cream cheese
- vanilla
- digestive cracker crumb
- sour cream
- sugar
- berry
- egg
- butter
- salt
Blueberry Crumble Top Cheesecake Bars
- CRUST
- cooking spray
- graham cracker
- salt
- domino sugar
- butter
- TOPPING
- blueberry
- cinnamon
- butter
- salt
- domino sugar
- domino dark brown sugar
- all purpose flour
- FILLING
- lemon zest
- domino sugar
- cream cheese
- egg
No Bake Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- lucky leaf blueberry pie
- graham cracker crumb
- lemon zest
- light whipping cream
- tbs gelatin
- confectioners sugar
- lemon juice
- cream cheese
- tbs butter
Lemon Cheesecake Bars
- vanilla
- egg
- sugar
- lemon juice
- light brown sugar
- all purpose flour
- salt
- milk
- butter
- egg
- cream cheese
- lemon zest
Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars
- CREAM CHEESE MIXTURE
- orange zest
- cornflour
- sugar
- egg
- cream cheese
- CARROT CAKE
- soda bicarbonate
- spice
- carrot
- salt
- all purpose flour
- vegetable oil
- egg
- light brown sugar
- pecan
- sultana
- CARROT CARAMEL
- sugar
- white wine vinegar
- carrot juice
- SHORTBREAD BASE
- sugar
- butter
- all purpose flour
Oreo Cheesecake Bar Recipe
- sugar
- vanilla extract
- cream cheese
- oreo
- standard oreo cooky
- butter
- egg
- sour cream
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- sugar
- salt
- cream cheese
- crescent roll dough
- butter
Low-Carb Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
- egg
- cream cheese
- almond flour
- butter
- sugar chocolate chip
- sugar white chip
- vanilla extract
- butter
- monk fruit sugar substitute
- monk fruit sugar substitute
- sour cream
- egg
- cheesecake layer
- crumble layer
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Bars
- sugar
- butter
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- graham cracker
- dulce de leche
- heavy cream
- egg
- cream cheese
Skinny Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars
- greek yogurt
- peanut butter
- peanut
- powdered sugar
- butter
- cream cheese
- semisweet chocolate morsel
- sweet chocolate chip
- sheets chocolate graham cracker
Kit Kat Cheesecake Bars
- brownie
- vanilla extract
- sugar
- egg
- sour cream
- cream cheese
- kit kat bar
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
- all purpose flour
- brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- butter
- caramel
- light brown sugar
- oat
- sugar
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- egg
- cream cheese
- granny smith apple
Butterfinger Cheesecake Bars
- egg
- fun butterfinger
- sugar
- cream cheese
- graham cracker
- all purpose flour
- light brown sugar
- butter
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars
- butter
- chocolate chip
- baking soda
- salt
- vanilla extract
- egg
- light brown sugar
- sugar
- all purpose flour
- cream cheese
Berry Swirl Cheesecake Bars
- sugar
- vanilla extract
- berry pie filling
- salt
- oreo cooky
- cream cheese
- sour cream
- butter
- egg
Snickers Cheesecake Bars
- vanilla extract
- egg
- milk chocolate chip
- butter
- sour cream
- sugar
- cream cheese
- oreo
- snicker bar
Mint Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Bars
- mint oreo cooky
- mint extract
- vanilla extract
- salt
- egg
- cream cheese
- sour cream
- sugar
- butter
- green coloring
Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
- brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- cream cheese
- all purpose flour
- oat
- sugar
- baking soda
- salt
- almond
- red raspberry preserve
- egg
- butter
Gluten Free No-Bake Peach Cheesecake Bars
- greek yogurt
- peach
- peach
- whipping cream
- vanilla
- almond meal
- butter
- sugar
- powdered sugar
- cream cheese
No-Bake Apple Cheesecake Bars
- greek yogurt
- whipping cream
- lemon
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- almond meal
- cornstarch
- light brown sugar
- butter
- allspice
- nutmeg
- sugar
- maple syrup
- powdered sugar
- apple
- cream cheese
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Staple Ingredients
- butter 41%
- cream cheese 40%
- sugar 40%
- egg 38%
- vanilla extract 36%
Common Ingredients
- salt 29%
Usual Ingredients
- all purpose flour 14%
- cinnamon 14%
- heavy cream 12%
- sour cream 12%
- graham cracker crumb 10%
- honey 10%
Rarey Ingredients
- lemon juice 9%
- powdered sugar 9%