No Bake Strawberries and Cream Cheesecake Bars
Sweet, creamy, tangy, and exploding with flavor! These No Bake Strawberries and Cream Cheesecake Bars are the ultimate summertime treat.
Servings: 24
Calories: 281kcal
Ingredients
Strawberry Jam
- 4 cups strawberries
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup lemon juice
Graham Cracker Crust
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- ¼ cup sugar
- 9 Tablespoons salted butter melted
Cheesecake
- 1 cup heavy cream cold
- 3 cups cream cheese room temperature
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
Strawberry Jam
- Combine strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a 2 quart saucepan.
- Cook over medium low heat until sugar dissolves and strawberries start to break down, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and carefully transfer to blender.
- Purée.
- Carefully return to saucepan.
- Continue to cook over medium low heat until thickened, about 8-10 minutes.
- Cool and refrigerate until ready to use.
Graham Cracker Crust
- In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter.
- Stir until completely mixed.
- Turn out into a 9-inch square pan.
- Press evenly across the bottom. Set aside.
Cheesecake
- Beat heavy cream to stiff peaks. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sour cream until smooth.
- Beat in sugar.
- Stir in lemon juice and vanilla.
- Fold in beaten cream.
- Spoon on top of crust and spread evenly.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Top with strawberry jam.
Notes
- Be sure that your graham cracker crust is level and firmly packed! If it's not, it may crack.
- Make sure your cream cheese is room temperature and your heavy cream is cold!
- Don't beat/mix in the whipped cream! Gently fold it into the cream cheese mixture.
- If you don't have a blender for the jam, just cook the mixture down until slightly thickened. Then, use a fork to break down the larger pieces of strawberries.
- The crust does not need to be baked.
- You can use fresh or frozen strawberries for the jam.
- You can also use store-bought jam.
- The jam will run off the top of the cheesecake bars.
- If you use gluten-free graham crackers, this recipe will be 100% gluten free!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Bar | Calories: 281kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 177mg | Potassium: 104mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 663IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 1mg