With a graham cracker crust, creamy cheesecake filling, and a blueberry blondie top, these blueberry blondie cheesecake bars combine three desserts in one!
Sometimes it’s difficult to choose between a variety of desserts when you are trying to limit yourself to just one. A chocolate chip cookie (usually the most obvious choice for me)? Or how about a slice of cheesecake? Jamie at My Baking Addiction solved that dilemma by creating cookie dough cheesecake bars.
But if you are like me, the options don’t end there, because that blueberry pie looks great too. The dilemma continues! But then I decided to swap chocolate chips for fresh blueberries. Add a little lemon zest and you’ve got a sweet success in the oven and in your belly.
You could easily use frozen blueberries if that’s what you have, or even another berry. Omit the lemon if you prefer, or use lime instead. That’s the glorious thing about baking – even though baking is often more technical than cooking, it is still easily adaptable.
These were totally worth making the A/C cry while it tried to battle the 100 degree temperatures outside alongside the heat I created in the kitchen. Even though it took almost as long as a full cheesecake in a spring-form pan, I find baking cheesecake bars more enjoyable. Clearly the main reason why I make cheesecake bars (and minis) more often!
Other recipes similar to (or even adapted from) these blondie cheesecake bars:
Post updated 8/16/22, photo above is the original.
Source: Inspired by A Spicy Perspective. Adapted from My Baking Addiction.
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15 comments
YUM!!!!! Or at least that is what I was told:) I made this dessert early this morning for a lunch get together. The only variation I made was to add white chocolate chips to the top. My husband tasted it after it was cooled and gave it the go ahead to take to the lunch. Once the first person tasted a bar, it was gone in no time. My kiddos did not even get to taste it. Guess I will have to make it again. Thanks for a wonderful recipe.
Hooray! Glad it was a big success, I bet the white chocolate on top was great!
OK… you’ve got blueberry, blondie, and cheesecake all wrapped up in a bar??? Yes please!!!
Yes ma’am!!
Wow, I’m so honored! These look truly amazing. Will try when I get home from vacation. :)
Enjoy your vacation, let me know if you try them :-)
Haha, I’m with you on the a/c – oven fight. I’ve been trying to wait until later in the day to bake after the worst of the heat has passed. These look great, I’m all about blueberries lately.
Yes, I do most of my cooking/baking after 6pm since I’m at lab during the day and go to the gym right after. But the temperatures haven’t been dropping much at night the past week :-(. I miss sleeping with the windows open.
I love almost any dessert that has blueberries and this is huge- blueberry pie, cookies, cheesecake?! YUM