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Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars

Jul 2, 2021 Leave a Comment

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are a semi-homemade sweet treat for all ages! A few store-bought ingredients and no cheesecake setting and baking involved. 

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are a semi-homemade sweet treat for all ages! A few store-bought ingredients and no cheesecake setting and baking involved. 

You’ll rarely find a baking recipe on Mom to Mom Nutrition for a pretty simple reason: I don’t have the patience to bake. I don’t like following directions. Oh and I can eat a whole pan of brownies by myself. That’s 3 pretty good reasons if you ask me! 
 
But, for Father’s Day, I decided to bake a special dessert for a special Dad in my life [here’s looking at you, Coach], I took this special someone’s favorite fruit and dessert, and created something semi-homemade: Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars. 

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are a semi-homemade sweet treat for all ages! A few store-bought ingredients and no cheesecake setting and baking involved. 
INSPIRATION FOR EASY STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE BARS

When I was in college one of my roomies [and BFF’s to this day], Amy, would come back from holiday breaks with the BEST lemon bars courtesy of her mom. Come to find out, the bars were semi-homemade, and used a boxed cake mix as the base. Smart mom hack there! I found a similar recipe to Amy’s online from Belle of the Kitchen, and made a few substitutes to create a strawberry bar version. Ingredient swaps are as follows:

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are a semi-homemade sweet treat for all ages! A few store-bought ingredients and no cheesecake setting and baking involved. 
 
Belle of the Kitchen Easy Lemon Bar Recipe Substitutions:

  • Use white cake mix vs. yellow cake mix
  • Add 2 tablespoons of strawberry gelatin to the cake mix during the first mixing phase
  • Use strawberry cream cheese vs. plain cream cheese
  • Do not add lemon zest and juice
  • Do not add granulated sugar
  • Bake in a 8×8 baking dish [for all the same suggested cook times- I love chewy bars!]
  • Top cooling with fresh strawberries and white chocolate chips

 
Ok. So follow Belle’s recipe, but make these ingredient swaps, and voila! You have my easy strawberry cheesecake bars.

And just because I can’t do a blog post and not include the 4 Top. Love these guys, and the summer we are having together so far!

 

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are a semi-homemade sweet treat for all ages! A few store-bought ingredients and no cheesecake setting and baking involved. 

 

Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are a semi-homemade sweet treat for all ages! A few store-bought ingredients and no cheesecake setting and baking involved. 

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