I had some cream cheese laying around that I needed to use. I would feel really bad letting some cream cheese go bad without sending it to cream cheese heaven. I thought about something savory and threw that out of the window. I asked around and everyone said make a cheesecake. I like a cheesecake, but to do it right it takes a good 24 hours from the time you make it to the time you eat it. The perfect solution is to make a cheesecake bar. To really make it these cheesecake bars sing I added some peanut butter cups. I had some very happy friends when these babies were ready to be eaten. I found this recipe on Tasty Kitchen, which is a great resource if you are looking to make some new things. Need to use up two bricks of cream cheese? Endless inspiration.
This recipe came from Cookin’ Canuck. Her blog has some great recipes and beautiful pictures. I especially like her blog since we lived in Canada and our Ava is our little Canadian souvenir. We lived in Nova Scotia for a few years and the people of Nova Scotia are some serious bakers.
These are easy to make, beautiful, and a huge hit with the peanut butter lovers in my house.
7 graham crackers
6 Tablespoons melted butter, cooled
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
2 Tablespoons flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 packages cream cheese, room temperature
2/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
12 whole Reese Peanut Butter Cups, cut into 6 pieces
2 ounce semisweet chocolate melted
Line an 8-inch baking pan with foil. Let about 3-4 inches of foil hang over so they will be easy to lift out. Put the graham crackers in the food processor until the graham crackers are crushed fine. Add the sugar, butter, flour and salt. Pulse until combined. Press the crumbs into the bottom of the pan. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until crust begins to brown. Let cool while you make the filling.
Put the cream cheese in the processor and run until smooth. I let it run for about 3 minutes. Add in the sugar, and cream again until everything is light and fluffy.
Scrape the bowl and add in the eggs one at a time.
Add in the sour cream and vanilla.
Pour the batter into the cooled crust. Add in 9 of the chopped peanut butter cups. Save the rest for garnish.
Bake until the cheesecake is just set but the middle still jiggles. About 35 to 40 minutes in a preheated 325 degree oven. Rotate the pan halfway through baking.
Let the bars cool on a rack for 2 hours. Cover with foil with and refrigerate for 3 hours before cutting. Pull the bars from the pan and cut into squares.
Melt the chocolate and drizzle over the bars. Top with the remaining peanut butter cups.
These bars were a huge hit. If you like peanut butter cups, you will love these.
Reese’s Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 0 Total Fat: 0g
41 Comments
Bree, I’m so glad you enjoyed these! They have become a favorite at our house and I really need to make them again. Your blog is lovely – I’ll definitely be back.
Oh goodness!! These cheesecake bars look amazing! I would love one or five right now. YUM! I’m bookmarking this recipe.
These look so delicious! Peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite combination!
These look absolutely divine! I could totally go for some cream cheesy, peanut buttery goodness right now, very clever.
What a fabulous treat!
Yum!!! I have to try this.
they are delicious. Hope that you like them.
I’d love to try these with heath bar!
oooh… that would be delish!! I need to try that too. Great idea.
What do you set the oven for? 350 degrees?
set the oven at 325 degrees 🙂 these look delicious
they are pretty tasty if I do say so myself.
I’m baking these in the oven right now! They look absolutely delicious. Just wanted to let you know your instructions said to add the cream twice. Also you should add what temperature to bake at. I’m using 325 degrees. Thanks for all the great recipes!
thanks, I will add the temp to the recipe. Thanks for letting me know.
I’ve made these twice since I found this recipe. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I am so glad! Easy and amazing.
Wooow looks Yummmmy..
I have question , how much each package cream cheese in grams?
Thanks
Well, a package of cream cheese is 8 ounces, so according to Google it is 226.796185 grams.
The dish seems so mouth watering that I can’t stop trying and having it right away. Till now chocolate has been my all time favorite. The combo of ingredients sounds so yummy. The recipe also seems easy and can be made if the ingredients are available.
So good and so easy.
I made these for my boyfriend’s birthday (he doesn’t really like cake). They were AMAZING!
Great!
Oh, I did modify the recipe just slightly. I melted peanut butter and drizzled it on top along with the chocolate. My boyfriends loves peanut butter so I figured the more, the better.
I also used chocolate graham crackers instead of the regular ones.
Yum.
Absolutely. Hope that he liked them.
good receipt
thank you. 🙂
Hi Bree !! Thoroughly enjoyed your website…….you make baking look so “easy” ……not my forte….however I am going to try the spinach & bacon wraps …….like the idea of being able to freeze….. Kind regards Joan Lawson Cape Town
thanks Joan!
I’ve got these in the oven right now, I’ve decided to make these instead of a traditional Birthday Cake for my hubby today. He loves cheesecake and loves Reese’s!! Thank you for a great recipe:)
you are welcome April! And Happy Birthday to your husband!
I’m excited to try this recipe tonight, but I have a question… In both the instructions for the crust and the filling it says to ass the “sugar”. Which one gets the brown sugar and which one gets the regular sugar? I’m assuming that the filling gets the regular sugar, since that’s how a lot of cheesecake recipes work, but I just want to confirm. Thanks!! -Terri
Yes, you are correct.
Oh goodness, sorry, I just saw I had a typo… the word should be “ADD”!!
Lol.
Hi. I tried posting earlier, but it didn’t work, so trying again. Is the brown sugar for the bottom crust and the regular sugar for the cream cheese filling? Thanks!
Sorry, it did work, I just was not near my computer all day. Yes, you are correct.
I have never been a big fan of cheese cake. However, I adore the way you have prepared the icing – very inviting.
thank you!