Layers of creamy tart cheesecake and soft chewy cookies make these Key Lime Cheesecake Cookie Bars a delicious dessert recipe to make and share.
These Key Lime Cheesecake Cookie Bars are some of my favorites to make. For some reason though I haven't made them in forever.
A few weeks ago I was wanting to make my hubby a yummy treat for us to enjoy after the kids went to bed.
He loves cheesecake, and I love chocolate chip cookies. These cookie bars are the perfect mashup of recipes for us!!!
I made and posted these Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars a few years ago.
But this time I wanted to jazz them up. Enter in the key lime and sprinkles...and home made chocolate chip cookie dough!!!
My husband LOVES key lime pie so, it was kind of a no brainer to try adding it into this bar.
And sprinkles make everything just that much more fun!!!
Recipe
Key Lime Cheesecake Cookie Bars
Layers of cookies and cheesecake make these Key Lime Cheesecake Cookie Bars a fun summer dessert.
Ingredients
For the Cookie Dough
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- ¼ cup colored sprinkles
For the Cheesecake
- 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup key lime juice
- 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8 inch pan with nonstick spray.
- Beat the butter, shortening, sugars, and vanilla until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time while slowly beating.
- Mix together the baking soda, salt, and flour, and add a little bit at a time to the butter mixture until it is all incorporated.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and sprinkles by hand. Press half the cookie dough into the prepared pan.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, flour, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and the lime juice and beat until creamy.
- Pour the cheesecake batter on top of the dough in the pan. Crumble the rest of the cookie batter over the cheesecake.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for an hour, then refrigerate to until chilled completely.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 459Total Fat: 25gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 68mgSodium: 170mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 2gSugar: 38gProtein: 5g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
y1yp
These look really good but I don't see where you put what temperature to bake them at.
Jocelyn Brubaker
I am sorry about that. The baking temperature should be 350*. I fixed the recipe.
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Emily
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Our Pinteresting Family
Yum! The sprinkles make it look so festive. Megan
Steph @ The Silly Pearl
I am loving anything citrus right now and these look so good. The sprinkles are such a pretty touch!
Alicia @ littlesprinklesoffun
Umm..Yes please..I will take a plate of these yummy looking cheesecake bars!! The picture is AWESOME by the way!! 🙂
Nicole@Show Off Friday
That looks delicious. Great photos!
Winnie
These bars look just awesome
BTW - I actually dislike the photographic aspect of blogging. I love good photos(!) but I hate taking photos. I
Nicola
What a fantastic combo - pinned!
The Bold Abode
You weren't kidding about coming a long way! Wow... it's fun to see it... They look SMASHING... as in they would smash my diet to smithereens!!! Oh, boy!
Julie
Wow those look amazing. I LOVE key lime too so this looks like a winner for me 🙂
The Farm Girl
Mommyof2girlz/StephD
Wow, these look divine! Thanks for the recipe. Will have to give these a whirl for our next party!
Mandy
Seriously...when can we just get together and bake?! All of these recipes are killing me! These are to die for. Thanks!
SallysBakingAddiction
Jocelyn, these look to die for! And I obviously LOVE LOVE LOVE the sprinkles! Key lime is just one of my favorites. So perfect for the summertime and warm weather.
Hayley
I would have never thought to combine key lime and chocolate chip cookie dough but it sounds SO awesome! Really refreshing and different. And obviously, sprinkles make EVERYTHING cooler 🙂
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
So super yummy! I want one RIGHT NOW.
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
These are beautiful! And your photography is just stunning--it gives me hope that I might improve someday, too. =)
I love, love, LOVE the key lime aspect of these. What a perfect flavor for summer!
Something Swanky
Cheesecake and Lime has to be one of the best dessert flavor combos in existence!!! This looks SO amazing 🙂
Thanks for participating!
Aimee
Your photography is beautiful!!! And these bars look amazing. Delish Jocelyn 🙂
4Sisters
Key lime is a tasty addition to these bars and sprinkles are so much fun 🙂 It's encouraging to look back and see how much we've all learned and share some favorites from the archives.
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos