These strawberry cheesecake bars have a tangy cream cheese filling swirled with strawberries and baked on top of a buttery graham cracker crust. They’re way easier to make than an actual cheesecake, and so just as delicious!
I love turning summer’s best ingredients into all sorts of treats, from raspberry crumble bars to lemon bars, and fresh homemade strawberry syrup like I use for these bars.
As much as I like cheesecake, making one the old-fashioned way is a labor of love: baking in a water bath, cooling it in the oven, then cooling it for hours in the fridge, all while praying for no cracks… Let’s just say, there’s a reason I make my classic cheesecake in the Instant Pot!
Especially in the summertime, when the last thing I want to do is leave my oven door cracked, leaking heat into the kitchen while my cheesecake cools gradually. Instead, I turn to these strawberry cheesecake bars. Cheesecake bars have all the irresistible tanginess and creaminess of a homemade cheesecake, without the effort of making a full cheesecake.