Strawberry Cheesecake Bars

Submitted by Sunshynetoo

"Sinfully rich! From "A Year of Good Taste". They are pretty as well as rich! We served these at my daughter's wedding."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) package strawberry cake mix with pudding (I like Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Strawberry Supreme)
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted (I toast for about 7 minutes at 325)
• 3⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup strawberry jam (I like the seedless)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. In a medium bowl, combine cake mix and pecans.
3. Drizzle melted butter over mixture; stir until well blended.
4. Press mixture into bottom of a greased 9x13 baking pan.
5. In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
6. Spread cream cheese mixture over crust.
7. “Nuke” jam for about 45 seconds until thinned.
8. Spoon over cream cheese mixture.
9. Use a fork to swirl over cream cheese.
10. I bake for 25 minutes or until edges begin to brown lightly.
11. Do not over-bake or your crust will become a rock.
12. Cool in pan for about 30 minutes.
13. Cover and chill for about 2 hours.
14. Personal note- When I want them to look fancy, I trim about ½ inch off all sides although the crust is my favorite part.

Reviews

[LonghornMama]

Yummy little treats! I made a half-recipe using a 9-inch square baking dish and baked 25 minutes. Used reduced-fat cream cheese and all fruit strawberry fruit spread. So easy to whip up but would look lovely on a nice cookie tray with the pretty pink crust. Perfect for a baby shower or Valentine's Day. The cream cheese layer is almost the same thickness as the base, I am afraid the previous reviewer made an error somewhere. Thanks for sharing the recipe! Made for PAC Spring 2009.

 

[CIndytc]

I had 16 people over for a valentines dinner and they were fighting over the leftover bars so they could take them home...everyone loved them...I made them with splendra and sugar free jelly....

 

[caffeine junkie]

I followed the directions exactly as printed and I wasn't too fond of the results. The filling was pretty thick while I was mixing it. There was more crust than filling, and the filling didn't quite taste like cheesecake. Since there was so little of the filling, I could see the crust as I swirled the strawberry jam through it. I may have done something wrong, but I will not be making these again.

 

[mnd9336]

These are the MOST scrumptious little treats I've ever eaten. Perfect finger food, holiday gift, or shower goodie!

 

[Moe Larry Cheese]

These are very addictive!! I had to bake mine for 35 minutes. I used Splenda instead of sugar and sugar-free jam; still turned out great. DH said they were "EXCELLENT"!!