Cherry Cheesecake Krispie Treat Bars
on Feb 10, 2015, Updated Oct 21, 2020
If you are a fan of cherry cheesecake you will want to whip up these super simple Cherry Cheesecake Krispie Treat bars recipe. Perfect for an everyday dessert or for a fancy treat on your next dessert table. I told you last week I had been on a cheesecake trip when I shared our Cherry Cheesecake No Churn Ice Cream recipe. It must be something about all this cold weather having me crave sweets ha ha! Since this recipe involved cheesecake and cherries Cierra was super anxious to give these a try (she’s such a cheesecake fanatic)! The hubby and I enjoyed one each and she did allow her brothers a couple of small bars before hiding these in her secret hiding spot. They were over the top delish.
Cherry Cheesecake Krispie Treat Bars
We are enjoying Valentine’s dinner at home this year. We are going to involve our kiddos this year. I love spending time with the family and I know the years that we will all be together are nearing a close. I will take advantage of any family dinner with all of my kiddos that I can. Since everyone enjoyed this recipe this will be our Valentine’s Day dessert. Inexpensive, easy and everyone will like it!
At first I considered making these Cheesecake Krispie Treat Bars with strawberries. I then switched up so I could please my little princess, ha ha. I am thinking this recipe would be great with just about any fruit topping. YUM!
The ingredients for these Cheesecake Krispie Treat Bars are very simple. We start with a Krispie Treat bars base then the cheesecake layer and then the fruit layer. I added on a nice white chocolate drizzle to dress them up even more.
INGREDIENTS
6 cup Rice Krispies Cereal
3 tbsp Butter
10.5 oz Marshmallows
8 oz softened Cream Cheese
14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/3 cup Lemon Juice
1 tsp Vanilla
21 oz Cherry Pie Filling
1/4 cup White Chocolate Chips (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Grease a 13×9 pan with butter.
In a medium to large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
Remove from heat.
Add the Rice Krispies cereal and stir until cereal is well coated.
Allow to set about 4 minutes.
Press mixture into prepared pan and allow to cool.
Combine softened cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
Pour on top of the cooled rice krispies and allow to set in the fridge for several hours.
Top with cherry pie filling ( or other favorite fruit topping) and refrigerate.
After cutting, you can drizzle with white chocolate.
Place chips in corner of zippered sandwich bag and microwave 45 seconds.
Knead to make sure they are melted.
Clip very tip of corner and drizzle.
Cherry Cheesecake Krispie Treat Bars
Ingredients
- 6 cup Rice Krispies Cereal
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 10.5 oz Marshmallows
- 8 oz softened Cream Cheese
- 14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1/3 cup Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 21 oz Cherry Pie Filling
- 1/4 cup White Chocolate Chips, optional
Instructions
- Grease a 13x9 pan with butter.
- In a medium to large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
- Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
- Remove from heat.
- Add the Rice Crispies cereal and stir until cereal is well coated.
- Allow to set about 4 minutes.
- Press mixture into prepared pan and allow to cool.
- Combine softened cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
- Pour on top of the cooled rice krispies and allow to set in the fridge for several hours.
- Top with cherry pie filling and refrigerate.
- After cutting, you can drizzle with white chocolate.
- Place chips in corner of zippered sandwich bag and microwave 45 seconds.
- Knead to make usre they are melted.
- Clip very tip of corner and drizzle.
Yum! These look delicious – pinning!