These Banana Pudding Cheesecake Bars are irresistible!! A banana blondie crust gets topped with creamy banana pudding cheesecake creating one of the most delicious cheesecake recipes ever!!
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I could have given you one of any cheesecake recipes but I decided to hook you up with this. The blondie bottom is flavored with mashed bananas. I seriously could have made a batch of these perfectly chewy and full flavored blondies and ate them warm out of the oven because they are that good but I didn’t stop there.
Key Ingredients
Blondie Crust Ingredients:
- Melted unsalted butter, because everything’s better with butter.
- Packed light brown sugar for a touch of molasses magic.
- A large egg yolk – the golden ticket to richness.
- All-purpose flour to hold all that goodness together.
- Just a pinch of salt to make all the flavors pop.
- Mashed ripe banana for that creamy, dreamy tropical twist.
- A splash of pure vanilla extract for that sweet aroma.
Cheesecake Topping Ingredients:
- Heavy whipped cream to bring the fluff and puff to the party.
- Cream cheese, not one but two blocks, because more is always better.
- Granulated sugar to sweeten up your life.
- Instant banana pudding powder to infuse that unmistakable banana charm.
- Milk to blend it all into creamy perfection.
- A teaspoon of vanilla extract for that kiss of vanilla love.
How to Make Banana Pudding Cheesecake
For the Blondie Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 8×8 baking pan with non-stick method of your choice.
- In a large bowl, whisk together butter and sugar until combined. Next whisk in the egg yolk, flour, salt, banana and vanilla until well combined.
- Add blondie batter to pan and bake for 15-20 minutes until just set.
- Cool to room temperature and prepare topping.
For the Cheesecake Topping:
- Using your hand mixer, whip heavy cream in a medium sized bowl until stiff peaks develop then refrigerate and clean beaters.
- In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese until nice and fluffy with hand mixer.
- Slowly add in the sugar, banana pudding powder, milk, and vanilla extract. Beat until well incorporated.
- Carefully fold pre-made whipped cream into the cream cheese batter.
- Taste and add a little powdered sugar if you prefer it a little sweeter.
- Pour and evenly spread cheesecake topping over blondie crust and freeze for at least 6 hours (overnight is best) or until completely firm.
- Garnish with nilla wafers and serve.
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How To Store
To keep those Banana Pudding Cheesecake Bars with their no-bake topping pristine, snug them into an airtight container and slide them into the fridge. They’ll stay fresh and fabulous for up to 5 days. Just remember to give them a little chill time before serving – they’re best enjoyed cool!
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Banana Pudding Cheesecake Bars with Banana Blondie Crust
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Ingredients
For the Blondie Crust:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- Pinch salt
- 1/4 cup mashed ripe banana
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Cheesecake Topping:
- 2/3 cup heavy whipped cream
- 16 ounces cream cheese 2 blocks
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3.4 ounce instant banana pudding powder 1 box
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Optional: Powdered Sugar for extra sweetness
- Garnish: Nilla wafers
Instructions
For the Blondie Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 8×8 baking pan with non-stick method of your choice.
- In a large bowl, whisk together butter and sugar until combined. Next whisk in the egg yolk, flour, salt, banana and vanilla until well combined.
- Add blondie batter to pan and bake for 15-20 minutes until just set.
- Cool to room temperature and prepare topping.
For the Cheesecake Topping:
- Using your hand mixer, whip heavy cream in a medium sized bowl until stiff peaks develop then refrigerate and clean beaters.
- In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese until nice and fluffy with hand mixer.
- Slowly add in the sugar, banana pudding powder, milk, and vanilla extract. Beat until well incorporated.
- Carefully fold pre-made whipped cream into the cream cheese batter.
- Taste and add a little powdered sugar if you prefer it a little sweeter.
- Pour and evenly spread cheesecake topping over blondie crust and freeze for at least 6 hours (overnight is best) or until completely firm.
- Garnish with nilla wafers and serve.
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Do you have to freeze it overnight or can it just chill in the fridge?
Finally made these with my sister and the family loves them 🙂 I used pre-whipped sweetened heavy cream, so it’s possible mine came out sweeter than intended, but it’s really good either way. As an aside, for those who might be wondering: the banana pudding is the most noticeable flavor of the cheesecake part, with the actual cheesecake flavor being pretty subtle. Was expecting the other way around when I tried it!
They also came out the pan really nicely even when I forgot to put parchment paper in first. The blondies make for a great crust as it has great flavor and stands up to all thaf cold moisture without being hard or dry. Super addictive and I could probably eat the whole batch myself! Hugely recommend.
Brought this to Thanksgiving, was a big hit! Thank you!
I made these for my sister-in-law’s birthday. Easy to make, even if it took a little time. Worth all the effort. Do as the recipe says, and take the crust out just as it sets, because you’re not taking it out of the pan, but letting it cool.
I’m making this for our cheesecake day work competition this week. So excited! It’s Looks so delicious.
Recipe is delicious and easy to make!! It was a little sweet for me, so the next time I make it, I’ll probably remove a teaspoon of sugar in the filling and add some smashed banana to the filling as an experiment. I cannot believe Grandbaby Cakes offers these delicious recipes for $free.99. Thank you!
Absolutely heaven in every bite
I made these last night and they remind me so much of eating the banana pudding pops when I was growing up in the 80’s. Yummy! Sent my husband off to work with dessert for breakfast. That’s why he loves me! Thanks for this lovely recipe!
Baking is a natural talent for some and practice makes us better. Your willingness to share your gifts and talents with others at no cost makes you extraordinary!! Thank you for affording working wives and moms the opportunity to put delicious homemade desserts on their tables.
These bars are amazing, best way I can describe is a combination of brownies, banana bread and cheesecake. It’s a unique recipe, makes me want to buy the cookbook to see what else you’ve come up with. Thanks so much for sharing it