Key Lime Cheesecake Bars Recipe – super easy dessert for a crowd! Crescent rolls, cream cheese, key lime juice, sugar, vanilla extract, and melted butter. Bursting with key lime flavor! Great for dessert, breakfast, or an afternoon snack. You won’t be able to eat just one. These things are dangerously delicious!
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If you are a key lime fan, you MUST make these Easy Key Lime Cheesecake Bars. They are bursting with citrus flavor! Crescent rolls filled with a zesty key lime cheesecake filling and topped with key lime sugar. SO delicious! These bars are great for potlucks and cookouts. Give this a try the next time you get a sweet tooth. I promise you won’t be disappointed!
How to Make Key Lime Cheesecake Bars
This dessert is very easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. Line a baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Press a can of crescent roll dough into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Bake for 7 minutes. In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, granulated sugar, key lime juice, vanilla extract, and lime zest. Beat with a hand mixer on medium-speed until smooth. Pour the key lime pie filling over the crust. Spread evenly over the crust.
Unroll a second can of crescent roll dough and layer over the cream cheese mixture, gently stretching the dough to the edges. In a separate bowl, combine sugar and lime zest. Brush melted butter over the crescent roll dough layer. Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the top. Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown. Cool the bars and chill them in the fridge for a minimum of one hour.
Lift the dessert from the baking dish and transfer it to a cutting board. Cut into squares with a sharp knife and garnish with lime slices and whipped cream.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- You can use low-fat cream cheese. I do not suggest using fat-free cream cheese. It doesn’t melt as well.
- Can use regular crescent roll dough, reduced-fat crescent rolls, or crescent dough sheets.
- If you can’t find key limes, you can substitute regular limes.
- Adjust the amount of lime flavor to your personal preference. There are no eggs in the filling, so it is safe to taste the cream cheese mixture.
- Can cut the recipe in half and bake in a 9×9-inch pan.
- Can I freeze Key Lime Bars? Yes. Bake the bars and cool completely. Cut into bars and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in a freezer ziploc bag and freezer for up to three months.
- Store the bars in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Easy Key Lime Pie Bars
These key lime bars have quickly become a family favorite. They are great cold, straight from the refrigerator or warmed up in the microwave. You can easily serve 12 to 16 people with this one dessert. This is great for potlucks and parties. I’ve made this recipe several times and everyone loves it.
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Key Lime Cheesecake Bars
Ingredients:
- 2 (8-oz) cans crescent rolls, divided
- 2 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, softened
- 6 Tbsp key lime juice
- 3 key limes, zested or 1 lime
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a 9×13-inch baking dish with aluminum foil. Lightly spray with cooking spray.
- Press one can of crescent rolls in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven for 7 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, combine key lime juice, zest of 3 key limes, cream cheese, ½ cup sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat together with an electric hand mixer until smooth.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over partially baked crescent roll crust.
- Unroll the second can of crescent roll dough and layer over the cream cheese mixture, gently stretching dough to the edges.
- Brush the dough with melted butter.
- In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons of sugar and the remaining key lime zest. Sprinkle sugar mixture over the melted butter.
- Bake for 30 minutes, until golden brown.
- Cool the bars for 20 minutes and then refrigerate for an hour.
- Lift the dessert from the baking dish and transfer to a cutting board. Cut the dessert into bars and enjoy.
Notes:
- You can use low-fat cream cheese. I do not suggest using fat-free cream cheese. It doesn’t melt as well.
- Can use regular crescent roll dough, reduced-fat crescent rolls, or crescent dough sheets.
- If you can’t find key limes, you can substitute regular limes.
- Adjust the amount of lime flavor to your personal preference. There are no eggs in the filling, so it is safe to taste the cream cheese mixture.
- Can cut the recipe in half and bake in a 9×9-inch pan.
- Can I freeze Key Lime Bars? Yes. Bake the bars and cool completely. Cut into bars and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in a freezer ziploc bag and freezer for up to three months.
- Store the bars in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Steph
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