Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars
Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars are perfect for the mint lovers in your life! And if you’re looking for a St. Patrick’s Day recipe, you’re covered! The green cheesecake filling is a wonderful way to celebrate one’s Irish heritage!
Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars
With the boys out of the house, I need to focus on smaller desserts. Big ol’ cheesecakes and layer cakes would take forever for the 3 of us to finish. Plus we all have our own preferences and there is not much overlap. The only mint Bill will ingest comes in a tube and goes on his toothbrush. But all 3 kids love minty desserts.
With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, I figured a small batch of mint cheesecake bars would be a nice green treat for Katie. A chocolate cookie crust was the base for these bars, followed by a minty creme de menthe flavored filling and ganache topping.
Mint Cheesecake Bars
I used Nabisco Famous wafers, but even Oreos will work. No need to remove the filling if you substitute; just process the cookies until crumbs form and eliminate the sugar from the crust ingredients. The baked then cooled crust was layered with a cream cheese mixture flavored with Creme de Menthe liqueur.
The filling smelled strongly of alcohol, but only the mint flavor will remain after baking. If you’d like, you can substitute a bit of peppermint extract and a few drops of green food coloring. The ganache topping was made with milk chocolate chips as Katie is not the heavy-duty chocolate lover like the men in the family. Semisweet chips would work just as well…just go with your preference.
Katie and I both loved these puppies. Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars are perfect for St. Patty’s Day, too.
More Cheesecake Bars and Desserts You’ll Love:
- Blueberry Cheesecake Bars from CopyKat Recipes
- Berry Topped Cheesecake Bars
- Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
- Oreo Cheesecake
- 6-inch Instant Pot Cheesecake
- Ganache Topped Cheesecake
- No-Bake Oreo Cheesecake
- Hot Fudge Brownie Cheesecake
Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars
Layered minty cheesecake bars!
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 ½ cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- 2 T sugar
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling:
- 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3 tablespoons creme de menthe
Glaze:
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Stir together crust ingredients and press into an 8x8 pan lined with non-stick foil or regular foil sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar till smooth. Add egg and mix till incorporated. Mix in flour. Stir in creme de menthe. Spread batter over cooled crust and bake 30-35 minutes. Cool.
- Melt butter with chocolate chips in the microwave, stopping and stirring in 30-second increments, till melted and smooth. Mix in corn syrup. Cool slightly before pouring over cream cheese layer. Chill completely before cutting.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 228Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 161mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 17gProtein: 3g
67 Comments on “Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars”
So lovely! Absolutely perfect for St. Patrick’s Day – Gorgeous colour!
I also have been making smaller desserts for my husband and I lately, otherwise they will sit in the fridge too long! These look great!!
Oooh, these sound delish, Lizzy! And look so decadent and tempting!
I’m with you Liz, chocolate and mint are a wonderful combo. Your little squares are beautiful.
Oreos for cookie crust (definitely my vote) topped with mint and chocolate? Oo-la-la! Yet another keeper recipe from that unstoppable Ms. Liz at That Skinny Chick Can Bake.
P.s. Had to laugh about allowing only mint on his toothbrush. Very cute =)
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My Dad would go nuts over these. I am saving the recipe for his next visit. He is obsessed with grasshopper cookies. This will blow him away! Thank you for sharing!
Hi Lizzy! Where is the grasshoppers? LOL!
Very classy dessert!
What pretty cheesecake bars! Wonderful for spring and a great thing to make for St. Patrick’s Day too.
Oooh this looks so amazingly good!I love the chocolate and mint together and your pics look lovely 🙂
Oh goodness, yes please. These look amazing!
*gasp* Liz…you just completed my life!
Oh my gosh, I WANT these! I have to make a batch…chocolate-mint is my daughter’s favorite combo, so I know these will go over well in our house.
Super duper pretty delicious cheesecake bars , Lizzy ! My mouth’s watering even though I don’t like mint 😛 😀
I love the flavor of chocolate and mint together. These are perfect for the upcoming St. Patty’s day celebrations with that lovely green. 🙂
Can I tell you how serious I am about making these for my younger daughter? I pinned it to my Recipes to Try board before I even came on down here to leave this comment. She will be over the moon!
I´ve been meaning to make something grasshopper since last year. These not only look wonderful, but I get to use my creme de menthe liqueur! Have a great day Liz!
These are absolutely beautiful! I agree, they’d be great for St. Pat’s Day:@)
These cheesecakes bars are super pretty and they look very good next Othello and Henry VIII.
These sound delicious. Pinning them Found these on Scrumptious Sunday