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:
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- 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”
I’m very suspicious of people who don’t like mint. 😉 Seriously, these look wonderful. Pinning now!
These look so amazing. Creme the Menthe seams to be so passé but it was my favorite treat after dinner at Chrismas and New Years, a grashopper drink with milk and the liqueur.
These look great! I love chocolate and mint:)
Dear Lizzy always I think how you mak these bars soooooo perfect and look delicious, I love the pictures, have a nice week!
Oh yum! I have to make a low-carb version of these!
You’ve cut and plated them so neatly! When I think of chocolate and mint together I always have “After eight” appearing in front of my eyes, which I am known to kill within a matter of minutes, I guess it would work the same with this dessert of yours 🙂
Mmmm… I haven’t had grasshopper pie in years but I’m guessing these would taste just as good.
Lizzy, I am guessing they called grasshoppers because they are green. I’m afraid I’m like Bill. When it comes to chocolate and desserts I don’t like mint in it 🙂
Love grasshopper flavored anything, Liz these look so yummy!
Gorgeous! reminds me of my favourite after dinner chocolate mint. Loved that stuff growing up. These are so cute and perfect.
Nazneen
That green is stunning my friend, love this 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Gorgeous Liz! This might the closest thing to a thin mint girl scout cookie we can find in Hong Kong. Sounds perfectly close and my boys would love it. I am sure it took quite an adjustment in your portion sizes without all the kids in your home. I am still adjusting to mine packing it away and having enough food in the house. It is just pure astounding the amount of food that growing teenage boys inhale. Take Care, BAM
These look wonderfully tasty especially with creme de menthe. I love the minty taste on cheesecakes. May I invite myself to your kitchen, Liz??
These sound delicious, and I am so impressed with your perfectly cut squares!
these are just too pretty to eat….well, almost! i love mint and chocolate!
Liz these are truly gorgeous. I just love them. My dad would have went nuts for these.
These couldn’t look prettier if you tried and I love that you used creme de menthe instead of ordinary essence.
I am so pinning this to make when I have cravings for chocolates desserts:D Looks so gorgeous!
The Hubs love minty-chocolatey goodness! He would love these. Love the pic with The Bard in the background!
I wish I liked mint more. Every year I try something new out for St. Patrick’s day but its a no good. These bars look so cool though with the super crisp layers. Nice work!