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    Home ยป Recipes ยป Easter

    Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe {Video}

    Published: May 29, 2020 ยท Updated: Oct 14, 2023 by Tammilee ยท This post may contain affiliate links

    Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars made with a boxed cake mix! You won't believe how easy this dessert recipe is to make and how great it tastes.

    Lemon Cheesecake Bars over a platter with cheesecake bar squares

    Lemon Cheesecake Bars

    Contents show
    Lemon Cheesecake Bars
    Great Lemon Recipes
    Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe
    Ingredients
    Instructions
    Kitchen Tools
    Nutrition

    My mother in law LOVES all things lemon. You may have noticed that I have been making a ton of lemon recipes lately...this is my way of convincing her to stay home and not go to the store. We are bringing over food for my mother in law and my husband's 93-year-old grandmother every week right now,


    Baking and cooking for other people has been a ton of fun. It has pushed me to play with recipes and work with flavors I don't always bake with. We have a ton of lemon recipes on the website but somehow I had never shared these Easy Lemon Cheesecake Bars.

    If you have been following the site for a while I know it won't surprise you that these cheesecake bars with lemon are made with a cake mix. One of my favorite things to do is make recipes that cut out steps or make life just a little bit easier.

    I remember what it was like to work 40+ hours outside of the house and then come home and want to cook/bake but also feel like if you didn't curl up and sleep you were not going to be a functioning human.

    I remember trying to bake ALL THE THINGS on the weekend while still doing laundry, prepping for the next week, grocery shopping, and all the life things that have to happen over the weekend

    Living this life helped me start adapting recipes to make them take less time and be easier.

    Ingredients

    • Lemon Cake Mix
    • Egg
    • Vegetable Oil
    • Cream Cheese
    • Sugar
    • Lemon Juice and zest

    lemon zest over a bowl of sugar, zester, and lemons on a white counter.

    Recipe Tips

    Fresh lemon juice tastes the best but you can use bottled lemon juice if you don't have any fresh lemons. Just make sure to start with half the juice and add it in slowly since bottled lemon juice can be really strong in flavor.

    We used an 8x8 baking dish for this recipe. You can use a 9x13 if you want but the cake base will be significantly thinner. If you use the larger pan make sure to adjust your baking time and check it often,

    Don't forget to preheat oven to 350 degrees!

    dough crumble in a purple bowl with a wooden spoon

    The dough is pretty crumbly before you put it in the baking pan.

    dough pressed into a parchment lined baking sheet.

    Make sure to line your baking pan with parchment paper so the bars are easier to remove.

    lemon cheesecake cram on a parchment lined baking sheet

    Make sure your parchment reaches as far up the sides as possible. This will help make sure the cheesecake filling does not overflow the parchment paper.

    lemon cheesecake bar squares on a white platter with lemons in the background.

    Make sure the cheesecake layer is completely cooled before cutting the lemon bars. This will help the lemon filling layer to keep its shape when serving.

    Great Lemon Recipes

    Lemon Blueberry Dump Cake

    Lemon Jello Poke Cake

    Lemon Dutch Baby

    Lemon Drop Martini

    Lemon Butter Cookies

    Lemon Meringue Cookies

    Lemon Dump Cake

    We hope you enjoy these tangy lemon cheesecake bars! This recipe was featured in our Cream Cheese Recipes collection

    Don't miss all of our epic cake mix recipes!

    Squares of Lemon Cheesecake Bars on a white platter

    Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe

    How to make delicious Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe with a boxed cake mix.
    3.40 from 48 votes
    Print Rate
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings: 16
    Calories: 292kcal
    Author: Tammilee Tips

    Ingredients

    • 15.25 oz Lemon Cake Mix
    • 1 egg
    • ยฝ cup Vegetable Oil
    • 16 oz Cream Cheese room temperature
    • โ…” cup White Sugar
    • 5 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
    • Lemon Zest

    Instructions

    • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
    • In a large bowl combine lemon cake mix, egg and vegetable oil. Mix together
    • Set aside ยฝ cup of cake mix for crumb topping
    • Line 8x8 pan with parchment paper, press dough into pan
    • Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees
    • In a medium bowl, add cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and zest.
    • Beat/mix until smooth
    • Spread the cream cheese mixture over the baked crust.
    • Crumble ยฝ cup of cake mix over the top evenly.
    • Bake for 20-25 minutes until the cheesecake filling is set
    • Cool completely before cutting

    Kitchen Tools

    • 8X8 Pan
    • Large Mixing Bowl
    • Hand Mixer

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 292 Calories from Fat 162
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 18g28%
    Saturated Fat 12g75%
    Cholesterol 41mg14%
    Sodium 292mg13%
    Potassium 60mg2%
    Carbohydrates 32g11%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 21g23%
    Protein 3g6%
    Vitamin A 396IU8%
    Vitamin C 2mg2%
    Calcium 86mg9%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    About Tammilee

    Lifestyle blogger who travels the world and drinks too much Chai tea. Travel blogger, award winning photographer, sunset hunter, Birkenstock girl, bird nerd
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    Comments

    1. vickie

      December 13, 2022 at 6:16 pm

      just pulled it out of the oven. looks yummy

      Reply
    2. Jessica S.

      October 09, 2022 at 4:24 pm

      5 stars
      I did not have any lemons or lemon juice, so I used lemon extract and added melted white chocolate to the cream cheese mixture. Soooooo yummy!!!

      Reply
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