If you hate to bake cakes because you can never make them look fabulous you need to try dessert bars instead. What could be easier than baking something wonderful and then cutting it up into squares before serving? It’s so simple your kids can help you!
Today we’ve been out searching for the most delicious dessert bar recipes we could find and boy did we find some amazing recipes. My mouth is just watering thinking about which one I’ll bake first.
Oh and I think this collection needs to carry a warning.
WARNING: If you are on a diet and you really want to stick to it, please don’t scroll any further down this page, in fact you might want to hop over to our Pasta Salad Recipes instead.
Dessert Bar Recipes
1. Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies
“Who doesn’t love Red Velvet anything right? Or Cheesecake? Or Brownies? Then to combine them all together! These brownies are so moist, they are sure to be a hit at your next party. My daughter always requests this for her school parties.”- . A Day in Candiland
2. French Vanilla Cream Bars
“I wanted to make something with cream cheese and thought a cream bar might be a good one to try. I’ve seen them made with lemon cake mix, but not French vanilla. The crust is the French vanilla cake mix that tastes more like a cookie than a cake. It has a creamy, sweet filling and then topped with more French vanilla cookie bits. Next time, I may double the cream cheese mixture to make it thicker and more like a cheesecake bar.”- . Simply Stacie
3. White Chocolate Cranberry Cheesecake Bars
“This recipe for White Chocolate Cranberry Cheesecake Bars is to die for! It’s a smooth, creamy, rich cheesecake filling and a crunchy shortbread cookie crust base. I added white chocolate and dried cranberries into mine, but you could mix it up and try other toppings. Some suggestions include berries, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips or toffee bits.”- . Simply Stacie
4. Pistachio Cream Bars
“These Pistachio Cream Bars have a shortbread cookie base and the filling is a cross between a pudding and a cheesecake. It is SOOOOO good! It’s creamy, smooth and sweet. It tastes even better the next day. Let it set in the fridge overnight and it will be very easy to cut into squares the next day. Yum! There’s a reason I’ve been making this recipe for years.”- . Simply Stacie
5. Simple Strawberry Dessert Bars
“I don’t know about you, but there is nothing that screams summer to me more than strawberries. They are my favorite fruit by far and by the time that the season ends, I’m ready for it to begin again. Needless to say? I LOVE a good strawberry recipe and these Simple Strawberry Dessert Bars certainly fit the bill!”- . Six Dollar Family
6. Caramel Crunch Blondies
“These Caramel Crunch Blondies are a great way to use up Halloween Candy…and they stay soft and chewy for days!”- . Crazy for Crust
7. Homemade Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies
“Although it’s been years since I’ve had a storebought Cosmic Brownie, I had a craving for them and decided to try my hand at a homemade version.”- . Averie Cooks
8. Recipe Revival : Seven-Layer Velvet-Crumb Bars
“Some people call them magic bars (probably because they are truly magical), but I like seven-layers bars. I mean, the bars are seven layers after all. When I started testing out recipes for the bars, I knew one thing for sure: I wanted to keep things simple and play up the velvet crumb cake’s star ingredients of vanilla extract, shredded coconut and nuts. ” – Betty Crocker
9. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Nutter Butter Bars
“If you don’t have Nutter Butter’s in your area, try a storebrand peanut butter-sandwich cookie or vanilla-sandwich cookies like Golden Oreos. You’ll miss out on some of the peanut butter flavor, but it’s better to substitute than miss out on the recipe.”- . Averie Cooks
10. S’mores Bars
“Summer may be nearly over but with these delicious s’mores bars you can have a taste of summer all year long! I know in the middle of the winter I’m totally going to be making these decadent bars. They taste just like a s’more but in more of a soft and chewy cookie bar form. They are over the top and melt in your mouth delicious!”- . Cooking Classy
11. Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
“These Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars are a classic! Everyone should have a go-to soft, chewy and delicious sugar cookie bar recipe. This is definitely that recipe!”- . Life Love and Sugar
12. Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars
“I don’t know whether it’s the super hot and humid weather or the fact that school’s started around here, but I’m ready for all things fall. And that, of course, means pumpkin. I’m sorry, but I just couldn’t wait to open that first can of pumpkin puree! I’m doing better than last year. I barely made it through the middle of August before I was ready for fall!”- . A Kitchen Addiction
13. Loaded M&M Oreo Cookie Bars
“These bars came to be because I was preparing to move and in an effort to clean out my pantry, I started grabbing things that looked like they’d work together. Half-eaten package of Oreos. Check. A small bag of M&Ms that appear to have most of the reds and browns picked out. Check.”- . Averie Cooks
14. Mississippi Mud Pie Bars
“You see, this recipe for an intensely buttery, fudgy brownie that’s interlaced with chocolate chips, smothered with a layer of gooey, melty marshmallows, then smeared a layer of shiny fudge frosting is sized for two and, quite frankly, I want both servings.”- . Well Plated
15. Happy Birthday Cherry Cream Cheese Bars
“A few months ago she sent me a link / picture of a cherry bar that she wanted me to make. I tucked that idea away and decided that her birthday would be the perfect time to make it. While I’m sure there will be cake involved in her celebration, I figure it’s also a good idea to have extra dessert on hand. – I’m a firm believer that you should have cake at every meal when it’s your birthday.”- . Inspired by Charm
16. Carrot Cake Cheesecake Crumble Bars
“Just like a cross between carrot cake, cheesecake and Oatmeal Carmelitas! Our Carrot Cake Cheesecake Crumble Bars are packed with flavor and everything you dreamed they would be. The perfect Easter dessert treat—especially for a crowd!”- . Wicked Good Kitchen
17. Reese’s Peanut Butter Bars
“No bake, no mess, no fuss. I had these cooling in the fridge less than 10 minutes after I started making them. I only dirtied one bowl. (I mean, I washed it once in between, but still.) Don’t keep them in your house, unless you want to end up with another Easter Candy situation. No, take them in to work, or send them to work with your husband. You will go from over-eater to HERO.”- . Rumbly Tumbly
18. Lemon Meringue Pie Bars {Shortbread Crust}
“Round pie is so overrated sometimes. Sometimes you just need a pie bar…something that’s no hassle to cut, share, and get out of the house before you shove it all in your face. Kind of like these Lemon Meringue Pie Bars. I turned lemon meringue pie into pie bars. Then I shoved meringue in my face, the end.”- . Crazy for Crust
19. No Bake White Chocolate Ritz Fluffernutter Bars
“These White Chocolate Ritz Fluffernutter Bars are sweet and salty perfection! They’re no bake and come together in a snap.”- . Confessions of a Cook Book Queen
20. Cookies and Cups Cinnamon Roll Cookie Bars
“I have a confession. I have never made homemade cinnamon rolls. Here’s my reasoning…I would rather sit and think about how to successfully stuff a cookie WITH a cinnamon roll than how to make the yeasty bits work in the dough.”- . Cookies and Cups
21. Oreo Cheesecake Bars
“These Oreo Cheesecake Bars will give you that delicious taste of cheesecake that you know and love, without the difficulty and stress of an entire cheesecake. They are easy and quick to make and will impress anyone that eats them!”- . High Heels and Grills
22. Gingerbread Cookie Bars
“This recipe was phenomenal! These Gingerbread Cookie Bars would make fabulous neighbor treats or a great holiday dessert for any get together! Simplify at least one recipe this season and give this one a try!”- . Chef in Training
23. Salted Peanut Chews
“I made these bars one night when I was on a pantry cleanout mission to reduce my half used boxes and bags of ingredients. Baking for a living produces some serious odd-and-ends.”- . Averie Cooks
24. Pineapple Coconut Bars
“These Pineapple Coconut Bars are absolutely one of my new favorites. Pass me a pan of these bars and I’ll demolish the whole thing. I love both pineapple and coconut – hello pina coladas! – so these bars are the perfect tropical dessert bar! Plus, they’re from my grandmother’s cookbook, so they’re special. ” – Life Love and Sugar
25. Monkey Squares – Banana Bread Bars
“These Monkey Squares are soft and moist banana bread bars with browned butter frosting.”- . The Girl Who Ate Everything
26. Lemon Crumble Bars
“I’m slightly obsessed with lemon. And these bars are bursting with lemon flavor. The lemon curd in the middle is creamy and tart. Which is the perfect complement to the buttery crumble that is used to sandwich it in. Just thinking about these lemon crumble bars is making my mouth start to water.”- . House of Yumm
27. Sugar Cookie Seven Layer Bars
“But after pushing my cart full of sugar cookie Peeps & PopTarts around, an idea gave birth in mah brain. What about Sugar Cookie Seven Layer Bars?! It was a brilliant idea that had to happen… and that was promptly eaten in one sitting. Sorrynotsorry.”- . The Domestic Rebel
28. Butter Tart Squares
“Ooey, gooey, sugary, buttery filling on top of a buttery shortbread crust — so easy and SO good! The shortcut to good butter tarts.”- . The Recipe Rebel
29. Lunch Lady Brownies
“These brownies are simply incredible. Fudgy, chewy and totally amazing. Apparently, it’s an old classic recipe from the sweet ladies who served our lunches in Elementary school. I honestly don’t remember the brownies in Elementary school, but I do remember the rolls and the pizza. Remember how good those dinner rolls were? After I would eat mine I would go around the lunch table asking everyone else if I could have theirs.”- . Life in the Loft House
30. Trisha Yearwood’s Brownies
“This is such an easy brownie recipe. It’s absolutely delicious. The chocolate is not super dark, but it’s not as sweet as milk chocolate either. The texture of these brownies is a cross between fudgy and cakey. Of course they will be fudgier if you take them out of the oven earlier. ” – Ricon Cocina
If you loved these Dessert Bar recipes, why not check out our collection of Ditch the Diet Caramel Recipes or our Easy Trifle Recipes that are perfect for a get together!
~Clare, currently pinning to Quick & Easy Desserts
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