Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
When the fall hits, we all tend to get baking with pumpkin. These pumpkin cheesecake bars with ganache are a must try! The crust is made from chocolate graham crackers combined with butter. The cheesecake is creamy and packed with pumpkin flavor. Then, of course there is the ganache. Thick, smooth chocolate that no one can resist. The combo of flavors works perfectly together! This would be a fabulous Halloween party dessert or save it for Thanksgiving dinner. Did I mention how easy these were to make? Simple, simple, simple! This makes an 8 inch pan but you can easily double the recipe below and bake it in a 9×13 pan for a larger portion. This way you can feed a crowd for the holidays!
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Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars with Ganache
Ingredients
Crust
- ¾ cup crushed chocolate graham crackers (use processor)
- 4 Tablespoons melted butter
Cheesecake
- 16 ounces soft cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 Tablespoons flour
- 1½ tsp. pumpkin spice (optional, depending how much pumpkin flavor you want)
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 2 eggs
Ganache
- 8 ounces chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 T. butter
Instructions
Crust
- Line 8 inch pan with nonstick foil
- Preheat oven 350.
- Mix cookie crumbs and butter and press into bottom of pan.
- Bake 7 minutes.
Cheesecake
- Beat cream cheese.
- Add sugar.
- Add pumpkin.
- Add vanilla, flour, pumpkin spice (if using) and salt.
- Mix wel and scrape sides.
- Add eggs to combine.
- Pour over the cooked crust.
- Bake 30-35 minutes.
- Cool completely.
Ganache
- Heat cream and butter in a saucepan until boiling.
- Place chips in heat safe bowl and pour on the cream.
- Let sit 2 minutes and whisk smooth.
- Pour over bars.
- Let cool to room temp and chill 4 hours or more.
- Slice into bars.
- Serve with hot fudge, if desired.
Adapted from Crunchy Creamy Sweet
Liz S. says
It’s amazing how well pumpkin and chocolate go together – they seem like an unlikely pairing at first. These cheesecake bars sound divine!
Alisha Franklin says
Thank you so much for your helpful shearing post!
Marilyn says
Looking delicious. I will try this the next Sunday. Love this post!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
enjoy!!
Jennifer Calabrese says
Cooling in the fridge now – I made cheesecake instead of bars in a 9 inch round springform pan for our office Thanksgiving tomorrow. Can’t wait to try it!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
awesome-enjoy!!!!
Steve says
I just made it this weekend. I was expecting more pumpkin flavor so I’d definitely recommend adding the optional pumpkin spice to it.. I love the chocolate on the top but had some guests recommend that I put dark chocolate on it next time. Definitely will be making this one again!