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Margarita Cheesecake Bars

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By: IsabelPosted: 12/30/17

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These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.

These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.

These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.

Cheesecake bars made with actual tequila?! Yes, please!

These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are the perfect little dessert to help you ring in the New Year, Cinco de Mayo, 4th of July, your birthday, and pretty much any day of celebration.

If you’re not looking to get saucy, no need to worry – the entire recipe only has about 1.3 tablespoons of tequila and triple sec, so even if you eat the entire batch (which would be super impressive), you wouldn’t even notice the alcohol.

These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.

The cheesecake bars feature an easy to make graham cracker crust that comes together in only 10 minutes. All you need are 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs (about 13 sheets), butter, sugar, cinnamon and a pinch of salt.

The crust is so simple and flavorful, I don’t think I’ll ever try to make a different crust for cheesecake again.

These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.

To serve, I garnished the chilled Margarita Cheesecake Bars with lime zest, some lime slices and a tiny bit of coarse sea salt for the ultimate margarita experience.

Whipped cream is also a good option. 🙂

These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.

I hope you like this recipe as much as I do! Have a wonderful New Year and see you in 2018!

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4.37 from 11 votes

Margarita Cheesecake Bars

Serves: 16 bars
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These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 50 minutes
Total : 1 hour 5 minutes
These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.

Ingredients

For the crust

  • 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 13 cracker sheets)
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt

For the filling

  • 16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon tequila
  • 1 teaspoon triple sec
  • zest of 1 lime

Instructions

For the crust

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • In a large bowl, add graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Mix together with a fork and press into the bottom of a 9x9 square baking pan.
  • Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crust is firm and has set. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.

For the filling

  • In a large bowl, add the cream cheese and sugar.  Mix together with a mixer until well combined.
  • Add the Greek yogurt, eggs, lime juice, tequila, triple sec and lime zest. Mix together until well combined. 
  • Pour the filling into the crust and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the filling is set. It will be a little jiggly, but firm.
  • Remove from the oven and set aside for 30 minutes to cool. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
  • Enjoy with whipped cream and more lime zest if desired.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1bar Calories: 252kcal (13%) Carbohydrates: 27g (9%) Protein: 4g (8%) Fat: 14g (22%) Saturated Fat: 10g (50%) Cholesterol: 71mg (24%) Sodium: 247mg (10%) Potassium: 41mg (1%) Sugar: 19g (21%) Vitamin A: 600IU (12%) Calcium: 50mg (5%) Iron: 0.4mg (2%)
Author: Isabel Eats
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:Mexican
These Margarita Cheesecake Bars are creamy, made with a touch of tequila and sit on a buttery graham cracker crust.
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  1. AvatarJulia says

    Posted on 11/27 at 3:36 pm

    I love this recipe, it has become one of my favorites. I add a little more lime juice, tequila and triple sec to give it a little more margarita flavor. It’s always a hit!

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  2. AvatarLéandre says

    Posted on 3/7 at 12:02 am

    5 stars
    Hey, new reader here. I just made the recipe and the result is stunning!

    I didn’t have both triple sec and tequila on hand, so I did without by adding a little more lime juice. I could definitely have added more though, the end result tasted just a tiny bit too much like cream cheese to my taste. The zest and juice of one or two more limes would probably be a good fix. It’s just me though, I really like limes!

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    • AvatarLéandre says

      Posted on 3/7 at 12:07 am

      Oh and I made the crust with the only crackers I had on hand, very lightly salted soda crackers. Still did a great job overall!

      Reply
    • IsabelIsabel says

      Posted on 3/15 at 3:31 pm

      Yay! I’m so happy you liked them! Aren’t they just addicting?

      Reply
  3. AvatarDenise says

    Posted on 1/17 at 10:05 pm

    5 stars
    I just want to say wow, these cheesecake bars are so freaking good. They didn’t make it through the weekend lol Thanks for the recipe

    Reply
    • IsabelIsabel says

      Posted on 1/18 at 8:45 am

      Aww, thank you so much Denise! I brought a batch of them to my friend’s bachelorette party a while ago and everyone destroyed them haha

      Reply

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