Best Chocolate Bottom Banana Cheesecake Bars Recipes

BANANA CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Line an 8-inch pan with parchment paper. Press in your crust (or make the bars crustless). Bring cream cheese to room temp. Preheat the oven to 350 F. If you have an extra baking pan, fill it about halfway with water and place on the lower rack of your oven. (This step helps prevent cracking but can be skipped.) Blend all remaining ingredients. Don't over-blend, which can also cause cracking later. Smooth the mixture evenly into the 8-inch pan. Place on the oven's middle rack. Bake 25 minutes. Leave the oven door completely closed but turn off the heat and let the bars sit in the turned-off oven another 10 minutes. Remove, and let cool completely. (Don't skip. Putting them hot into the fridge would cause-you guessed it!-cracking.) I recommend refrigerating a few hours or overnight (loosely covered with a cloth towel), during which time they firm up considerably. Slice and serve. Store leftovers in the fridge or freezer.View Nutrition Facts

BLACK-BOTTOM BANANA BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in the bananas. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide batter in half. Add cocoa to half; spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Spoon remaining batter on top and, if desired, swirl with a knife to marble batter. , Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE BOTTOM BANANA CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch by 13-inch baking pan with foil (or grease and flour it).
• FOR THE BASE:.
• Beat the 4 ounces of cream cheese, 1 egg and butter together on low speed until creamed. Blend in cake mix by hand until combined. It will be very thick, but piable like a soft dough; Press into bottom of the prepared baking pan.
• FOR THE TOPPING:.
• In a bowl, beat together the two 8-oz packages cream cheese, banana, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed until smooth, at least 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating only until incorporated.
• Spread cream cheese batter evenly over bottom chocolate layer.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes. Cool completely. Carefully remove from pan, peel off foil, and cut into 24 squares.