Description
These Coconut Key Lime Cheesecake Bars are a delightful combination of tangy lime and creamy cheesecake, topped with whipped cream and a graham cracker crust for the perfect balance of flavors and textures.
Ingredients
Coconut Graham Cracker Crust:
- 10 crushed graham crackers
- ½ cup toasted coconut
- ¼ tsp salt
- 4 Tbsp butter, chilled (plus 1 Tbsp room temperature for greasing)
- 2 ½ Tbsp coconut oil
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
Creamy Cheesecake Filling:
- 16 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 8 oz crème fraîche, room temperature
- 5 eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup key lime juice
- 1 Tbsp pandan extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or 2 tsp if not using pandan)
- 2 tsp key lime zest
- ½ tsp kosher salt
Whipped Cream (purple):
- ¾ cup whipped cream
- ¼ cup confectioners sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp ube extract (or purple food coloring)
Garnish:
- 1–2 limes, sliced
- 2 Tbsp toasted coconut
Instructions
- Whip the cream (purple): Combine cream, sugar, and salt. Whip until soft peaks form. Refrigerate.
- Make the coconut-graham cracker crust: Preheat oven, grease baking dish. Pulse crackers, sugar, coconut. Add butter, press into pan. Bake, then cool.
- Make the cheesecake mixture (green): Beat together cream cheese, milk, crème fraîche, eggs, pandan extract, vanilla, salt, lime juice, and zest. Pour into crust and bake.
- Assemble the Coconut Key Lime Cheesecake Bars: Add whipped cream, swirl, garnish with lime and coconut. Serve chilled.
Notes
- Ube is a purple yam, pronounced ‘ooh-bae,’ common in Filipino desserts.
- Zest limes before juicing.
- Room temperature ingredients ensure smooth mixture.
- Bars improve with time, make a day ahead if possible.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 349 kcal
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 406mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 17g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 130mg