White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

3 Parts to This Recipe:

Raspberry Swirl
Oreo Cookie Crust
White Chocolate Cheesecake Filling
white chocolate raspberry cheesecake bars

Raspberry Swirl
I recommend preparing the raspberry swirl first. Made from real raspberries, this homemade sauce must cool down completely before swirling into the white chocolate cheesecake filling. I usually stick it in the refrigerator for 1 hour to speed up the cooling process. Or you can make the raspberry sauce the night before.

Mix some water and cornstarch together.
Cook fresh or frozen raspberries, sugar, and more water together on the stovetop.
Add cornstarch mixture.
Once slightly thickened, remove from heat.
Press raspberries through a fine mesh strainer to rid the seeds. Discard the seeds.
Let the seedless sauce cool completely before using.
homemade raspberry sauce



Oreo Cookie Crust
This recipe bakes in a 9-inch square baking pan, so use the same Oreo cookie crust as my Snickers cheesecake bars. You need 20 Oreo cookies (Double Stuf or regular) and 5 Tablespoons of melted butter. I’ve gotten away with 18 Oreos and 4 Tablespoons of butter (as seen in my salted caramel chocolate chip cheesecakes), but I like this slightly thicker crust for bars.

Using a food processor or blender, pulse the Oreos (the whole Oreo– cookie AND filling) into crumbs.
Mix with melted butter.
Press into a lined 9-inch square baking pan.
Pre-bake for 8 minutes as you prepare the filling. 9 inch Oreo cookie crust















White Chocolate Cheesecake Filling
Ok we’re almost done! Let’s make the cheesecake filling, then bring each component of this recipe together before baking.

Chop and melt pure white chocolate. Don’t use white chocolate chips/morsels. Instead, pick up two 4-ounce white chocolate baking bars from the baking aisle– I prefer Ghirardelli or Baker’s brands sold right next to the chocolate chips. You need 6 ounces for this recipe. Cool the white chocolate as you make the batter.
As the white chocolate cools, beat two 8-ounce blocks of cream cheese with some sugar.
Add flour, lemon juice to brighten up the otherwise flat flavor (don’t worry, you don’t taste the lemon), vanilla extract, and salt.
Beat in 2 eggs.
Add melted/cooled white chocolate.
chopped and melted white chocolate
white chocolate cheesecake bars batter



Bring It All Together
Pour 1/2 of the cheesecake filling onto warm pre-baked Oreo cookie crust.
Drizzle with 1/2 of the cooled raspberry sauce.
Pour remaining 1/2 of the cheesecake filling on top.
Drizzle with remaining raspberry sauce.
Swirl everything together with a toothpick.
Bake! No water bath required. The bars take about 32-36 minutes in the oven. They’ll puff up as they bake, then settle back down as they cool.
After cooling the bars at room temperature, place them in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours until sufficiently chilled. Cold cheesecake bars not only taste better, but they cut much easier too. For neat slices, wipe your sharp knife clean between each cut.

This recipe yields 16 perfect squares. For a 9×13 inch pan of white chocolate raspberry cheesecake bars, see my recipe note below.
white chocolate raspberry cheesecake bars cut into squares


3 Success Tips for White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
Read Through the Recipe: Included in my Top 10 Baking Tips is this crucial piece of baking advice: read the recipe before you begin. Have everything in place so you don’t miss an important ingredient or step.
Take Your Time: Work on each component one at a time. This isn’t a recipe you can rush because the raspberry sauce and white chocolate must cool down before using.
Chill the Cheesecake Bars: Like a full cheesecake, these bars must cool down and chill in the refrigerator before slicing. Unlike regular cheesecake though, you don’t need to cool them in the cooling oven. And since they’re thinner, they take about half the time to cool down as a full cheesecake. That’s always a nice bonus!