CLASSIC Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

Rating

4.67 stars (27 reviews)

Ingredients

• 18 Arnott's Marie crackers ((150g) or 16 Graham cracker squares (8 full sheets) (Note 1))
• 100 g / 3.5 oz unsalted butter (, melted)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 320 g / 12 oz Philadelphia cream cheese (, softened)
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 cup / 220 g white sugar (, superfine or caster is best)
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 2 eggs (, at room temperature)
• 250 g / 8 oz (~1 3/4 cups) blueberries ((2 Aust punnets))
• Icing sugar / confection sugar (, for dusting (optional))

Categories

• Sweet

Reviews

• Deb Burch on 2025-10-12 (4 stars):
  I’ve had visitors for the last week, and everyday I have cooked a dish from the recipe tin. It’s my go to site for great dishes. Tonight I made the classic cheesecake bars and overall I think it’s a bit too sweet (no one was complaining) First of all I’m not sure why we would add extra sugar to the sweet biscuits in the crumb. Also the sugar ratio to cream cheese is higher in the classic than the creamy one. Not being critical.. just honest feedback. I’ll be making it again - perhaps the creamy version with a lower sugar to cheese ratio & leave out the sugar in the biscuit crumb. PS the lemon cheesecake in the book is next level delicious!
• Amy G on 2025-07-18 (5 stars):
  I made it with lemon curd instead of blueberries, and it came out perfect
• levanilla on 2024-03-07 (5 stars):
  Nice simple blueberry cheese cake bar recipe.
• Reeta Devi on 2023-10-27 (5 stars):
  I have tasted blueberry cheesecake many times, but Nagi's recipe topped it all and this was the yummiest. I will try this recipe myself. You Go GIRL!
• Amy on 2023-10-12 (2 stars):
  I’m devastated. I have cooked many of your recipes Nagi and you’ve never steered me wrong. I’m a pretty competent cook and there have been a couple of times where I’ve just “trusted the process.” I cooked the baked cheesecake and followed the recipe to the letter. I thought the cook time was a little short but I trusted the process. When I went to cut the cheesecake, it was not set. I’m so disappointed because this was for a party. I’m not sure if to try it again now or whether it’s worth the risk.
• Eliza Radzwan on 2023-08-21 (5 stars):
  I baked the Classic Blueberry Cheesecake bars for a dinner party and it was a hit with my guests. The Cheesecake bars turned out great and I topped the bars with blueberry compote. Thanks Nagi for the recipe.
• Nada on 2023-01-22 (5 stars):
  We have a huge crop of blueberries. Made the creamier baked blueberry bar and made the blueberry sauce from the no bake bar to go on top. Blueberry overload! So, so good!
• Samantha on 2022-09-15 (5 stars):
  Made these for a work morning tea, there were an absolute hit, thank you Nagi for always delivering the goods. (classic baked)
• Ann on 2021-11-23 (5 stars):
  I made Creamier Blueberry Cheesecake Bars. I can’t wait to make them again and everyone loved them. I served them scattered with toasted flaked almonds and fresh blueberries along with dollop cream on the side. Delicious.
• Holly on 2021-11-22 (2 stars):
  Let me start by saying this is for the no bake version and I am a huge fan of Nagi's recipes and appreciate all her hard work! Unfortunately these were all wrong for me, the filling was the consistency of Greek yogurt, definately not something that will hold as a bar and frozen blueberries cannot be used to make the topping as written. Followed the instructions to a T, only change was to use a 9" round springform pan as I recently pitched my square pan. I used 500g original Philly (blocks of course), heavy cream (whipping cream in Canada), and fully refrigeratated for 5 hours before topping with the cooled blueberry sauce which did not go jammy despite the addition of the sugar and cornstarch. Wondering if there is an error somewhere in the recipe? I do appreciate all the effort to post x3 Blueberry cheesecake recipes. This is only my 3rd or 4th no-bake cheesecake recipe as I typically go the baked route and it is the only one in memory that didn't turn out.
• Julie on 2021-10-31 (5 stars):
  Fresh blueberries are cheap at the moment and I had a craving for blueberry cheesecake similar to what good cafe's have. Of course Nagi had not one, but three recipes to choose from :D. I made the Classic Blueberry Cheesecake bars and they were senSAtional! Another 5-star recipe - thanks Nagi! x
• Marion on 2021-08-12 (5 stars):
  I made the "Creamier Blueberry Cheesecake Bars" and they were absolutely wonderful. That's my new all time favorite and I will probably never make any other cheese cake bar. Soooo easy to make and soooo delicious. Thanks for this recipe and greetings from New Brunswick, Canada's second largest wild blueberry producing province :)