Orange Creamsicle Bars
Orange Creamsicle Bars are creamy, no-bake dessert bars layered with a cheesecake and orange creamsicle layer on top of a graham cracker crust. They taste just like the popular childhood treat!
Servings: 9
Calories: 696kcal
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups (14-16 sheets, 168 g) honey graham crackers, finely crushed
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, melted
Toppings
- 2 blocks (8 ounces each) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1⅓ cups (125 g) confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 medium orange, juiced (about ¼ cup juice)
- 1 box (3 ounces) orange jello mix, you will only use about ¼ cup
- 3 cups whipped topping, divided
- orange slice, optional, for garnish
Instructions
Crust
- Line an 8x8-inch baking dish with parchment paper, including up the sides of the dish.
- In a medium bowl, add graham crackers and sugar. Mix together.
- Add melted butter to the graham crackers and sugar. Mix until all ingredients are fully incorporated with no dry spots.
- Press the crumbs firmly into the bottom of the lined baking dish.
- Place in the refrigerator to chill while you prepare the toppings.
Toppings
- In a large bowl add cream cheese. Use a hand mixer on medium speed to beat the cream cheese until creamy. Add sugar, orange zest, and orange juice and beat again until creamy and no lumps remain (about 3 minutes).
- With a rubber spatula, gently fold in 2 cups of whipped topping.
- Remove the crust from the refrigerator. Add half of the cream cheese mixture (about 2 cups) on top of the crust.
- To the remaining cream cheese mixture, fold in ¼ cup of the orange jello mix.
- Add the orange jello mixture to the top of the cream cheese mixture.
- Top with remaining whipped topping.
- Place in the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour, up to overnight.
Nutrition
Calories: 696kcal