Strawberry Shortcake Bars
Want all the taste of strawberry shortcake with the convenience of a candy bar? Try this bar recipe that packs the flavor of a strawberry shortcake into the palm of your hand!
Looking for a unique summer dessert? Consider my Strawberry Shortcake Bars. They're made with real strawberries and sugar cookies! Put this all together and it's like a portable strawberry shortcake!
It's made with an amazing sugar cookie crust (seriously you're going to be using this for EVERYTHING!). The Strawberry Shortcake Bars are stuffed with a strawberry whipped cream cheese filling and topped with more sugar cookies!
They'd be perfect for summer picnics, family reunions, ect.
Love strawberries? Try my strawberry cake roll too.
📖 Recipe
Strawberry Shortcake Bars
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Crushed Sugar Cookies Homemade or Store Bought, Divided
- ½ Cup White Sugar
- 6 Tablespoons Melted Butter
- 8 Ounces Cream Cheese Softened
- 1 Cup Heavy Cream
- 1 Pound Strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 pan with non stick cooking spray.
- In a small bowl mix 1 ½ cups of crushed sugar cookies and butter until blended. Press into prepared pan.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely.
- While the crust is cooling, wash, hull, and slice strawberries.
- Combine heavy cream and sugar. Whip until stiff peaks form. Fold in cream cheese and strawberries.
- Spread on top of cooled crust. Top with remaining sugar cookies.
- Store in the freezer for a cool summer treat.
Nutrition
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What do you think of these Strawberry Shortcake Bars? What's your favorite way to use up summer strawberries? Leave me a link below I'd love to see it! 🙂
Baked bought sugar cookies. Made whipping cream. Let cream cheese come to room temperature. Pretty much followed recipe and it was great. Took to Fourth of July party. Friends raved.
I needed two packed cups of crumbs just for the bottom crust. I had to make more for the top. You definitely should whip the cream cheese before you try to mix it (In addition to softening it) - mine ended up in globs throughout the whip cream and then you don’t want to mix too much at that point or you’ll unfluff the whip.
Hi Devon!
Thanks for sharing your tips with us!
It was so yummy the only difference was I used coconut cookies and left out the added sugar cause the cookies were sweet enough and only cooked it for 20 minutes instead of 30
Sounds like a great variation, thanks Marion!
would make a few changes to make it Keto Friendly, other than that it sounds Delicious.
Hi Melody,
Unfortunately I do not know anything about sugar free baking. I suggest searching Google or Pinterest for a recipe that meets you dietary needs.
Am I the only one that doesn't know what, "in small box mix 1/12 sugar cookies" means? And don't you need to cream the cream cheese before folding it into the cream mixture? I'm 69 and have never heard this. Enlighten me. Lol
Hi Pamela!
I'm so sorry for any confusion. It should be small BOWL. I updated the post.
I did not cream the cream cheese, as mine was already pretty well softened.
I think she meant, what does the 1/12 mean? 1 12th of a cup? One twelfth?
Can you use frozen strawberries?
Yes that should be fine, just thaw first.
Can these be made with cool whip instead of whipping the cream yourself? If so, would you still add sugar to it?
Hi Jo!
I've only tried the recipe as written, but I think that would work. Let us know how it goes!
Do you have any recommendations for a store bought sugar cookie? Do you use crispy or soft cookies?
Hi Kari,
Great question. I prefer crunchy for this recipe. I used my store's brand of packaged sugar cookies (on the shelf not from the bakery). Keebler or something along those lines probably has a version too!
These look so fantastic! I love anything strawberry shortcake related, it's always so tasty!
These bars are gorgeous! Thanks for linkin' up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!
This looks yummy! Thanks for sharing at Freedom Fridays Link Party.