No Bake Oreo Cheesecake Bars

(Last Updated On: April 2, 2024)

These no bake Oreo cheesecake bars are a super easy dessert to prepare. They are rich and creamy with a crunchy Oreo crust that is so delicious. The filling includes cream cheese, vanilla extract, crushed Oreo cookies, powdered sugar, and Cool Whip. The dessert is topped with red, white, and blue sprinkles, then pieces of Oreo golden cookies and Oreo cookies are scattered on top of the sprinkles.

This dessert is made to look festive for the 4th of July just like our red, white, and blue Rice Krispie treats, and strawberry lemon icebox cake. Oreo cheesecake bars are also customizable, and you can use different colored sprinkles to fit other holiday themes. Oreo desserts are also very popular in our household such as our no bake Oreo cheesecake, Oreo ice cream, Oreo chocolate milkshake, and cookies and cream milkshake.

🍴 Key Ingredients

The Crust

• 25 Oreo golden cookies crushed – or your favorite cookie brand
• 6 tablespoons of butter – melted

The Cheesecake Filling

• 32 ounces cream cheese blocks – 4 blocks
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 16 regular Oreo cookies – crushed
• 3/4 cup of powdered sugar
• 8 ounces of Cool Whip

The Topping

• 4 Oreo golden cookies – break into pieces
• 4 regular Oreo cookies – break into pieces
• Red, white, and blue sprinkles

🎂 How to Make No Bake Oreo Cheesecake Bars

These step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed photos for enhanced clarity and guidance.

Step 1. Set out the Butter and Cream Cheese

The first step is to take the cream cheese out of the refrigerator and let it set on the countertop at room temperature until it becomes soft, which usually takes about 10 minutes or so. You can take the butter out of the refrigerator too, but in a later step, we are going to put the butter into the microwave to melt it.

Step 2. Place the Cookies in a Bag

In the next few steps, we will be preparing the crust for this delicious no bake dessert recipe. Put 25 golden Oreo cookies in a ziplock bag. Release most of the air out of the bag before sealing. If you have too much air in the bag, when you start to smash the cookies, you will pop the bag.

Step 3. Smash the Cookies

Crush the cookies with a rolling pin or smash them with your hands into fine crumbs, but some small chunks are okay. If you have a food processor, you can use that instead.

Step 4. Melt the Butter

If you didn’t set the butter out on the countertop to soften it in step one, you can do this step instead. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 6 tablespoons of butter for 40 seconds, or until it becomes soft.

Step 5. Add the Melted Butter to the Crushed Cookies

In a medium bowl, add the melted butter together with the crushed cookies.

Step 6. Combine the Melted Butter with the Crushed Cookies

With a spoon or rubber spatula, stir the melted butter together with the crushed cookies until blended well.

Step 7. Put the Oreo Cookie Mixture into a Baking Dish and then the Freezer

In a 9×13-inch baking dish, spread the Oreo cookie crust mixture in an even layer. After that, press the cookie mixture down to pack it into the baking dish. Then, set the baking dish with the Oreo crust in the freezer for at least 15 to 30 minutes to set. We need the crust to be firm as it is the base for the cream cheese filling we will be putting on top of it, which is later in the steps below.

Tip: There is no need to spray the dish with non-stick cooking spray or lay parchment paper down first. Also, if you would like a thick Oreo crust, you can certainly use more than 25 golden Oreo cookies.

Step 8. Prepare the Cream Cheese

We are now ready to start preparing the cheesecake filling. In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl the cookie mixture was in, add the 32 ounces of room temperature cream cheese we set out on the countertop earlier.

Step 9. Whip the Cream Cheese

With a hand-held electric mixer or a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, whip the cream cheese until it has a smooth and fluffy texture with stiff peaks. This only takes just a couple of minutes.

Step 10. Add the Vanilla Extract and Powdered Sugar

Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract together with the cream cheese. Then, scoop out 3/4 of a cup of powdered sugar in a measuring cup and add it to the cream cheese mixture.

Step 11. Mix the Cream Cheese Mixture Thoroughly

Whip the cream cheese mixture, vanilla, and powdered sugar with the hand mixer until well blended. After that, set the mixture in the refrigerator for now.

Step 12. Prepare the Oreo Cookie Crumbs for the Cheesecake Filling

Put 16 Oreo cookies in a ziplock bag. Try to get as much air out of the bag as you can before sealing the bag. As mentioned before, releasing as much air as possible out of the bag makes it easier to crush the cookies and not pop the bag.

Step 13. Crush the Oreo Cookies

Use a rolling pin or your hands to crush the Oreo cookies into pieces. The crushed Oreo cookie crumbs will be added to the cheesecake filling in the next step.

Tip: How much you crush the cookies will depend on how big or small you want the cookies to be inside the cream cheese filling. If you want small pieces, crush the cookies more. If you want bigger chunks, don’t crush the cookies as much.

Step 14. Add the Crushed Cookies to the Cream Cheese Filling

Get the cream cheese mixture out of the refrigerator and add the crushed Oreos to it. Then add 8 ounces of Cool Whip together with the cream cheese mixture and crushed cookies.

Step 15. Mix the Cream Cheese, Crushed Cookies, and Cool Whip

Use a spatula to fold in the crushed cookies and Cool Whip together with the cream cheese mixture. Blend until thoroughly mixed.

Step 16. Pour the Cream Cheese Mixture into the Baking Dish

Get the baking dish with the crushed Oreo crust out of the freezer. Then, using a spatula, scoop out the cream cheese mixture that is in the bowl and spread it on top of the crust that is already in the baking dish.

Step 17. Put the Sprinkles on Top

Sprinkle red, white, and blue sprinkles on the top of the Oreo cheesecake filling.

Step 18. Break the Golden and Regular Oreo Cookies Apart

The golden Oreo cookies and the regular Oreo cookies will be placed on top of the sprinkles in the next step, but first, we need to break them apart. Take four golden Oreo cookies and four regular Oreo cookies and break them into pieces.

Step 19. Put the Pieces of Cookies on Top of the Oreo Cheesecake Bars

After you have sprinkled on the colorful sprinkles, place the broken pieces of Oreo cookies on top of the Oreo cheesecake. You can lay some cookie pieces on top of the cream cheese mixture and push some other cookies down just a bit.

Step 20. Place the Oreo Cheesecake Bars in the Refrigerator

Before serving these amazing Oreo cheesecake bars, place them in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or more to set up until firm. Four hours of chill time will produce the best results.

✨ Recipe Variations

• You can buy heavy cream at the grocery store to make homemade whipped cream instead of using Cool Whip in the tub.
• Make a different crust mixture using your favorite Oreo cookies, for example, maybe you love Oreo mint cookies.

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💡 Final Thoughts

These creamy Oreo cheesecake bars are amazingly good, with simple ingredients, and hardly any time spent in the kitchen preparing them. Your family is going to love them.

This simple recipe for these easy cheesecake bars is the perfect treat for festive celebrations such as the 4th of July. Change out the sprinkle to red and green, and voilà, you have a beautiful delicious dessert to serve during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Or use red and pink sprinkles to make a sweet treat for your Valentine on Valentine’s Day.

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