I don’t know about you, but I’ve had some serious mint dessert cravings lately! With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I’ve been seeing all kinds of amazing mintlicious desserts floating around the blogosphere, and today I’m sharing my contribution to the mint craze: Mint Oreo Cheesecake Bars!
When I’m grocery shopping, I strategically plan to avoid the snack aisle at ALL costs. It’s a dangerous place to go, my friends. It is already hard enough trying to resist adding bags of Cool Ranch Doritos to the cart, and then I get to the end of the aisle and a glorious display of Oreos sits before me, begging to jump into my cart too. Have you seen how many varieties of Oreos they have now? It’s crazy! I definitely don’t remember having all those fun flavors as a kid. I spend the next 10 minutes staring at the bags of Oreos, trying to convince myself that I don’t NEED them, but gosh… they’re just so yummy. It’s better that I avoid that aisle all together so I don’t end up with a pantry stocked full of Oreos and nothing else!
BUT, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, mint-chocolate desserts, and Oreo lovers everywhere, I broke down and bought a bag of beautiful, minty-green Oreos just so I could make these delicious cheesecake bars for you. I know… I totally earned a gold star today for this one! 😉
The recipe starts by separating the Oreo cookies and the mint filling into two bowls. The cookies get mixed with some butter and sugar to form an amazing Oreo crust, and the mint filling gets added to the cheesecake mixture that goes on top of the crust. A couple more Oreo pieces on top and about 15 minutes in the oven, and you have the perfect minty cheesecake to enjoy!
The cheesecake is sweet and creamy, and the Oreo-studded topping makes for a beautiful presentation. And that crust… OH, that crust! Let’s just say that I’m very happy that bag of Oreos ended up in my shopping cart. Mint Oreos for the win!
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- crust layer:
- 16 Mint Oreo cookies
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- ⅓ cup sugar
- cheesecake layer:
- 1 large egg
- 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
- filling from 16 Mint Oreos
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4.2 ounce box Jell-O Oreo Cookies 'N Cream Instant Pudding
- 8 Mint Oreos, cut into quarters
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Line an 8 × 8 inch pan with foil.
- To make the crust layer: Pull apart 16 Mint Oreos and scrape the mint filling into a bowl and set aside. Add the Oreo cookies (without the filling) to a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs form. Add the sugar and pulse again to combine. Pour in melted butter and continue to pulse until mixture is fully combined. Press Oreo crust mixture evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake 12 minutes and set on a rack to cool.
- To make the cheesecake layer: In a large bowl, whisk the egg until it is light and foamy. Add the softened cream cheese, reserved Mint Oreo filling, sugar, vanilla, and dry pudding mix. Blend with a hand mixer (or in a stand mixer) until smooth. Spread cheesecake layer over the Oreo crust and gently press the quartered Mint Oreo pieces into the top of the cheesecake. Bake 15-20 minutes until the cheesecake layer is set. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars. Store in refrigerator.
– Adapted from Creme de la Crumb
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Wowzers!!! The cheesecake, the Oreos…the pictures!!! This looks incredible girl! That’s it, we need another girls day, so you can teach me your photog skills!! I’m way impressed!
You make me blush, Jocelyn!! Thank you so much, and count me in for a girl’s day! I feel spring coming on very soon!
I’m not a big mint fan, but man does that look incredible! Fantastic recipe 🙂
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Happy Valley Chow
Thank you!!
Those are some beautiful bars and your pics are really lovely!
Thank you so much!! Those gorgeous minty green Oreos were just lovely to photograph! And they taste just as amazing as they look. 😉
Mint and Oreos go so perfectly together and then you add cheesecake WOAH baby! YUM!
A total win, right? You can’t go wrong with Oreo-studded cheesecake! Thanks so much for stopping by, Heather! Have a wonderful day. 🙂
What can I use istead of the Jell-O Oreo Cookies ‘N Cream Instant Pudding? They don’t sell these in Poland!
The bars look awesome and I’d love to try them!
xx
Annie
Hi Annie! Vanilla pudding would work great too if you can’t find the cookies ‘n cream flavor. I hope you enjoy this recipe!!
I am SUCH a fan of the Cool Mint Oreos, but I must admit there are many flavors I haven’t tried. Thanks for breaking down and buying these so we could all enjoy these delicious bars!!! Yum!!
You’re so welcome, Cathy! Oreos are my weakness. 🙂 I need to try more of the fun flavors!
I’m very disappointed with how this turned out. The cookies and cream Jell-o made it an awful color, not a pastel green like your pictures, which are lovely BTW, but a muddy grayish green. Also the texture was very gelatinous and not creamy like cheesecake.
Hi Cecilia, I’m so sorry to hear that! I’ve made this recipe a handful of times using the Cookies and Cream Jell-o Instant Pudding, and the consistency came out the same each time. Did you add the mint filling from the Oreos into the pudding mix? At times when I couldn’t find the Cookies and Cream Pudding, I’ve used regular vanilla pudding, and that seems to help keep the color more green also. Just wanted to give a few suggestions on what might have happened! Again, I’m sorry this didn’t turn out for you!
Yes, I used the mint filling. Thank you for your suggestions.
4 oz of vanilla instant, sugar free/fat free. Turned into a play dough like tuff goo? How did iMessage u?
****mess up. I’m guessing “don’t add egg to instant pudding.
Hi,
This recipe looks awesome – what size baking dish did you use?
Thanks,
Meagan
I used an 8 x 8 inch baking dish. Hope you enjoy the recipe, Meagan!