Protein Blueberry Cheesecake Bars – Beautiful and Healthy!

Beautiful and creamy Protein Blueberry Cheesecake Bars aka healthy blueberry cream cheese dessert bites! This healthy blueberry cheesecake bars use protein powder and greek yogurt, and have a healthy cheesecake crust with no butter!

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Okay I think I’m now going to be hooked on protein powder cheesecake recipes for a bit because these bites were really too good!

I gave my fiance 2 extra pieces a day before I tried them, and now I regret not having more. A real keeper of a recipe these blueberry dessert bars are.

Ingredients for Protein Blueberry Cheesecake Bars:

These light and skinny protein blueberry cheesecake bars are made with reduced fat cream cheese, Greek Yogurt and Protein Powder, and has no sour cream and no sugar added like the normal recipes.

What you need for the protein powder cheesecake bars filling:

• Reduced Fat Cream Cheese for a low fat and low calorie cheesecake recipe
• Non-fat Greek Yogurt to add the slightly sour flavor, creaminess and even more protein! You need These Greek yogurt cheesecake bars are made without sour cream.
• Vanilla Protein Powder – this makes for a sugar free protein cheesecake since it serves as the sweetener in place of sugar. I used the vanilla protein powder from Quest for this recipe since it’s a whey-caesin and bakes well.
• Some Cornstarch
• Unsweetened Almond Milk
• An Egg
• Fresh Blueberries! Needed for this blueberry cream cheese dessert.

And for the healthy Cheesecake crust:

• Plain or Honey Graham Crackers or Biscuits for the slight crunch (use gluten free if you need)
• Almond Butter
• Sugar Free Maple Syrup. I used the one from ChocZero for this recipe.
• An Egg White

Tips for making Protein Powder Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

• Let the high protein cheesecake crust cool
  You don’t want to add the cheesecake filling to the crust when it is still warm or it will get a weird texture on the bottom. 

• Use room temperature ingredients
  The cream cheese, yogurt and egg whites all need to be at room temperature or you will end up with lumpy cheesecake bars.

• Beat the cream cheese well
  You really want to do this step so the cheesecake turns out light and fluffy and does ot get weighed down by the other ingredients.

• Use a low speed to beat
  If you don’t use the low speed setting on the hand mixer or paddle stand mixer, you will get too much air inside.

• Don’t overmix the final batter!
  This will cause too much air to get beat into the batter, and may cause the cheesecake to rise and fall.

• Line inside and outside of pan with foil

• Grease inside of foil pan so the cheesecake doesn’t stick to it.

• Use the waterbath!
  This lets the cheesecake cook slowly and evenly, and also prevents the rise and fall.

• Stop baking when the center is still slightly soft to touch
  The cheesecake will continue to cook a bit in the hot pan, and you don’t want it to crack.

Can you store these Protein Powder Blueberry Cheesecake Bites?

Yes. You can make these healthy blueberry cheesecake bites ahead of time and keep them in the fridge for 3 or 4 days in an airtight container.

These healthy blueberry dessert bars are freezer friendly too! Wrap each protein cheesecake bar in plastic wrap, and place in a freezer-safe zipper bag. They’ll last for 2 or 3 months.

Alternate Ingredients for Healthy Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

I made these healthy and low calorie cheesecake bars with protein powder and greek yogurt, and the other ingredients above, but here’s some options to try:

Options for healthy cheesecake crust without butter:

• Graham Crackers: Gluten free grahams like these ones from Nairns will give you a gluten free cheesecake crust. 
• Sugar Free Maple Syrup: Regular maple syrup
• Almond Butter: Cashew Butter or Peanut Butter

And for th protein cheesecake bars layer:

• Reduced Fat Cream Cheese: Regular cream cheese
• Almond Milk: Other dairy or non-dairy milk
• Cornstarch: Tapioca Starch

Some more healthy Protein Powder and Cream Cheese recipes to try:

• Mini Protein Cheesecakes on Protein Bar Crust
• No Bake Mini Protein Cheesecake Bites
• Protein Cheesecake Dip
• Healthy Protein Powder Cream Cheese Frosting