Isn’t this unicorn cheesecake bars recipe so fun?! Are you throwing a birthday party and looking for ways to incorporate a unicorn dessert into the mix? These rainbow cheesecake bars will do just the trick! Unicorn Cheesecake Bars = pure joy.
When I showed these to my children, they acted as if they were seeing a real unicorn for the first time. OOOOHs and AHHHHHs filled the room.
You want to talk about a playdate showstopper? Here you go. Unicorn cheesecake always win. And I feel like unicorn cheesecake bars get you a few extra gold stars with the neighbors. Not that you need that! 🙂
Unicorn Cheesecake Bar Recipe
To make this dessert, you need a little bit of time. I’m not going to lie. This recipe isn’t one you can throw together in 5 minutes. But check out the results!! Totally worth the effort. Here’s how you break it down.
Unicorn Cheesecake Ingredients:
makes 1 9×13 baking dish
Sugar cookie ingredients
- 1/2 c unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 c sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 C flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Light green, Light Blue, Hot Pink, Yellow, Purple, and Orange Nonpareil’s (bought from Michaels craft stores)
- 1 9×13 baking dish fitted with parchment paper
Cheesecake ingredients
- 3 8oz. cream cheese – softened
- 1 C sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 C sour cream
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Light green, Light Blue, Hot Pink, Yellow, Purple, and Orange Nonpareil’s (bought from Michaels craft stores)
- Purple, Pink, and Blue gel color
Unicorn Cheesecake Baking Directions
Sugar Cookie Dough Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour all the nonpareils into a bowl and mix until combined. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together butter and sugar. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Add the dry ingredients all at once and mix for 5 seconds. Mix the dough until the flour is incorporated.
Mix in 1/4 C of the nonpareil’s into the cookie dough Using 3/4 of the dough, flatten dough onto the bottom of the baking dish and set aside
Unicorn Cheesecake Directions
Using a standing mixer, cream together the cream cheese and sugar Add eggs, one at a time and beat until combined before adding the next egg.
Now stir in the sour cream and vanilla Mix until combined. Split batter into 3 bowls and add a few drops of each color into a bowl Spoon 1 tablespoon of each color onto the cookie dough Using the remaining cookie dough, crumble it on top of the cheesecake batter and sprinkle some more of the nonpareil’s.
Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. Once the timer goes off, turn off the oven and crack the oven door open. Let cool in the oven for 1 hour. Place the bars into the fridge to cool for a few more hours or overnight before enjoying.
If you loved this unicorn cheesecake and are looking for more kid-friendly recipes, check out the Tasty Junior Cookbook. When you are done, you can make this fun Unicorn Craft for Kids.
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Unicorn Dessert Idea
Ingredients
- Sugar cookie ingredients
- * 1/2 c unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- * 1 c sugar
- * 1 egg
- * 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- * 1 3/4 C flour
- * 1 tsp baking soda
- * 1/2 tsp baking powder
- * 1/8 tsp salt
- * Light green, Light Blue, Hot Pink, Yellow, Purple, and Orange Nonpareil's (bought from Michaels craft stores)
- * 1 9x13 baking dish fitted with parchment paper
- Cheesecake ingredients
- * 3 8oz. cream cheese - softened
- * 1 C sugar
- * 3 eggs
- * 1/4 C sour cream
- * 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- * Light green, Light Blue, Hot Pink, Yellow, Purple, and Orange Nonpareil's (bought from Michaels craft stores)
- * Purple, Pink, and Blue gel color
Instructions
Sugar Cookie Dough Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Pour all the nonpareils into a bowl and mix until combined. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together butter and sugar. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients all at once and mix for 5 seconds. Mix the dough until the flour is incorporated.
- Mix in 1/4 C of the nonpareil's into the cookie dough Using 3/4 of the dough, flatten dough onto the bottom of the baking dish and set aside
Cheesecake directions
- Using a standing mixer, cream together the cream cheese and sugar Add eggs, one at a time and beat until combined before adding the next egg.
- Now stir in the sour cream and vanilla Mix until combined. Split batter into 3 bowls and add a few drops of each color into a bowl Spoon 1 tablespoon of each color onto the cookie dough Using the remaining cookie dough, crumble it on top of the cheesecake batter and sprinkle some more of the nonpareil's.
- Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. Once timer goes off, turn off the oven and crack the oven door open.
- Let cool in the oven for 1 hour. Place the bars into the fridge to cool for a few more hours or overnight before enjoying.