Blackberry Swirl Cheesecake Squares. Fresh blackberries combined with sweet white chocolate make these cheesecake squares an incredibly delicious treat! Luxuriously creamy, perfectly sweet, and swirled with homemade fresh blackberry sauce – they are stunning on a Golden Oreo crust.
Blackberry Swirl White Chocolate Cheesecake Squares are perfect for spring and summer. They come together quickly which means you can spend more time outdoors!
I love to make cute desserts with berries in season. And personally, I find blackberries to be even more delicious when paired with white chocolate. Simple, but perfect!
Blackberry Swirl White Chocolate Cheesecake Squares
Equipment
- 8×8 square baking dish
- 2 Bowls
- toothpick or knife to make swirls
Ingredients
Blackberry Swirl
- 1 ½ cup Blackberries, fresh or frozen (plus extra fresh berries to decorate)
- ⅓ cup granulated Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Water
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
Crust
- 24 Golden Oreo Cookies, or chocolate Oreos for dark colored crust
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
Cheesecake Filling
- 8 oz White Chocolate Chips , or chopped white chocolate
- 12 oz Cream Cheese, 1 ½ packages (room temperature)
- ½ cup granulated Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 2 Eggs, large (room temperature)
Instructions
Prepare Blackberry Swirl
- Combine the Blackberries, Sugar, and 1 tablespoon Water, in a saucepan. Bring to simmer on medium heat, and cook for 10 minutes on medium low heat, stirring often and crushing the berries with a large fork.
- Strain the Blackberry sauce through a fine mesh wire sieve into a bowl, pressing the pulp with the back of a spoon. Discard solids.
- Make a small slurry of Cornstarch and 1 tablespoon Water, and blend the slurry into the Blackberry sauce as it cooks an extra minute, until it thickens. Set the sauce aside to cool.
Make crust
- Preheat oven to 350°F. and line the bottom and sides of an 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper, leaving extra on the sides to lift the finished bars out. Set aside.
- In a food processor, pulse the Cookies to crumbs (or smash in a plastic bag). Place in a small bowl.
- Stir in the melted Butter until mixed. Press an even amount of crust into the bottom of the lined pan.
- Press down the crust firmly, using the bottom of a measuring cup.
- Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool. Leave oven on.
Make cheesecake filling
- Melt White Chocolate Chips in a heat-safe bowl in the microwave in 20 second bursts, stirring well each time. When most of the chocolate has melted, stir until smooth. It should only require a minute or two.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the Cream Cheese and Sugar on medium speed, until smooth and creamy.
- Add Cornstarch, Lemon Juice, and Vanilla. Beat on low speed, scraping the bowl, until combined.
- Add Eggs and combine, just until blended.
- Pour the cooled liquid white chocolate into the cheesecake filling. Blend on low speed just until combined.
Assembly of all 3 steps
- Pour the combined filling onto the crust, spreading it evenly with a spatula or spoon. Drizzle cooled Blackberry Mixture on top of filling layer. Use a toothpick or knife to gently swirl the sauce in a lovely pattern on the top.
- Place pan in the oven and bake for 34-38 minutes, until the cheesecake filling appears set, and the edges are slightly golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let cool at room temperature for 30 minutes, then transfer to the fridge and chill for 2 hours.
- When chilled, remove from pan by lifting the parchment paper edges.
- Cut into squares, wiping the knife between cuts. Serve with milk or ice cream. Enjoy!
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only. This information comes from online calculators. Although whatsinthepan.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
What you will need
Square baking dish. I used 8×8 square baking pan to make my blackberry swirl cheesecake squares. I find that it was perfect shape and volume for this type of a dessert and there are so many great dishes like that available You can use either glass or porcelain kind.
Want to scale it up? No problem! If you want a bigger dessert, or have bigger dish you want to use – in that case you should use a rectangular 9×13 dish and simply multiply all ingredients by 1.5.
You will also need couple of bowls, a spatula and a toothpick (or a knife) for making those swirls!
How to make them step by step
There are 3 distinct steps to making Blackberry Swirl Squares:
- Blackberry Sauce
- Golden Oreo Crust
- Cheesecake Filling
To make blackberry sauce:
- Combine the Blackberries, Sugar, and 1 tablespoon Water, in a saucepan. Bring to simmer on medium heat, and cook for 10 minutes on medium low heat, stirring often and crushing the berries with a large fork.
- Strain the Blackberry sauce through a fine mesh wire sieve into a bowl, pressing the pulp with the back of a spoon. Discard solids.
- Make a small slurry of Cornstarch and 1 tablespoon Water, and blend the slurry into the Blackberry sauce as it cooks an extra minute, until it thickens. Set the sauce aside to cool.
To make Golden Oreo Crust
- In a food processor, pulse the Cookies to crumbs (or smash in a plastic bag). Place in a small bowl. Stir in the melted Butter until mixed. Press an even amount of crust into the bottom of the lined pan.
- Press down the crust firmly, using the bottom of a measuring cup.
- Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool. Leave oven on.
To make Cheesecake Filling
- Melt White Chocolate Chips in a heat-safe bowl in the microwave in 20 second bursts, stirring well each time. When most of the chocolate has melted, stir until smooth. It should only require a minute or two.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the Cream Cheese and Sugar on medium speed, until smooth and creamy.
- Add Cornstarch, Lemon Juice, and Vanilla. Beat on low speed, scraping the bowl, until combined. Add Eggs and combine, just until blended.
- Pour the cooled liquid white chocolate into the cheesecake filling. Blend on low speed just until combined.
Final Assembly
- Pour the combined filling onto the crust, spreading it evenly with a spatula or spoon
- Drizzle cooled Blackberry sauce on top of filling layer. Use a toothpick or knife to gently swirl the sauce in a lovely pattern on the top.
- Place pan in the oven and bake for 34-38 minutes, until the cheesecake filling appears set, and the edges are slightly golden brown.
Hungry for more blackberry recipes?
Here’s even more delicious berry desserts
Peach and Blueberry Puff Pastry Tart
How to make two batches?
I would double all the ingredients and would use more berries.