No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 sleeves

  18 sheets graham crackers (approximately 2 cups of crumbs)
• 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup salted butter

  melted
• 2 8oz bricks of cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 ¼ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice*

  see notes for substitution
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 12oz container whipped topping, thawed (like Cool Whip)

Instructions

• 1 Add the graham crackers to the bowl of a food processor. Add 2 tablespoons of
  sugar and ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Process on high speed until the
  crackers and fully broken down into fine crumbs. Alternately, you can whisk
  together 2 cups of store bought graham cracker crumbs with the cinnamon and
  sugar.
• 2 Pour the graham cracker crumbs into a medium sized bowl. Add the melted butter
  and stir together with a rubber spatula.
• 3 Once the graham cracker crumbs are fully saturated in the melted butter, add
  them to a 9X13 glass baking dish.
• 4 Use the rubber spatula or your fingers to press the crushed graham crackers into
  the bottom of the glass pan. Pack the crumbs into a firm base layer.
• 5 Place the baking dish in the fridge and chill for 15 minutes while you prepare
  the pumpkin cheesecake filling.
• 6 Add the two bricks of softened cream cheese to a large mixing bowl.
• 7 Add the brown sugar, powdered sugar, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin puree, and
  vanilla extract to the cream cheese.
• 8 Beat with a hand blender until creamy and smooth.
• 9 Add the thawed whipped topping to the bowl, and mix on low speed until fully
  combined and fluffy.
• 10 Remove the chilled graham cracker base from the fridge, and add the cheesecake
  filling on top. Spread it out evenly with a silicone spatula.
• 11 Cover tightly with plastic wrap and place in the fridge. Chill until set, for a
  minimum of 4 hours. 8-12 hours is best.
• 12 Slice into bars and serve. Add a dollop of whipped cream and a pinch of cinnamon
  to serve, if desired.

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