Key Lime Cheesecake Bars with Toasted Coconut Crust

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Key Lime Cheesecake Bars with
Toasted Coconut Crust

Key Lime Cheesecake Bars with Toasted Coconut Crust
are absolutely delicious and very refreshing.
Made with a boxed Key Lime Bar Mix,
this recipe is fast and easy too.

I made these tangy and tasty
Key Lime Bars with Krusteaz Key Lime Bar Mix.
They turned out fantastic!

Krusteaz products are wonderful.
I have tried the Lemon Bar Mix and
Raspberry Bar Mix and both are excellent.

If you have never tried Krusteaz products before,
you need to pick up a few boxes and
give them a try,
you won't be disappointed.

Key Lime Cheesecake Bars with Toasted Coconut Crust

Ingredients

• 1 box Krusteaz Key Lime Bar Mix
• 1 pouch complete crust
• 1/3 cup toasted coconut chips, coarsely chopped (Trader Joe's)
• 12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon finely grated key lime zest
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons key lime juice (Nellie & Joe's Key Lime Juice)
• 1 pouch key lime filling mix
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 tablespoons key lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon finely grated key lime zest
• 3 eggs

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 Lightly grease 8 x 11 x 2 inch baking dish
2. In a medium bowl, stir together complete crust pouch and toasted coconut. Press crust mixture firmly into bottom of pan. *no other ingredients are needed* Bake 8 minutes. Crust will be light colored. Remove from oven, set aside.
3. Place cream cheese and sugar in a medium bowl. With electric mixer, mix on low speed until smooth. Add 1 egg, key lime zest, vanilla extract and key lime juice. Continue to mix on low speed until smooth. Pour cream cheese mixture evenly over hot crust.
4. In a medium bowl whisk together; full pouch of key lime filling mix, water, lime juice, lime zest and eggs. Whisk until eggs are well incorporated. Pour key lime filling over cream cheese layer. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until center does not jiggle when shaken. Cool completely.
5. Garnish with toasted coconut chips. Cut into squares.
6. Store in the refrigerator
7. *Note: During baking the filling and cream cheese layer trade places~

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*The opinions stated here are my own.