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Frosted Cream Cheese Banana Bars

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These Frosted Cream Cheese Banana Bars will replace your Grandma’s Banana Bread recipe! They’re moist, full of flavor and everyone will love them! They’re the best way to use brown bananas!

Hey friends! This is a treat we enjoy year-round in our house! These Frosted Cream Cheese Banana Bars are basically a dessert! Anytime I have some bananas going bad then these get made! In fact, I swear my kids purposely don’t eat our bananas sometimes, just so that I will make these! They’re that yummy!
A single square of Banana Bar with Cream Cheese frosting on a white plate. In the background is a sheet pan of banana bars.
They’re also a great treat to take to a party or get together because they can feed so many people. If we’re going to a potluck, I will cut smaller pieces making more banana bar squares. The nuts on the top are optional but in my opinion a must!
If you’re looking for other sheet pan dessert ideas, check these recipes out: Sugar Cookie Bars, O’Henry Bars, Eclair Cake, Lemon Bar Recipe, or Raspberry Sheet Cake.

BANANA BARS with CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

The recipe is super easy to make and one that my kids love helping with! Kids make great banana mashers! Watch the video below the recipe to see the full tutorial!

Items Needed:

For the Banana Bars

  • ½ cup Butter, softened
  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1.5 Cups Mashed Bananas (about 3 Medium Bananas)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • Dash of Salt

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 oz Cream Cheese, Softened
  • ½ Cup Butter, Softened
  • 4 Cups Confectioners Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract

HOW TO MAKE BANANA BARS WITH FROSTING

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Put your bananas in a bowl and mash them with a fork.
Beat the eggs, bananas, and vanilla into the butter/sugar mixture.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture just until fully blended.
Transfer the batter to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
A sheet pan with a banana bar mixture in it ready to cook.
Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Allow it to cool in the pan.
A sheet pan with banana bars cooked.

HOW TO MAKE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

In a small mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
Add the confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat together until smooth.
Tip: Make sure that both the cream cheese and butter are fully softened before making the frosting. If you prepare the frosting using cold cream cheese or butter then your frosting will be lumpy.
Frost the Banana Bars when they are completely cooled and ENJOY!
Banana Bars being frosted with Cream Cheese frosting.
Cream Cheese frosted Banana Bars cut into squares and a black spatula serving a square.

HOW TO STORE YOUR BANANA BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Store the unfrosted banana bars at room temperature. Once they’ve been frosted, you will need to store them in the refrigerator covered. They will last up to 5 days.

CAN BANANA BARS BE FROZEN?

Yes!! Before freezing them, wrap them tightly in saran wrap and then In tin foil and put them in the freezer. You can freeze them for up to 2 months.  Before serving them, allow them to thaw in the refrigerator.

Cream Cheese frosted Banana Bars cut into squares and a black spatula serving a square.
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5 from 4 votes

Banana Bars with Cream Cheese

A delicious, flavorful banana bar that is topped with a Cream Cheese frosting!
Prep Time25 mins
Cook Time25 mins
Total Time50 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 15 people
Calories: 433kcal
Author: Over The Big Moon

Ingredients

Banana Bars

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups mashed ripe bananas about 3 medium
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • Dash salt

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 8 ounce package 8 cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

Banana Bars

  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Put your bananas in a bowl and mash them with a fork.
  • Beat the eggs, bananas, and vanilla into the butter/sugar mixture.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
  • Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture just until fully blended.
  • Transfer the batter to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
  • Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Allow it to cool in the pan.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • In a small mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
  • Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat together until smooth.
  • Frost bars when they are completely cooled and ENJOY!

Video

Notes

Enjoy!
Adapted from Taste of Home

Nutrition

Serving: 1bar | Calories: 433kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 60g | Vitamin A: 440IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
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Sheet Pan Banana Bars - this recipe is so good and makes a large amount! From overthebigmoon.com!

This really is such a great dessert! The sheet pan is generally licked clean within 24 hours of making them!

I hope you guys love them as much as we do!

Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting - the perfect treat to make with those brown bananas! From overthebigmoon.com!

You guys are gonna love this recipe and it will be one that you make time and time again!

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  1. Katie Campbell

    Hi! Is this an updated recipe? I had found your recipe through Pinterest a few months ago (I think) and made it. It was perfection!
    I want to make it again and looked at my Pinterest Pin. The picture on Pinterest looks like what I made in the past, but the pictures on your blog look different (the bars are thinner and have sprinkling ontop). Hope that makes sense. Thank you!

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  2. lauren kelly

    5 stars
    These look so dreamy! I am going to surprise my youngest with these, he loves bananas!

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  3. Aimee Shugarman

    5 stars
    We love banana bars, my family really enjoyed this recipe!

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  4. Liz

    5 stars
    I love bar cookies! They are so easy to make! I love the addition of bananas in these!

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  5. Alli

    These bars didn’t last long at our house. Omg so good.

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  6. Katerina @ diethood .com

    5 stars
    My family would LOVE these! They are faaantastic!!! YUM!

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  7. Dorrian Thornton Horsey

    Made these today with my children. Great recipe and they loved it. I reduced the sugar by about a quarter cup and will likely reduce it even more next time. A bit sweet for our taste but yummy with the tang of the cream cheese icing. Love your site and thanks for sharing this recipe!

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  8. Dorrian Thornton Horsey

    Made these today with my children. Great recipe and they loved it. I reduced the sugar by about a quarter cup and will likely reduce it even more next time. A bit sweet for our taste but yummy with the tang of the cream cheese icing. Love your site and thanks for sharing this recipe!

    Reply

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