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Blueberry Pie Bars — These pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They have the flavors you love in a blueberry pie, but you don’t have to mess around with homemade pie crust. If desired, you can easily make this blueberry dessert with fresh blueberries instead of frozen! 

Blueberry Pie Bars — These pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They have the flavors you love in a blueberry pie, but you don't have to mess around with homemade pie crust. If desired, you can easily make these with fresh blueberries instead of frozen! 

Best Ever Blueberry Dessert Recipe

Blueberry pie is such a classic, but I’m not much of a pie-maker. I’m indifferent about pie crust and making a pie just to eat filling sounds like way too much work.

With these blueberry pie bars, there’s no crust to roll out, no mixer or rolling pin needed, and there’s an abundance of sweet blueberry filling. Now we’re talking!

The blueberry pie bars have a soft yet crisp, buttery, shortbread-style crust. The crust mixture does double duty as the crumble topping. Love it when that happens so there’s one less step and one less bowl to wash.

Blueberry Pie Bars — These pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They have the flavors you love in a blueberry pie, but you don't have to mess around with homemade pie crust. If desired, you can easily make these with fresh blueberries instead of frozen! 

There’s a creamy filling that tops the crust, which gives the bars a soft yet dense texture. Blueberries top the filling layer and they soften and release their juices while baking. All those juicy berries help to create extremely moist bars.

The crumbly bits on top of the bars add welcome texture and dimension to the soft filling and juicy berries. I love streusel or crumble toppings and will take crumble topping over pie crust any day. 

The blueberry bars are super soft and tender in the interior while the crust is firmer. The contrast of soft and firm makes you want to keep on taking bite after bite of these blue beauties.

Between the firm crust, the soft filling, the juicy blueberries, and the sandy crumbles, the bars have so many wonderful textures and flavors in every thick bite. 

They taste fancy enough to serve at a special event, luncheon, or brunch, yet are so homey and comforting. I’ll take a pie bar over pie any day!

Blueberry Pie Bars — These pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They have the flavors you love in a blueberry pie, but you don't have to mess around with homemade pie crust. If desired, you can easily make these with fresh blueberries instead of frozen! 

What’s in These Blueberry Pie Bars? 

For this easy blueberry dessert recipe, you’ll need: 

  • Unsalted butter
  • Granulated sugar
  • Light brown sugar
  • All-purpose flour
  • Salt
  • Egg
  • Greek yogurt
  • Vanilla extract
  • Blueberries
  • Lemon juice
  • Cornstarch

Should I Use Fresh or Frozen Blueberries? 

I used frozen blueberries because they’re cheaper, readily available year-round, and went straight from freezer to mixing bowl. I always bake with frozen. If you have fresh, they’d be lovely and you’ll need to reduce the baking time.

Can I Use Other Berries in This Recipe? 

Most likely, yes! I’ve had readers report success using frozen mixed berry blends in this recipe. Just remember that your bake time will vary depending on whether you use frozen or fresh berries, no matter what type you use!

Blueberry Pie Bars — These pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They have the flavors you love in a blueberry pie, but you don't have to mess around with homemade pie crust. If desired, you can easily make these with fresh blueberries instead of frozen! 

How to Make Blueberry Pie Bars

This is one of my all-time favorite blueberry dessert recipes, not only because it’s delicious but because it’s so easy too! Here’s how the blueberry pie bars are made: 

  1. Make the dough for the crust and streusel topping: Set 3/4 cup of the mixture aside (that’s your topping).
  2. Press the rest of the dough into the bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan. Pack the dough down so there are no gaps. 
  3. Make the creamy filling: Then, pour it over the crust. Use a spatula or the back of a spoon to spread the filling out evenly. 
  4. Make the blueberry filling: Sprinkle evenly over the filling.
  5. Crumble the streusel topping over the blueberries, then bake the pie bars until the edges are bubbling vigorously. The crumble topping should be pale golden in color. 

Blueberry Pie Bars — These pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They have the flavors you love in a blueberry pie, but you don't have to mess around with homemade pie crust. If desired, you can easily make these with fresh blueberries instead of frozen! 

Can I Double This Recipe? 

Mostly likely, yes! Simply double the ingredients and bake in a 9×13-inch baking dish. You may need to bake the bars for slightly longer if using a larger pan. 

Can I Make These Bars Gluten-Free?

It is hard to say since I have never made this specific blueberry dessert with gluten-free flour, so I cannot comment on results based on my personal experience. I have only made it as written.

Blueberry pie bar collage

Recipe Substitutions to Try

If you’ve never made this blueberry dessert recipe before, I suggest making it exactly as written before you start adjusting the ingredients. 

However, if you’re one of the many readers who make these bars summer after summer, feel free to experiment with one of the following ingredient swaps: 

  • Flour: I’ve only made this recipe as written, but I’ve had readers report success using Gluten-Free 1 for 1 flour. 
  • Sugar: If your berries are super sweet, you’re likely fine to scale back the sugar in the fillings to 1/4 each. 
  • Greek yogurt: Use plain or vanilla Greek yogurt. Or, use sour cream. Do NOT use regular yogurt. 
  • Blueberries: Fresh or frozen will work. Or, use another berry altogether. 

Blueberry Pie Bars — These pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They have the flavors you love in a blueberry pie, but you don't have to mess around with homemade pie crust. If desired, you can easily make these with fresh blueberries instead of frozen! 

Tips for Making Blueberry Pie Bars

Bake time: When baking these blueberry pie bars, watch your dessert, not the clock, to determine doneness. The middle of the pie bars should just be starting to bubble up, while the edges should be bubbling a lot. The crumble topping won’t be a deep golden brown, but rather a pale golden color. 

Cooling time: You’ll need to let these pie bars cool completely before slicing them (they can cool on your countertop, no need to store in the fridge). If you try to slice these before they’re cooled completely, they’ll fall apart and will make a huge mess. 

To freeze: If desired, you can freeze these bars once they’ve cooled on your countertop. They’ll keep in the freezer for up to 6 months. When you’re ready to eat the frozen bars, just place them on the counter to thaw. 

 
 

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Blueberry Pie Bars

By Averie Sunshine
These blueberry pie bars are one of my all-time favorite frozen blueberry recipes! They're super moist and the streusel topping is irresistible!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Cooling Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 9 servings
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Ingredients  

Crust and Crumble Topping

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • pinch salt, optional and to taste

Filling

  • 1 large egg
  • heaping 1/2 cup plain or vanilla Greek yogurt; or sour cream, lite is okay
  • cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

Blueberry Layer

  • 12 ounces 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen; I used frozen and didn’t thaw)
  • cup granulated sugar, or 1/2 cup if berries are sour
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-inch square pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray; set aside. Lining the pan will really help with cleanup and is recommended.

Make the Crust and Crumble Topping

  • In a large, microwave-safe bowl melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power.
  • Add the sugars and whisk to combine.
  • And the flour, optional salt, and stir to combine. Mixture will be very dry and sandy with some larger, well-formed crumble pieces.
  • Set a heaping 3/4 cup crumble mixture aside.
  • Transfer remaining mixture to prepared pan, and using a spatula or your fingers, hard-pack the mixture to create an even, smooth, flat crust; set aside.

Make the Filling

  • In a medium bowl, add the egg, Greek yogurt, sugar, vanilla, and whisk to combine.
  • Add the flour and whisk to combine.
  • Evenly pour filling over the crust and jiggle pan to help distribute it or smooth it with a spatula; set aside.

Make the Blueberry Layer

  • In a separate medium mixing bowl, add all filling ingredients and toss to combine. If sugar hasn’t dissolved fully or still has crystals, that’s okay because it liquifies while baking.
  • Evenly distribute blueberry mixture over the filling.
  • Evenly sprinkle with the reserved heaping 3/4 cup crust mixture. Before sprinkling, I squeeze the mixture in my palm to encourage bigger crumble pieces to form.

Bake the Bars

  • Bake for about 60 minutes, or until edges are bubbling quite vigorously and there’s some bubbling in the center. Crumble topping should appear set and very pale golden.*
  • Place pan on a wire rack and allow bars to cool for at least 1 to 2 hours (overnight is even better) before slicing and serving. If you try to slice bars before they’ve cooled completely, they’ll be extremely messy and could fall apart. Bars will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, in the fridge for up to 10 days (they’re good slightly chilled if you like chilled pie), or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

Notes

*Note: I used frozen berries without thawing and the pan was very cold going into the oven. If using fresh berries, baking time will be reduced, but I’m not sure by how much, I’d guess at least 10-15 minutes, possibly less. Watch your bars, not the clock, when evaluating doneness.

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 340kcal, Carbohydrates: 56g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 49mg, Sodium: 32mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 36g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Blueberry Bars with Crumble Topping — These bars are buttery and packed with blueberry flavor! They take just 10 minutes of prep and then go straight into the oven. So easy to make, and a crowd pleaser every time!

Blueberry Crisp — This fruit crisp is delicious as is, but you could also serve it with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream.

Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake – An EASY, no-mixer cake studded with juicy blueberries and topped with big buttery streusel nuggets that are just SO GOOD!! Not overly sweet and PERFECT with a cup of coffee for breakfast, brunch, or a snack!

Blueberry Lemon Bundt Cake — The cake is packed with sweet, juicy blueberries and while there’s lemon in the batter, it’s the lemon glaze that really brings out the tartly-sweet lemon flavor that complements the blueberries so well!

Brown Sugar Blueberry Banana Bread — Super moist blueberry banana bread made with Greek yogurt and dark brown sugar. Smear some homemade blueberry butter onto a slice of this blueberry brown sugar banana bread and prepare to fall in love! 

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Lightened Up Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake — Since most of us can’t afford to eat a pound of butter and a pound of sugar, this is the next best thing. This is butter-less pound cake and made using I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!® Spread, the Light version.

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Blueberry Muffin Cake — This fast and easy cake tastes like a big buttermilk pancake that ran into a blueberry muffin on the way to the oven.

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Reposted July 13, 2019 and reposted May 13, 2022 with updated text.

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  1. 5 stars
    I just made these and they are the bomb. Not to sweet just rhe right about of blueberries to crust ratio. I used fresh berries and cooked it for one hour. Perfect 😋

  2. 5 stars
    I doubled this and made it for thanksgiving. It was a hit! My 12 year old son said it was the best thanksgiving ever because of the blueberry bars.

    1. Thanks for the 5 star review and glad your 12 year old son said it was the best thanksgiving ever because of the blueberry bars! Love that!

  3. 5 stars
    Followed this recipe to a T and used sour cream instead of yogurt. They came out super moist and delicious. Everyone at my party loved them!! I’m definitely going to make these again.

    1. I used canned blueberry pie filling as I had no fresh or frozen… we thought it turned out fine! I’m sure fresh/frozen may give it more flavor and I will try that next time to compare. I would, however, make it again with canned! I baked for about 50 minutes. A quick and easy recipe on a day that I happened to be snowed in! Really enjoyed the crust!

  4. Do you know if these freeze well? I would like to make them for Thanksgiving. Would be nice if I could make them ahead of time.

    1. If you’re trying to do things in advance these would be fine to make a couple say on Tuesday for example. I am not sure about the freezing them though and the consistency of the fruit upon thawing.

  5. 5 stars
    I made this last night and I will agree with every other good review! I live in South Africa and have never tasted anything like it here- I lived in the States and that gave me my love of pies! Thanks for this!

    1. Thanks for the five star review and I’m glad that you loved these! I agree, not a ‘common’ taste, not even for the states I don’t think, but a great improvisation of blueberry pie (that’s better and easier than pie in my opinion)!

  6. 5 stars
    I’ve made this for dessert tonight, I’m sure the four teenage boys will eat the whole tray, looks and smells delicious, also great as all ingredients ‘normal things’ we get in Australia, sometimes I get excited About. Among something and then can’t make it if we don’t have a substitute. Thanks for a great recipe!

  7. 5 stars
    These bars were amazing! Even my daughter who is very picky loved them. I just noticed the bottom crust was really hard – like hard to eat with a fork??? I’m not sure if normal or if maybe I did something wrong??? Maybe I overcooked or packed down the layer too much.

    1. I’m glad that even your daughter love this! Regarding the crust, it could be a couple different things. They could be like you said that you over packed it, you could’ve over flouted the dough a bit. Maybe scale back by a couple tablespoons of flour. You could’ve over baked it by 3 to 5 minutes, there’s a variety of things but trying a combination of those things are all of the above should help you next time.

      1. Thank you Averie! I think I packed down and maybe too much flour.. I will try again for sure..thanks for your help😊

  8. This is in my oven right now! I am bringing it to a friend’s house tonight. I’ve never made it before but it looks so fabulous I figure I can’t go wrong! I’m going to bring along some vanilla ice cream to go with it!

  9. 5 stars
    This was fabulous. I made it just as written with fresh blueberries and cooked for 50 minutes. It drew raves from my yoga group. Thank you! Wish I could add a picture!

  10. your recipe looks great but I have a grand-daughter with a sensitivity to dairy products. Have you ever tried this recipe using a non-dairy yogurt? Just wondering if it would work the same way as a Greek or other dairy yogurt?

    1. I have not made this exact recipe using a dairy-free/vegan yogurt but I have used them in baking in the past with good luck. It was the Silk brand that I used. Good luck!