No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake – Sugar Spun Run
Made with actual melted chocolate and wealthy cream cheese, this no-bake chocolate cheesecake tastes simply as decadent because the baked model! No gelatin, condensed milk, or oven required. Recipe features a how-to video!
Chocolate No-Bake Cheesecake
Whereas I like a baked chocolate cheesecake, typically (like in these canine days of summer time) I simply don’t really feel like turning on the oven. My no-bake chocolate cheesecake is the proper answer (if I do say so myself)!
It has a really chocolatey, thick, and easy filling and a crumbly chocolate cookie crust. For those who’ve been round right here for some time, you realize I’m a bit cheesecake obsessed, and this one checks each field for me regardless of by no means touching the oven!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Completely no-bake! Some recipes nonetheless have you ever bake the crust, however mine doesn’t. There’s completely no oven wanted for as we speak’s recipe.
- No gelatin, condensed milk, or pudding mixes! My no-bake chocolate cheesecake is 100% from scratch. We’ll use a whipped cream base and melted chocolate for a thick and creamy texture.
- Really tastes like actual cheesecake. We’re utilizing loads of cream cheese and melted chocolate (not cocoa powder!) to present this recipe an genuine taste and texture.
- Works equally properly on an Oreo crust or a graham cracker crust, although I like to recommend Oreo for essentially the most chocolate taste.
This recipe relies off my no-bake cheesecake, which so lots of you may have tried and requested methods to flip right into a chocolate model. I’m so completely happy to lastly share this and may’t wait to listen to the way you prefer it!
Elements
- Cream cheese. You could use block-style, full-fat cream cheese for this recipe. Utilizing another variety could lead to a runny texture. Be sure to set this out forward of time so it has loads of time to melt.
- Chocolate. I desire to make use of a chopped semisweet chocolate bar and discover I’ve the perfect outcomes with that; nonetheless, chances are you’ll use chocolate chips as a substitute if that’s all you may have available.
- Bitter cream. I add bitter cream to all of my cheesecake recipes; it’s important to attaining that barely tangy taste. I believe full-fat Greek yogurt may additionally work.
- Heavy cream. Whipping cream or double cream can even work. Be sure that is good and chilly so it whips correctly!
- Chocolate sandwich cookies. Don’t take away the cream! I do know I’ve mentioned previously that I take away the cream if I’m making an Oreo crust for a springform pan (like when making my Oreo cheesecake), however that rule bends a bit on the subject of no-bake recipes. We don’t have to fret in regards to the cream melting into our ovens right here, so depart it in. Not solely does this prevent time, nevertheless it additionally helps bind the crust collectively.
SAM’S TIP: I like my no-bake chocolate cheesecake topped with whipped cream, however chocolate whipped cream or chocolate ganache are enjoyable (and decadent) choices as properly! Or you may use the Bailey’s whipped cream from my frozen mudslide pie–yum!
That is simply an summary of the substances I used and why. For the total recipe please scroll all the way down to the underside of the put up!
Find out how to Make No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake
- Make the crust: pulverize the cookies into high quality crumbs, then add the melted butter and pulse to mix. Press the crumbs into your springform pan, ensuring to work them as excessive up the edges as potential. Put aside–there isn’t a have to bake or refrigerate.
- Soften the chocolate (I do that within the microwave), then put aside. In a separate bowl, beat the cream cheese till easy. Fold within the melted chocolate till the combination is cohesive.
- Add the vanilla and powdered sugar (solely ¾ cup for now) and stir till every little thing is mixed, then fold within the bitter cream.
- Whip the cream and remaining powdered sugar in a separate bowl. You’ll know you’ve reached stiff peaks when the combination is fluffy and thick, like Cool Whip.
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the chocolate combination till it’s fully mixed. Unfold into your ready crust, easy the floor, and canopy. Let chill for no less than 4 hours, then slice and serve.
SAM’S TIP: The batter can take somewhat persistence to carry collectively, particularly when folding the whipped cream into the chocolate combination. It’s doable by hand and preferable to utilizing an electrical mixer, however in case you should use an electrical mixer, achieve this simply briefly on low velocity.
Regularly Requested Questions
This could occur in case you use the incorrect sort of cream cheese or fail to whip your cream to stiff peaks. When you’ve got struggled with whipping cream to stiff peaks previously, positively take a look at my do-it-yourself whipped cream put up earlier than beginning this recipe.
A pre-made crust shall be a lot too small for this recipe. In actual fact, you may even be capable of fill two pre-made crusts with the quantity of filling used right here. I extremely suggest making your personal crust for the perfect outcomes–it’s critically straightforward and tastes so a lot better!
No, sadly. Spreadable cream cheese has components in it that may stop your cheesecake from organising correctly.
Nope! Not like many different no-bake chocolate cheesecake recipes, my recipe is really 100% no-bake. The crust can simply sit in your counter after you press it into your pan. It should arrange within the fridge whereas the remainder of the cheesecake units up.
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No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake
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Servings: 12 servings
Energy: 538kcal
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Directions
Make the crust
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Place cookies in a meals processor and pulverize to high quality crumbs. Drizzle melted butter overtop and pulse briefly till all crumbs are moistened.
25 basic Oreo or chocolate sandwich cookies, 4 Tablespoons (55 g) melted salted butter
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Press crumbs evenly into the underside and up the edges of an ungreased 9” springform pan. Put aside when you put together your filling.
Put together the filling
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Place chocolate in a medium-sized microwave-safe mixing bowl and warmth within the microwave in 25-second intervals, stirring properly in between, till chocolate is totally melted and easy.
8 oz (226 g) finely chopped 60% or semisweet chocolate
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In a separate mixing bowl, use an electrical mixer to beat the cream cheese till easy and creamy. Drizzle within the melted chocolate and stir to mix.
16 oz cream cheese
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Add ¾ cup (94g) powdered sugar and vanilla extract and stir till mixed.
1 ¼ cups (157 g) powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Stir in bitter cream till combination is easy and uniform.
⅓ cup (75 g) bitter cream
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In a separate mixing bowl, mix heavy cream and remaining powdered sugar (63g) and use an electrical mixer to beat till combination is thick and fluffy and stiff peaks kind in case you elevate the beaters from the combination.
1 ¼ cups heavy cream
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Use a spatula to softly fold the whipped cream into the chocolate combination till easy and uniform (it might take a bit of labor however I desire to do that by hand, however if you’re struggling you may briefly use your electrical mixer on low-speed to assist incorporate substances, simply don’t overdo it!).
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Unfold filling evenly into ready crust and easy the floor with an offset spatula. Cowl pan with plastic wrap and chill within the fridge for no less than 4 hours earlier than slicing and serving, ideally topped with do-it-yourself whipped cream.
Home made whipped cream for topping
Notes
Chocolate
You might substitute 8 oz of semisweet chocolate chips as a substitute if desired (no want to cut them).
Storing
Cowl tightly and retailer within the fridge for as much as 5 days.
Vitamin
Serving: 1serving | Energy: 538kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 6g | Fats: 39g | Saturated Fats: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 11g | Trans Fats: 0.2g | Ldl cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 257mg | Potassium: 249mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 1038IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 4mg
Dietary data relies on third-party calculations and must be thought-about an estimate solely. Precise dietary content material will range primarily based upon manufacturers used, measuring strategies, cooking technique, portion sizes, and extra.
