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No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

A cookie crust and a chocolate cream-cheese filling set in the fridge. There is no water bath and no oven. You do have to wait for it to chill, or it will not slice.

Prep
25 min
Cook
0 min
Total
25 min
Servings
10
Difficulty
Easy
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A slice of no-bake chocolate cheesecake on a cookie crust.

Why you’ll love it

  • No oven.
  • Chocolate is melted into the filling, not only sprinkled on top.
  • The crust is cookies and butter.
  • An overnight chill is what makes a clean slice.

Ingredients

Servings10

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Crush the cookies to fine crumbs. Stir in the melted butter. Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Chill it while you make the filling.

  2. 2

    Melt the chocolate and let it cool until it is warm, not hot.

  3. 3

    Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in the cooled chocolate.

  4. 4

    In a separate bowl, whip the cream to soft peaks. Fold it into the chocolate mixture.

  5. 5

    Spread the filling over the crust. Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours, or overnight, until a knife comes out clean and the center does not jiggle.

  6. 6

    Slice with a warm knife.

Pro tips

  • Hot chocolate will seize the cream cheese into lumps. Let it cool until you can touch the bowl.
  • Soft peaks mean the cream holds a bend, not a stiff dry peak. Stiff cream makes the filling grainy.
  • If you need it faster, 6 hours is the minimum. Two hours is still a pudding, not a slice.

Easy substitutions

Chocolate sandwich cookies
Graham crackers, and add 1 tbsp cocoa to the crumbs
Heavy cream
An extra 8 oz whipped topping, folded in the same way
Bittersweet chocolate
Semisweet chocolate

Storage and reheating

Storage

Refrigerate covered up to 4 days. It does not freeze cleanly.

Reheating

Serve cold. Do not warm it.

Nutrition

Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.

Calories
480
Protein
6 g
Carbs
40 g
Fat
34 g
Fiber
2 g

Moderate · No Cook · Vegetarian

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