If you know me, you know I love cheesecake. From The Best Vanilla Cheesecake Recipe to The Best Chocolate Cheesecake and these fun Easy Cheesecake Cupcakes, I love it all! But summer is here, and I’m turning more and more to my favorite no bake desserts. This No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake is perfectly rich and creamy, but it also holds up beautifully when sliced because of the melted and chilled chocolate in the base. It’s also easy to make with milk chocolate or white chocolate if you prefer! This Chocolate Cheesecake is rounding out my cheesecake collection nicely, filling in the gaps between this No Bake Lemon Cheesecake, No Bake White Chocolate Cheesecake and No Bake S’mores Cheesecake so you’ve got lots of options for summer! If you’re just a straight up chocolate lover, you’ll want to try this Chocolate Lasagna, Chocolate Trifle or my Chocolate Crinkle Cookies next! And however you choose to top it, it’s going to be a show stopper.
Ingredients Needed:
Melted butter: acts as our glue for the crust! I use unsalted but salted will work as well, you just might want to add a tablespoon of sugar to offset the additional salt. Oreo cookies: we’re using the whole cookie, frosting and all. Chocolate: any kind of chocolate will work — just choose a solid chocolate bar, something that will melt smoothly and set up firmly. Cream: heavy whipping cream is needed here, at least 30-35% fat. Cream cheese: full fat cream cheese is best because it contains less water, meaning a firmer cheesecake. You can use light cream cheese for a softer cheesecake. Powdered sugar: powdered sugar sweetens and thickens the cheesecake. Using powdered sugar also means that our filling is perfectly smooth.
How to make No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake:
Tips for making this No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake:
I used to add my cream to the cheesecake filling and beat it all together. This worked great for me, to be honest, but I know it can be hard to tell when you’re done whipping and was not as foolproof. If you’ve made the recipe that way before and it worked well for you, you can continue to do that. If not, try my new method! I guarantee you you won’t regret it 😉 You need to give it time to chill. A significant amount of time. If you’re serving this with dinner, you might want to prepare it in the morning so it can chill all day. You can also make it the day ahead and let it chill for up to 24 hours. You don’t want to let it sit much more than 24 hours because the crust can start to get a little soggy. Use a chocolate you enjoy eating. If that’s dark chocolate, use dark. If it’s milk chocolate, use that. You can even get crazy and use white chocolate! The choice is yours.
Variations on this Chocolate Cheesecake:
Turtle: top with caramel sauce, toasted pecans and chocolate shavings Black forest: top with cherry pie filling and whipped cream Fresh fruit: load it up with blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and more Triple chocolate: serve it with a chocolate whipped cream and chocolate sauce or shavings
What if I’m looking for a baked Chocolate Cheesecake?
You can find my recipe for the best Chocolate Cheesecake here — it is smooth and silky and not dense and heavy like a lot of baked cheesecakes!
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