Published: Oct 27, 2018 · 114 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

Name: No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake
Prep time: 20 min
Ingredients: 6.7 oz oreo cookies ((190 gr)); 3 tbsp unsalted butter ((45 gr), melted); 8 oz semisweet chocolate ((230 gr), chopped into small pieces); 14 oz cream cheese ((400 gr)); 1 cup icing sugar ((120 gr), sifted); 1 tsp vanilla extract; Pinch of salt; 1/2 cup whipping cream min 35% fat ((125 ml), chilled); 3 oz semisweet chocolate ((85 gr), chopped into small pieces); 1/3 cup whipping cream min 35% fat (plus 2 tbsp more, (110 ml), chilled); some raspberries

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Smooth creamy decadent no bake chocolate cheesecake, just for you.

Like my other no bake cheesecakes, this recipe is simple yet extremely delicious.

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Perfect For The Holidays

Yes the holiday season is upon us. It's my favourite time of the year!

What is more appropriate than going all chocolaty for the holidays, right?

In our house I'm the one who's not into sweets (yes, it's unbelievable for all the sweet treats that I've been making) but I simple LOVE to cook and bake. My husband and his side of the family simply love sweet treats so it definitely works out for us in the end.

And for some reason when the holiday season is approaching I find myself craving for chocolaty treats. Do you feel the same?

I've been telling Marco, ohhh we HAVE to make a no bake CHOCOLATE cheesecake! Him being a sweet tooth, I didn't need to convince him that much. Haha!

So if you're looking for something elegant, decadent and amazing then look no more. Try this. I promise everybody will love it.

Let's get on with the recipe, shall we?

The Base

As you can see in the video below, I'm using oreo cookies for the base.

The whole cookies with the cream. Yes, everything goes. Who wants to spend time scraping the cream out from each cookie, right? Besides the cream will help in bringing the crumbs together.

If you're not into oreo cookies, you can always use other type of cookies for the base. There's no harm in it.

One thing though, if you're not using oreo cookies, please refer to my other no bake cheesecake that uses digestive biscuits for the base as the measurement is slightly different from this recipe with oreo cookies.

The Chocolate Cheesecake

This cheesecake has NO GELATIN in it. Yep. Many of you have been asking for cheesecakes that have no gelatin in it so here it is.

I'm using semisweet 55% cocoa chocolate for this recipe. I find it has a perfect balance of sweetness and chocolaty taste to flavour this lovely cheesecake.

If you're into dark chocolate, by all means use it if you want to. Just know that the exact strong slightly bitter taste of a dark chocolate will be transferred into the cheesecake.

And of course, your cheesecake will be slightly darker.

I'm using a pinch of salt in the chocolate cheesecake mixture. It might sound weird to use salt in a sweet dish but trust me, it will bring out the chocolate taste to another level.

What I like to do with the chocolate is melt it first before I start whisking my cream cheese and everything else. This will give the melted chocolate a bit of time to cool down before I use it later.

How To Melt Chocolate In Microwave

And I like the convenience of melting my chocolate in the microwave instead of double boiler. Less hassle.

What I do is chop the chocolate into small pieces so that they are easier to melt. Then put them in a microwavable glass bowl and heat for 30 seconds.

After 30 seconds I will take out the bowl and mix the chocolate. The chocolate won't be melted yet at this point but it's important that you mix it anyway to help in distributing the heat evenly between the chocolate pieces.

Then I will repeat the process until the chocolate is fully melted. And yes, I stir every 30 seconds intervals.

Easy, right?

The Chocolate Ganache

It is for the holidays anyway, right?

Go big or go home.

To further bring this chocolate cheesecake to another chocolate level, let's cover it with a smooth silky chocolate ganache, shall we?

It's not a thick layer, don't worry. It's just a nice perfect thin layer to give that decadent chocolaty taste in your every bite.

And I'm using the same semisweet chocolate of 55% cocoa for it, combined with some whipping cream.

If you don't feel like putting some ganache on top, you can simply dust the cheesecake with some cocoa powder. That works also.

Well there you go. As you can see in the step by step video below this wonderful chocolate cheesecake is super easy to do with just a few basic ingredients. Let me know if you liked it.

Before You Go

If you're a no bake cheesecake lover, then I would want to entice you to my other no bake cheesecake recipes. I promise you they are delicious.

No-bake vanilla cheesecake (without gelatine)
No bake cookie butter cheesecake (or also known as biscoff or lotus)
No bake lemon cheesecake (match this with my homemade lemon curd, oh la la)
No-bake caramel apple cheesecake
No bake chocolate and peanut butter cheesecake (yes, do try!)

Or simply go to my recipe page to see more of my yummy cheesecake recipes.

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