No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake is light & fluffy with a pumpkin cheesecake filling & a chocolate cookie crust. It's irresistible with a drizzle of caramel & chocolate!
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 197kcal
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookie Crust
- 1 ½ cups chocolate cookie crumbs
- 6 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
Pumpkin Cheesecake
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
- 1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 8-ounce Cool Whip (2½ cups)
- Garnishes: chocolate & caramel drizzles, whipped cream, melted chocolate for Halloween web
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Chocolate Cookie Crust
- Place cookies in a large resealable plastic bag. Seal.
- Using a rolling pin, give the crumbs a few taps then roll them until they are fine crumbs. You can also use a chopper, such as a Ninja chopper.
- Place crumbs in a medium bowl and combine with melted butter and sugar.
- Press into bottom and up sides of a springform pan.
- Bake for 8 minutes and let cool.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
- In an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together.
- Turn to lower speed and add pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla extract.
- Stir in cool whip.
- Refrigerate until ready to use and cookie crust is cool.
- Pour into cookie crust and smooth top.
Decoration
- Holiday dessert: Decorate with whipped cream then drizzle chocolate sauce and caramel sauce over top.
- Halloween dessert: Melt ¼ cup chocolate chips and place in a small baggie. Close and make small slit in one corner. Make your spider web. Place a plastic spider on the cake and you're ready to go.
Notes
STORE/FREEZE
To Store: Pumpkin no bake cheesecake should be stored in the refrigerator. Cover the cheesecake with plastic wrap or place it in an airtight storage container. It will last up to 5 days.
To Freeze: Wrap the cheesecake first with a layer of plastic wrap and then a layer of aluminum foil. Freeze it for up to 3 months. Thaw it in the fridge overnight.
Nutrition
Calories: 197kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 119mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 5975IU | Vitamin C: 1.5mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 0.6mg
