No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

This is a very easy to make no bake cheesecake with minimum ingredients. Chocolate, Oreos and Nutella, well everything yummy and delicious. Involve your children and get them interested in baking (well essentially just mixing and freezing) with this recipe. Effort is tiny and outcome is tasty so, go for it.

No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients:

For Crust:

  • 30 Oreo thin cookies (more is fine)
  • 2 tbsp melted unsalted butter

For Cheesecake:

  • 2 cream cheese packs (8 oz each)
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup Nutella

For Decorating:

  • 2 oz chocolate
  • 1tbsp softened unsalted butter
No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

Tips:

  • Use butter, cream cheese and sour cream at room temperature.
  • If the cheesecake slices are melting a little at the edges, keep it in the freezer for 2 to 3 minutes just before serving.
  • Butter the pan before putting the crumb crust in the pan to remove the cheesecake easily later.
No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

Directions:

  • Put Oreo cookies in a small grinder and crush them until the crumbs are very fine.
  • Pour crumbs into a large bowl, add melted and slightly cooled butter to it, and stir until well combined.
  • Press the crumb mixture into a 9-inch springform pan or a 9 -inch pie pan , spread and press flat.
  • Chill crust in freezer for at least 10 minutes.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the icing sugar and sour cream, scraping the sides of the bowl, as necessary.
  • Add and fold the vanilla extract and Nutella slowly and carefully .
  • Pour the filling into the crust. Cover with plastic wrap if you want and refrigerate until firm, 2 ½ to 3 hours.
  • Remove cheesecake and put some melted chocolate strokes on top and its ready to serve.
No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake