This Best Ever No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake is the perfect easy-to-make cheesecake dessert that’s creamy and delicious and packed with real chocolate!
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If you’ve been a reader of The Busy Baker for awhile you’ll know that I love sharing my favourite no bake cheesecake recipes with you. No bake cheesecakes are an easy, no-fuss way to enjoy your favourite dessert and know it will turn out perfectly every time you make it! No water bath, no baking, no cracking, and no stress! This Best Ever No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake is one of my favourite cheesecake recipes on the planet, and I know it will be yours too!
I’ve shared SO many of my favourite Easy No Bake Cheesecake recipes with you already, like this Mint Chocolate Chip No Bake Cheesecake, this Strawberry Swirl No Bake Cheesecake, and this Easy No Bake Mini Eggs Cheesecake. This Best Ever No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake uses a very similar no-fail no-bake cheesecake method, and today I’m sharing some of my favourite tips for taking your own no bake cheesecakes to the next level!!
Looking for even more delicious no bake desserts? Try this Easy No Bake Funfetti Cheesecake, or this Easy No Bake Oreo Cheesecake!
Tips for the best no bake cheesecake:
- Use full fat cream cheese. Low fat cream cheese has a high water content and liquifies much more easily at room temperature than regular full fat cream cheese does. Using full fat cream cheese will help your no bake cheesecake stay firm and help it slice cleanly for serving.
- Use whipped cream or whipped topping whipped to stiff peaks. Under-whipped cream can be too liquid-y and therefore prevent the cheesecake from setting.
- Use melted chocolate. Melted white, dark or even milk chocolate hardens when it cools which helps give structure to a no-bake cheesecake, helping it firm up for slicing. Let the melted chocolate cool a bit before adding it to the batter!
- Set the cheesecake in the fridge first, and then the freezer for best results. My no bake cheesecakes always turn out best when the chill for 6-8 hours in the fridge and then spend 3-4 hours in the freezer to firm up for those gorgeous, clean slices.
- Don’t add too many extra ingredients. Too many chunks of chocolate, fruit, or sprinkles, or any other add-ins can prevent the cheesecake from setting properly and make it more difficult to slice cleanly. Be sure to use only what the recipe calls for, or none at all!
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I hope you love this Best Ever No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite easy no bake dessert? I’d love to know!
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Best Ever No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake
Recipe: Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup Oreo baking crumbs
- 5 tablespoons butter melted
- 1000 grams full fat cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar sifted to remove lumps
- 400 grams semi-sweet chocolate melted and cooled, approximately 15 ounces
- 1 1/2 cup whipped cream (or whipped topping, ex: cool whip or dream whip)
- shaved chocolate, berries, and whipped cream or whipped topping for garnish
Recipe: Instructions
- Combine the Oreo baking crumbs and melted butter until moistened and crumbly.
- Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan and refrigerate to set.
- Combine the cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl, mixing with a hand mixer on medium speed (or in your stand mixer) until smooth.
- Add the melted semi sweet chocolate in a steady stream while the mixer is running on low speed, until completely incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to be sure everything is incorporated.
- Fold in the whipped cream or whipped topping by hand until the mixture is fluffy and creamy and there are no streaks of white in the batter.
- Pour the cheesecake mixture into the refrigerated crust and smooth out the top with a rubber spatula.
- Refrigerate to set for 6 hours or overnight, or set in the fridge for 2-3 hours and then in the freezer for 2-3 hours before serving.
- Slice and serve with whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and fresh berries, if desired.
Recipe: Notes
Recipe: Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
This recipe has been on repeat for years for special occasions at our house. It is so moist and 1000% better than any baked cheesecake. It is decadent but not sickly sweet. It is easy to assemble and our family loves it.
Thanks for sharing the love! We’re so glad to hear your family loves it 🙂
Hi there. This looks absolutely delicious. I’m planning to make it for my hubbys birthday. How many days in advance can I make it?
This cheesecake can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Let us know how it turns out. Happy birthday!
Made this a few times was wonderful. Made it tonight and it’s gritty. Can it be fixed?
A gritty cheesecake mixture is a result of warm melted chocolate getting mixed in cold cream cheese. I suggest that you take out your cream cheese from your fridge in advance so that it can get to room temperature before you mix in the melted chocolate. And also, rest your chocolate for a while after you melt it before you mix it in the cream cheese.
To fix this problem, pour some hot water in a large bowl and put your mixing bowl inside (be sure that the water level is low enough so none of the hot water gets in your cheesecake mixture). As the walls of your mixing bowl warm up, the small chocolate pieces will start to melt. As they do, you should be mixing continuously with a whisk or hand mixer (on low speed) to incorporate the chocolate in the cream cheese. However, this will give you a warm cheesecake mixture that will require more time to set. Hope this helps ☺️
Could we freeze the leftovers? And for how long?
Delicious recipe!
Yes, for about a month, but make sure you defrost it slowly in the fridge.
I’m questioning 1000 grams of cream cheese. Each brick is 250 grams. 4 bricks? This just doesn’t seem right. Please confirm
Hi Cheryl! Yes, for this recipe you will need 1000g of cream cheese!
It is amazing and firm enough to resemble a baked cheesecake. It is incredibly rich and delicious!
Thanks so much Pam!!😊
How does this compare to the classic no bake cheesecake? It seems to have double the amount of cream cheese???
This one contains chocolate, which changes the texture and flavour quite a lot. It’s also a little bit taller than the classic one. 🙂
Mmm so chocolatey and creamy, definitely is the best cheesecake!
OH my goodness, this looks amaaaazing!! The perfect dessert!!!
I know what I will be having for dessert tonight! This looks so light and smooth; yum!
This chocolate cheesecake looks absolutely delicious! Yummy!
This chocolate cheesecake looks AMAZING! I’m drooling now!!
Get in my belly! This is one of my absolute favorites!
I always struggle with cheesecakes. These are fantastic tips! Thank you!