Gorgeous, simple and easy no-bake Cookie Dough Cheesecake – perfect for the cookie dough fiend in your life!
Why hello! Today I’m bringing you another no-bake cheesecake! I don’t think I made one in five years of blogging, and now you have two in a month!
By the way, did you see my nutella no-bake cheesecake? ohhhh it’s a good one!
I made this cheesecake for a party (what is a party without desserts?!) but really the party was an excuse to make this No-Bake Easy Cookie Dough Cheesecake.
The base was adapted from Nigella Lawson – on her new TV show for Simply Nigella, she made a Salted Chocolate Tart which looked AMAZING. This cheesecake uses a very similar base, and it’s made with oreo cookies, butter, dark chocolate and salt. It’s SO good!
This recipe is SIMPLE and very easy! Please don’t be put off by the three stages, as the most difficult thing you’ll do at any point is a bit of stirring*. I think we can handle that, don’t you?
*Oh – and not eating all of the cookie dough mixture.
(by the way, you DO NOT need to have a food processor or mixer to make this cheesecake – though you can use one – and it can be made-ahead and chilled or even frozen!)
The Cheesecake is a really simple recipe – just cream cheese, double cream, vanilla and brown sugar which is topped with a yummy egg-free cookie dough. You could also swirl the two together, and I will definitely do that next time…
You can use any biscuits you have on hand to make the base – I used a combination of oreo’s, peanut butter oreo’s and ginger biscuits! Bourbons would be great, malted milk….. and you could use homemade biscuits too.
Whether you want to use a food processor or do it by hand, making the base is so simple. We’ll just crush the biscuits and mix the crumbs with melted butter and dark chocolate, plus some salt for that delicious salty-sweet flavour.
- For the base:
- 2 packets of original oreo's, or another chocolate biscuit (300g of biscuits in all)
- 75g plain chocolate (or chocolate you want - I like plain, about 55% cocoa solids)
- 65g unsalted butter, melted
- half tsp sea salt flakes
- For the cheesecake:
- 350g cream cheese (I love Lidl's Goldessa cream cheese but any kind works!)
- 300ml double cream
- 110g light brown sugar (could also be called light muscavado sugar) - you can also use caster
- 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste or extract
- pinch salt
- For the cookie dough:
- 175g unsalted butter
- 180g light brown sugar
- 50g caster sugar
- 300g plain flour
- 350g chocolate chips or chunks
- 10 tbsp whole milk (or use almond milk, coconut milk, etc)
- 2 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp sea salt
- For the cheesecake base:
- A tin with a loose bottom is best but by no means essential for this cheesecake (I didn't use one). Either way, you'll want a tin that's between 8 and 10 inches wide and you don't need to grease it before using it.
- You can make the base either by hand or in a food processor. To make by hand, pop all of your biscuits into a large good quality (ie not super flimsy!) sandwich bag and smash them to smithereens with a rolling pin (good for stress relief!).
- You want the biscuits to be crumbs, not dust, so don't bash too hard! Combine the crumbs with the melted butter and salt, then grate in your chocolate.
- To make in a food processor, blitz the cookies until they're broken into large crumbs, and add the chocolate (already cut into small chunks). Lastly add the melted butter and pulse.
- Mix well, then crumble the mixture into your tin and use your fingers to firmly press them into the bottom and up the sides of the tin (This is weirdly therapeutic). Set your base aside in the fridge while you make the cheesecake.
- For the cheesecake mixture:
- In a medium sized bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla and beat together. In a separate bowl or jug, whisk the double cream until soft peaks form (you can use an electric whisk but in my experience this never takes longer than about a minute). Mix the cream cheese and double cream mixtures together and spread on top of your cheesecake base.
- For the cookie dough mixture:
- In a bowl (minimise washing up by using the same bowl again!) combine the butter and two sugars and beat together. Add the vanilla, salt and milk, and incorporate the flour before adding your chocolate chips/chunks! Spread over the cheesecake, using a knife to swirl the cookie dough layer and the cheesecake layer together.
- Sprinkle the top of the cheesecake with chocolate sprinkles or flakes of chocolate, and leave to set for at least one hour, or overnight. Cover with clingfilm or tin foil tightly to ensure it doesn't absorb any other odours from your fridge.
- Remove from the fridge about 45 minutes before you want to eat it.
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If you’re as much of a cookie dough fiend as me*, you’ll also want to get some inspiration on my cookie dough pinterest board!
*Though I find it highly unlikely.
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By the way, did you see my nutella no-bake cheesecake? ohhhh it’s a good one!
You could even make the two together (there are bound to be cream cheese/double cream efficiencies, right?) and freeze one. #justsaying
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Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
January 19, 2016 at 12:46 amThat looks so indulgently good Kerry!! And special enough for a celebration too 😀
Jo of Jo's Kitchen says
January 17, 2016 at 10:44 pmI love cookie dough and this cheesecake looks amazing! I agree it should be swirled together though
Munchies and Munchkins says
January 17, 2016 at 10:11 pmOh Kerry, you must stop! I’m on a diet. These look amazing. x
Helen @ family-friends-food.com says
January 17, 2016 at 5:07 pmThat looks gorgeous! Bizarrely, I only ever make baked cheesecakes, but this looks so easy, I might just break with tradition and give it a go 🙂
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Jasmin Charlotte says
January 16, 2016 at 3:19 pmThis looks amazing! I love cookie dough and cookie dough in a cheesecake must be the ultimate. I haven’t made many desserts recently, I think I need to throw a party as an excuse!!