Description
Creamy no bake cherry cheesecake brings summer’s sweetest memories to your dessert table with minimal effort. Smooth cream cheese, tangy cherries, and a buttery graham cracker crust combine for a delightful treat you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 16 ounces (454 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) whipped cream
- 1 can cherry pie filling
Crust Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups (180 grams) graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) butter, melted
- 1/4 cup (50 grams) sugar
Flavoring Ingredient:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Crush graham crackers and combine with sugar and melted butter, creating a uniform crumbly mixture that firmly packs into the bottom of a rectangular dish, forming a solid foundational crust.
- Whip cream cheese with sugar and vanilla until achieving a silky, lump-free consistency, then gently incorporate whipped cream to create a light, airy filling.
- Carefully spread the creamy mixture over the prepared graham cracker base, ensuring an even, smooth surface that covers the entire crust.
- Refrigerate the dessert for a minimum of 4 hours, allowing the filling to set and develop a firm, sliceable texture.
- Just before serving, generously top the chilled cheesecake with vibrant cherry pie filling, creating a glossy, colorful finish that adds a burst of fruity sweetness to the creamy dessert.
Notes
- Swap graham crackers with gluten-free alternatives like almond flour or crushed oat cookies for a celiac-friendly version.
- Reduce sugar content by using monk fruit sweetener or stevia to create a lower-calorie dessert option.
- For a fresh twist, replace canned cherry pie filling with homemade cherry compote using fresh seasonal cherries.
- Enhance texture by adding a light sprinkle of chopped toasted almonds or pistachios on top for extra crunch and nutty flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 379 kcal
- Sugar: 27 g
- Sodium: 210 mg
- Fat: 29 g
- Saturated Fat: 18 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg