Chocolate Cheesecake No-Bake Dessert Boxes

Why You'll Love These Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes

You'll love this recipe for the amazing texture combo. The crunchy cookie base, ultra-creamy chocolate cheesecake filling that melts in your mouth, and silky-smooth chocolate topping create a dream texture.

The contrasting layers of crispness and creaminess are perfection in every bite. The portion sizes also hit the sweet spot for indulging without overdoing it.

Ingredients In My Chocolate Cheesecake Boxes

Crumb Base:

• Cookies/Biscuits - Any crisp cookie or biscuit works well here to form the crunchy base. Graham crackers, Oreos, or digestive biscuits are all great options.

Chocolate Cheesecake Filling:

• Chocolate - You have the choice of using dark, milk, or white chocolate chips, chunks or a chopped chocolate bar. Use your preferred chocolate variety.
• Heavy Cream - This gets divided between the filling and topping to create the lush, velvety textures.
• Cream Cheese - Full-fat brick-style cream cheese provides the thick, creamy base for the cheesecake filling.
• Powdered Sugar - Sweetens and helps set the filling.

Ganache Topping:

• More Chocolate and Heavy Cream - Melted together into a satiny chocolate ganache to blanket the cheesecake filling.

Cookie Garnish:

• Crushed/Crumbled Cookies - An extra sprinkle of cookie crumbs on top adds great crunch and texture contrast.

How To Make My Chocolate Cheesecake Boxes

Base

1. Blend or crush the cookies into fine crumbs.
2. Divide the cookie crumbs evenly among several small dessert cups or ramekins, pressing them down to form a crust base.

Filling:

1. Melt the chocolate and some heavy cream together until smooth. Allow to cool slightly.
2. In a separate bowl, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Mix the melted chocolate mixture into the cream cheese mixture until fully incorporated.
4. In another bowl, whip additional heavy cream to stiff peaks.
5. Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate cream cheese mixture gently.
6. Pipe or spoon the filling on top of the cookie crusts in the cups.
7. Refrigerate while making the topping.

Topping:

1. Melt more chocolate and heavy cream together until smooth and pourable.
2. Allow to cool slightly until thickened to a ganache consistency.
3. Pour or spoon the chocolate topping over each filled cheesecake cup to cover the filling completely.

Garnish:

1. Sprinkle crushed/crumbled cookie pieces over the top of your chocolate cheesecakes.
2. Return the assembled cups to the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving to allow everything to set completely.

Pro Tip For Chocolate Cheesecakes

One tip is to use room temperature cream cheese when making the cheesecake filling. If the cream cheese is too cold straight from the fridge, it will be hard to get it perfectly smooth and lump-free when beating it.

This simple step makes a huge difference in achieving that luxuriously creamy, silky-smooth cheesecake texture you want in every bite of these decadent little dessert cups. Room temp cream cheese blends seamlessly with the other ingredients.

Recipe Variations For Chocolate Cheesecake

Here are some tasty variations and additions you could try with this mini chocolate cheesecake dessert boxes recipe:

Flavor Variations:

• Peanut Butter - Swirl in ¼ cup creamy peanut butter to the cheesecake filling
• Espresso - Add 1-2 teaspoon espresso powder or instant coffee granules to enhance the chocolate flavor
• Mint - Fold in ½ teaspoon peppermint extract or crushed candy canes/peppermint patties
• Nutella - Substitute Nutella for some of the chocolate in the filling and/or topping
• Liqueurs - Add a splash of Bailey's, Kahlua, or your favorite liqueur

Crust Variations:

• Oreo Crust - Use crushed Oreo cookies for the base instead of plain cookies
• Pretzel Crust - Use crushed pretzels or pretzel crumbs for a sweet-salty crust
• Nut Crust - Pulse nuts like pecans, walnuts or hazelnuts into the crust

Topping Additions:

• Candy Pieces - Sprinkle with chocolate chips, toffee bits, chopped candy bars
• Fruit Sauces - Drizzle with raspberry sauce, strawberry or caramel sauce
• Ice Cream - Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top
• Nut Garnish - Sprinkle with chopped nuts like pecans or walnuts

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