Easy No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

I made this a couple of weeks ago when some friends came over for dinner and it was a hit with everyone, even the person who is not usually a fan of cheesecake! It’s really easy to make, and no baking required. Creamy and rich…mmm…it disappeared pretty fast!

I mostly got the recipe from the Nestle website verybestbaking.com here. (They used a bought pre-made biscuit base, so I had a look at a few other cheesecake recipes to decide on what to use here.)

Ingredients

400g chocolate digestive biscuits, crushed to fine crumbs (I used a food processor)
75g butter, melted
400g cream cheese, softened
200g chocolate, melted (I used 100g dark and 100g milk chocolate and melted it carefully in the microwave)
¾ cup light brown sugar
¼ cup caster sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

1. Mix the crushed biscuits and melted butter together well and tip into a 23cm springform tin. Using the back of a spoon, press the crumbs down really hard to make a flat and even surface. Put the base in the fridge while you make the filling.
2. Beat the cream cheese, sugars, vanilla and milk together until well combined and smooth (about 2 mins with a mixer on high speed).
3. Add the melted chocolate and beat again until well combined and smooth.
4. Spoon the filling onto the base and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon or a palette knife.
5. Chill for 1½ hours before serving. Run a knife around the edge before releasing the sides of the tin.

Tips

Serve this on its own, with whipped cream or a chocolate sauce.

Once the filling is set, you can top it with more melted chocolate (another 100g) if you like.