Cheesecake is a delicious indulgance all year round, but is most connected with the holiday of Shavuot, when many Jewish folks celebrate by preparing dairy meals. Here is a very simple and basic no-bake cheesecake with chocolate topping that anyone can prepare. For more delicious cheesecakes like this one, see our post The Ultimate Cheesecake Roundup.

Directions

Prepare the Crust

1. In a food processor with a steel blade, grind the biscuits into a thin powder.

2. Add melted butter and process into a crumbly mixture.

3. Press the crumbs into the base and on the sides of a greased 24-centimeter (nine- and- a- half-inch) springform pan to form a crust.

4. Cool the crust in the freezer for about 10 minutes.

Prepare the Cheese Cream Filling

1. In a mixer bowl, whip together cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, instant pudding and whipping cream until you get a smooth and firm cream.

2. Pour the cream into the base and level the top. Cool in the refrigerator for at least an hour to set.

Variations:

For a richer version, you can use mascarpone cheese instead of regular cream cheese.

For the Ganache Topping

1. Break the chocolate into squares and put in a bowl.

2. Add whipping cream and melt together in a microwave or on a Bain-Marie until everything is melted and the mixture is smooth.

3. Pour the coating over the cheese layer and straighten the top.

4. Cool for half an hour in the refrigerator until the coating sets.

5. Decorate with chocolate.

Recipe tags

Cakes Cheese cake Chilled desserts Chocolate cheesecake Egg-free desserts No-bake No-bake cheesecake No-bake desserts Rega matok Shavuos Shavuot Sweet moments

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Frimi Levi

5 years ago

Freezer friendly? Can’t wait to try this! Can I freeze this for Shavuos?

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5 years ago

My colleagues swear by freezing cheesecake. I am on the fence about it. It will last a bit in the refrigerator for sure.

yah!!

2 years ago

YUM! SO EASY TO MAKE!!!!!!
i made it 2 hours before Shavuot, super easy, and it cam out delish!!!!
BUT, the cheese part came out very low.
ill do it again, thanx for the recipe!:)

Naomi Sara Macmull

4 years ago

Very yummy and rich cheesecake I made this recipe for shavuos and loved it! It was so chocolaty and cheesy and creamy, just perfect. The only thing is that the cheese part came out much lower than the picture looks. I would maybe double the cheese center so that there’s some hight. As well as the topping I made from milchig chocolate, it was great.

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Reply to Naomi Sara Macmull

4 years ago

We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed this cheesecake recipe!

Malky

5 years ago

no-bake chocolate cheesecake I made this yesterday and it was delish! I actually did the filling a bit different-I whipped up the whip with the sugar, then added the instant pudding and vanilla extract and then the cream cheese. Though next time I’d rather make it in individual portions as it was too runny even straight from the freezer. Oh, and I made the ganache with dairy chocolate! Yum!!