No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake
on Apr 11, 2018, Updated Jan 30, 2024
If you are a fan of Creamsicles, you are going to want to make this No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake this summer. You will find a delicious Nilla Cookie crust with layers of orange creamy cheesecake filling. Perfect for summer picnics and BBQ’s.
No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake
I love making no bake cheesecakes. They are so simple to make and always tastes so delicious. During the summer months, I am one who does not like to turn on my oven. So no bake desserts are always best. No need to heat up the house or myself, ha ha. Light and fruity desserts are always great when warm weather hits. I serve them when we have our summer BBQ’s. If you need a great summer dessert for a potluck, picnic, or BBQ, you will want to make this. Trust me…. everyone will LOVE it!
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This No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake will be made MANY of times in my kitchen this spring and summer. As you can see from the pictures, it looks light and dreamy and so impressive, sort of like a Creamsicle Bar. Since my family loves Creamsicle bars, I knew they would enjoy this amazing dessert.
I love my Nilla Pie Crust recipe. I use it more often than a graham cracker crust now because it adds such a great flavor to pies. Since a Creamsicle has a hint of vanilla flavoring, I decided on a Nilla crust for this cheesecake. I couldn’t have chose a better crust.
If you prefer a graham cracker crust, I am sure the cheesecake would taste wonderful too! This cheesecake looks so decadent. I showed it off quite a few times before I snapped these pictures for the blog. Everyone that I showed it to thought it was SO PRETTY! I had it in the fridge for a day to set and my kiddos kept asking how long before they could dig in.
You will want to add some Nilla Wafers, cream cheese, heavy cream, orange Jell-o, and an orange to your shopping list to make this No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake. The recipe is quite simple to make with just a few dirty dishes to clean up when finished.
INGREDIENTS
11 oz Vanilla Wafer Cookies
1 1/2 cup Sugar, divided
4 tbsp melted Butter
16 oz Cream Cheese, softened
16 oz Heavy Cream
1 3.3 oz box Orange Gelatin
1 cup boiling Water
Zest from 1 Orange
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
DIRECTIONS
Put vanilla wafers in food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
Add 3/4 cup sugar and melted butter and pulse to incorporate.
Grease bottom and sides of 9″ spring form pan.
Press mixture into bottom and slightly up sides of pan.
Place in freezer for 30 minutes.
Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar until smooth.
In a medium bowl, combine gelatin and boiling water. Whisk until dissolved.
Set aside.
Zest orange and set aside.
Whip heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form.
Add 1/2 of whipped cream mixture to cooled gelatin and add orange zest. Whisk to blend.
Set aside.
Fold remainder of whipped cream mixture into cream cheese mixture.
Spread 1/2 cream cheese mixture over crust.
Pour 2 cups of orange whipped cream mixture over cream cheese mixture.
Gently spread remaining cream cheese mixture over orange mixture.
Pour remaining orange whipped cream mixture over plain cream cheese mixture.
If desired, take a butter knife and gently glide through cream cheese layers to swirl.
Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
Do you have a favorite No Bake Cheesecake?
See these other Orange Creamsicle Desserts that I have shared:
- Orange Creamsicle Dip
- Orange Creamsicle Icebox Cake
- Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake
No Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 11 oz Vanilla Wafer Cookies
- 1 1/2 cup Sugar, divided
- 4 tbsp melted Butter
- 16 oz Cream Cheese, softened
- 16 oz Heavy Cream
- 1 3.3 oz box Orange Gelatin
- 1 cup boiling Water
- Zest from 1 Orange
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Put vanilla wafers in food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
- Add 3/4 cup sugar and melted butter and pulse to incorporate.
- Grease bottom and sides of 9" spring form pan.
- Press mixture into bottom and slightly up sides of pan.
- Place in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar until smooth.
- In a medium bowl, combine gelatin and boiling water. Whisk until dissolved.
- Set aside.
- Zest orange and set aside.
- Whip heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form.
- Add 1/2 of whipped cream mixture to cooled gelatin and add orange zest. Whisk to blend. Set aside.
- Fold remainder of whipped cream mixture into cream cheese mixture.
- Spread 1/2 cream cheese mixture over crust.
- Pour 2 cups of orange whipped cream mixture over cream cheese mixture.
- Gently spread remaining cream cheese mixture over orange mixture.
- Pour remaining orange whipped cream mixture over cream cheese mixture.
- If desired, take a butter knife and gently glide through cream cheese layers to swirl.
- Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
What is a 13.3 Oz of the jello how many small 1.4 Oz packages
Hi Melissa! You will be using one 3.3 oz box of Jell-O for the recipe. Hope that helps- Jen
Delicious! My humble hint: Replace the water with the juice from the zested orange (I have frozen fresh orange juice and use that to make up the entire 1 cup water).
Does the Orange part of the cheesecake get kind of “gelled”. I am not sure I would like that texture.
This looks amazing! I’m not much of a baker because when I cook I don’t measure. I will with this recipe. I don’t have a spring foam pan is it necessary? And what would be an option? Thanks.
The filling is wonderful but the crust needs more butter, perhaps 1/2 cup if you are using all the crumbs of an 11-oz. box of vanilla wafers. My crust just crumbled off so next time I will use more butter in the crust.
Mine did too . It tasted delicious but when I took it out of pan crust just was like dust
How long will this desert survive outside in the summer?? in other words, could it be used at a potluck barbecue??
I also could not get the second cream layer to spread on the orange layer, but I’m sure it will still be delicious!!
Hi, your separate Nilla Wafer pie crust is different than this recipe. It calls for 1/2 cup sugar and 8 oz of wafers. Which works the best? Thank you.
Could this be made as bars? It would be easier to serve at a potluck.
Hi, in the picture I see heavy whipping cream, but the recipe says heavy cream? Which one do I use? Thanks!!
Hi, Is it correct that you use only HOT water for the jello ?
It says 13.3 oz orange jello, is that right. I used 2 6 oz, hops it turns out ok.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME !
This looks absolutely delicious….and the color is perfect for summer. thank you so much. I want to make this now.!
Oh my, I’m drooling all over my screen! I’m a cheesecake addict and have quite a collection, but haven’t had this one yet. And it’s a no-bake! YES. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful photos! Visiting from The Scoop link party. :)
This looks delicious!!!
Just made this and it’s in the frig. The flavors are delicious but there is no way the second cream layer will spread on the orange layer so I jus plopper it on lol. Can’t wait to try it!
I let my orange layer sit for a few minutes before I put the cream cheese mixture on in dollops and spread with a spoon. Worked out great. Now we’ll see how it looks in a couple more hours when I cut it!!
Could I replace the orange zest with a little orange extract?
You sure could:)
I see why this is a winner at your house! It looks amazing and I hope my family likes it also.
In your steps, you say orange cream cheese mixture, but you never tells us to mix the cream cheese with the orange; just the whipped cream. Did you miss a step where we combine some of the cream cheese mixture with the orange, or did you mean to say the orange cream mixture? Just asking as I’m uncertain of what I should do.
Hi Ruari! My hubby forgot a step when typing up the recipe for me. All fixed now:)
Where is the recipe fixed from the step of adding the cream cheese mix to the orange mix? Please help! I really want to try and make this recipe for my family. Thank you!
This sounds so yummy! I love cheesecake and my kids love creamsicles so we’ll have to try this over the summer. My favorite no bake cheesecake tends to be chocolate. I made a really delicious double chocolate no bake cheesecake a few weeks ago and it was pretty yummy. Thanks for sharing; Pinned!
This looks so good, going to make it. Am I not seeing this?, I don’t see the step where you mix the gelatin mixture with the cream cheese mixture.
Hi Janet. My hubby forgot a step when typing up the recipe for me. All fixed now:)
Is 13.3pz of gelatin right. That at more than two boxes
That’s 1 box 3.3 oz
It is one 3.3 oz box of orange gelatin
Will this work with other gelatin flavors?
Can u use cool whip instead of heavy crepe?
You add gelatin @step 11., to half of the cream mixture!
This Creamsicle Cheesecake is absolutely delicious !