No Bake Peppermint Cheesecake
on Nov 29, 2015, Updated Oct 21, 2020
If you are looking for an easy Christmas dessert, this No Bake Peppermint Cheesecake will be perfect. Great subtle peppermint flavors in this super simple cheesecake. Makes for an amazing holiday dessert.
No Bake Peppermint Cheesecake
No bake cheesecakes are so easy to make, look decadent, and taste so incredible. Since my No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake was such a hit over Thanksgiving, I was ready to get started on a cheesecake for Christmas. It didn’t take me very long to decide on a peppermint cheesecake. Heck everyone loves peppermint during the holidays.
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Our Peppermint White Hot Chocolate was perfect for getting me in the holiday mood last week. I always forget about my love for peppermint throughout the year. My love for peppermint has been passed on to the rest of my family. All of my kiddos were anxious for this Peppermint Cheesecake to be ready so they could dig in.
Last Christmas, I made Homemade Peppermint Patties to gift for the holidays. The kiddos devoured a few of those and realized that they too were fans of peppermint.
We have quite a few Christmas parties this year and this No Bake Peppermint Cheesecake has officially made the list of needing to make a couple of times. The combination of the chocolate Oreo crust with the pepperminty cheesecake was so perfect. I garnished this cheesecake with small dollops of whipped topping, a few crushed candy canes and also some of the peppermint pillow candies. I think the additions dressed up the cheesecake but were not needed. The cheesecake is perfect all by itself.
Some peppermint desserts can be overpowering, not this cheesecake. The peppermint flavor was present but not overly minty.
If you have a potluck you are attending over the holidays, this cheesecake would make a perfect dessert for you to bring along. You can slice the cheesecake into quite a few small slices.
To make your Peppermint Cheesecake you will need some Oreo Cookies, cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, peppermint, sugars, butter, and some food coloring if you would like your cheesecake to be pink. The cheesecake does not take long to make at all. I usually freeze mine and then take it out of the freezer about 30 minutes or so before serving.
INGREDIENTS
Crust:
22 Oreo Cookies
3 tbsp melted Butter
1 tbsp Sugar
Filling:
16 oz softened Cream Cheese
16 oz Heavy Cream
1 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Peppermint Extract
6 drops Pink Food Coloring
DIRECTIONS
Crush Oreos in food processor and add melted butter and sugar.
Press mixture into bottom and partway up sides of springform pan.
Refrigerate at least 30 minutes to firm.
Beat cream cheese and sugar until well mixed. Set aside.
Whip heavy cream and powder sugar until stiff peaks form.
Fold and blend cream cheese mixture into whipped cream mixture.
Add food coloring and peppermint into filling mixture.
Pour/spread into pan.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or until firm.
You can garnish with dollops of whipped topping and crushed peppermints if desired.
Do you have a favorite No Bake dessert that you serve during the holidays? I am excited to serve this no bake cheesecake this holiday.
No Bake Peppermint Cheesecake
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 22 Oreo Cookies
- 3 tbsp melted Butter
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- Filling:
- 16 oz softened Cream Cheese
- 16 oz Heavy Cream
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Peppermint Extract
- 6 drops Pink Food Coloring
Instructions
- Crush Oreos in food processor and add melted butter and sugar.
- Press mixture into bottom and partway up sides of springform pan.
- Refrigerate at least 30 minutes to firm.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar until well mixed. Set aside.
- Whip heavy cream and powder sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Fold and blend cream cheese mixture into whipped cream mixture.
- Add food coloring and peppermint into filling mixture.
- Pour/spread into pan.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or until firm.
- You can garnish with dollops of whipped topping and crushed peppermints if desired.
If you are a fan of peppermint be sure to checkout these other peppermint recipes that I have shared…
I hope this tastes as good as it looks! I’ll definitely have to make this before the holidays are over.
Hope you don’t mind my sharing.
This is on my list to make for the Christmas holidays. We love OREOs and mint! #HomeMattersParty
YUM! This looks so good and just perfect for the holidays! Pinned.
That cheesecake looks divine! I am printing it out to try it for the holidays. Thank you!
I made this recipie for Christmas and took to work and got many compliments! Everyone loved the peppermint. I was in charge of bringing dessert for New Year’s dinner with my in-laws, so I used this recipie leaving out the peppermint and food coloring and mixing in crushed Oreoes! Also a huge hit! ?
What size of pan do you use? 16oz of cream cheese isn’t very much. But, the picture shows that it is pretty thick.
What size spring form pan??? How many servings does it make???
whatt size spring form pan
Do you think it would work to double the recipe and make this in a 9×13 pan?
This looks fantastic! How far in advance can you make it? Thanks so much for sharing!
This looks fantastic! I don’t have a springform pan. Any suggestions for another type pan to use?
Oh my gosh this looks amazing! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
Oh my goodness – I bet this is amazing! I wish I had some now.
This looks amazing. Shared on my fb page.
I featured this amazing looking pie on my blog today. I am planning on making it for a Christmas party I am hosting in a few days!
Mmm…Peppermint and cheesecake, two things that I love! Pinning this recipe for later, thanks for the inspiration! :)
Oh. My. Goodness! That pink is just screaming, “Eat me!” You have my mouth watering. Pinning for sure! Stopping by from Wow Us Wednesday. Thanks for the awesome recipe. :)
I love cheesecake and peppermint. Thanks for sharing this delicious looking cheesecake. Thank you also for linking up to wonderful Wednesday blog hop.
Blessings,
Diane
This is just beautiful!! I love a no bake cheesecake because I stress out over the cake cracking. Thanks for sharing this recipe and your beautiful pictures.
This looks amazing and I pretty much love all of your recipes Jen!