This scrumptious no-bake cheesecake is super easy to make when I'm short on time or I don't want to turn on the oven ...and it can be made a couple days ahead! I love the light and creamy salted caramel and toffee filling with the speculoos cookie crust!
1/2cupsalted butter, meltedplus extra to grease pan
2cupsspeculoos (Biscoff) cookie crumbscould substitute with ginger snaps or graham crackers
3tablespoonsgranulated sugar
Whipped Cream Mixture:
1cupheavy "whipping" creamvery cold
1tablespooninstant vanilla pudding mix
2tablespoonscaramel syrupplus extra for garnish
1/8teaspoonsalt
Cream Cheese Mixture:
28-ounce brickscream cheese, softened/room temperatureI use Philadelphia brand
1/3cupdark brown sugar, packed
1 1/2teaspoonsvanilla extract
1/2cuptoffee bitsplus extra for garnish
Instructions
Cookie Crust:
Use some extra butter or non-stick spray to grease 8 1/2 - 9 - inch springform or pie pan. (Springform pans make it much easier to cut and serve neat slices.)
Stir together cookie crumbs, sugar and 1/2 cup melted butter. Press into bottom of prepared pan and about an inch up the side. A flat bottomed 1/2 cup measuring cup is handy for pressing in the crust. Refrigerate crust to firm up. (at least 30 minutes)
Whipped Cream Mixture:
Using stand or hand mixer with whisk accessory, whip cold heavy cream and pudding mix part-way until soft peaks form. Add caramel syrup and 1/8 teaspoon salt and continue to whip until stiff peaks form. Scoop into separate bowl and set aside.
Cream Cheese Mixture:
Using same bowl you whipped cream in, switch to flat or flex edge beater (turbo/regular beaters for hand mixer). Mix cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy. Mix in vanilla and toffee bits.
With a spatula, fold half the whipped cream mixture into the cream cheese mixture. Gently fold in the remaining whipped cream mixture.
Pour the combined mixture into the prepared pan with chilled crust. Smooth the top, cover pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 5 hours or overnight.
If desired, garnish with additional caramel syrup, toffee bits and whipped cream. This can be made up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated,
Notes
Speculoos Cookie Crust:
Speculoos Cookies are a Belgian style spiced caramelized biscuit cookie. I can usually find the Biscoff brand at my grocery store. They are usually on the grocery shelf where specialty/international cookies are sold. (biscotti and such.) If you can't find them, you can substitute with ginger snaps or graham crackers.Speculoos cookies usually come in a long-narrow pack with 32 cookies, you'll need about 28 cookies to make 2 cups of crumbs. You can easily make this crust in the KitchenAid 5-cup chopper (metal chopping blade) or food processor.
Nutrition (approx. data estimated via online nutritional calculator.)