No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

No Bake Oreo Cheesecake is perfect for when you are craving the silky smooth delightfulness of Cheesecake but don’t want to turn on your oven!  Creamy and delicious velvety cheesecake filling, with the perfect Oreo Cookie Crust.  If you love cheesecakes, make sure to check out my traditional cheesecake recipe and no-bake cheesecake recipe!

No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

So what exactly is a no-bake cheesecake? Simply put it’s a cheesecake that’s never seen the inside of an oven. Neither the crust nor the filling is baked, making it truly a no-bake dessert. The filling for this no-bake cheesecake recipe has a special ingredient, the Oreo filling itself! I also use heavy whipping cream instead of condensed milk. I have made several no-bake cheesecakes with the traditional sweetened condensed milk and always find that it tastes a bit different, or noticeable. So I went on the search for a recipe that would not use sweetened condensed milk and that would stand up to a classic baked cheesecake.  Heavy whipping cream seems to be the winning ingredient!

The Key to the Perfect Crust

Since this is a no-bake Oreo crust, just a few small tips on how to get it right the first time.  Butter and pressure.

Butter: Make sure that all of the Oreo crumbles are completely covered in butter.  The butter helps them solidify and stick together.  Obviously, you don’t want too much butter, that would result in a bad tasting and liquidy crust, but too little butter will result in a crumbly crust.

Pressure: Another trick to getting this crust to hold together nicely is pressure.  I typically will take the bottom of a drinking glass and use that to create a flat and level crust.  Don’t be shy when you do it, but don’t use all of your might either.  If you push too hard you will lift up the crust a bit.   It’s ok if you do, just put it back in place and start again.

How to Make No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

Making a No Bake Oreo Cheesecake is really simple, especially since you don’t have to bake this.  The trick is to make sure to chill the cheesecake for at least 4 hours.  Overnight is best!  The longer this cheesecake has to chill, the easier it will be to cut and the better it will hold together.  There are a few steps involved, making the Crust and making the filling.

How to Make an Oreo Crust

Start with the cookies.  One for you, one for the crust, repeat.  Kidding, of course!  You will get enough of the sweet Oreo Cookies when the cheesecake is done. 🙂

For this recipe, I like to remove the filling, and as I mentioned, we will use it later!  Once you have removed all of the fillings, you can transfer the cookies to a food processor.  This recipe calls for 24 Oreos, so to be specific, that means once the filling is removed you will be adding 48 individual chocolate cookies into the processor.  Grind them up to a fine crumble.  Try to get out as many of the bigger cookie chunks as you can.  These can really compromise the integrity of the crust, and you do NOT want a crumbly crust. 

How to Make the No-Bake Filling

Blend filling ingredients until smooth.Whip the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks.Remove 2 cups and add to the cream cheese mixture.Pour over Oreo crust and spread evenly.Refrigerate.

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