No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake

August 6, 2014October 15, 2014by Adrian in Desserts, Recipes 29 Comments
no-bake blueberry cheesecake

My husband’s aunt gave us some more fresh blueberries. After getting my blueberry muffin fix from the last batch she gave us and with all the hot weather we’ve been having in Florida the last few days I wanted something cool and refreshing. This was definitely the right decision!

This is one of the most simple and delicious dessert recipes I have EVER made (in my humble opinion:)! It’s pretty and it looks fancy but in all honesty it is so easy to put this together. The decadent flavor of this no-bake blueberry cheesecake will have your family thinking you slaved over it for a lot longer than the 20 minutes it takes to make.

Start your cheesecake by making the graham cracker crust

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Then press said crust into a 71/2 inch springform pan

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(see my babies fingers, she’s such a big help)

Time to make the blueberry topping, YUM!

Add some blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, water and lemon juice to a pan. Cook until it looks like…

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THIS!

no-bake blueberry cheesecake

Uh huh, looking real good so far, right?

Now we’re making the cream cheese filling. You just blend together some cream cheese, sugar and vanilla

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And fold in some cool whip

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That’s it! Easy peasy, right?

Pour that cream cheese filling onto your graham cracker crust

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Chill it for a bit and then smother it with that delicious blueberry topping and all your hard work will result in this glorious beauty!

no-bake blueberry cheesecake

Looks entirely too good to eat! Don’t it?

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No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

    Graham Cracker Crust
  • 6 full graham cracker sheets, finely crushed (this should give you 1 cup of crackers)
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar, packed
  • 4 tbsp butter, melted
    • Blueberry Topping
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1½ tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ cup water
    • Cream Cheese Filling
  • 2 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Instructions

    Graham Cracker Crust
  1. Combine crushed graham crackers and brown sugar in a bowl.
  2. Add melted butter and stir until combined.
  3. Press mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a 7½ inch springform pan.
  4. Chill while making topping.
    Blueberry Topping
  5. Mix blueberries, sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan.
  6. Combine lemon juice with water and pour slowly over blueberry mixture in saucepan.
  7. Bring to a boil and cook for 2-3 minutes until thickened, stirring constantly.
  8. Remove from heat.
  9. Set aside to cool while making filling.
    Cream Cheese Filling
  10. Add cream cheese and sugar to a mixing bowl and beat until smooth.
  11. Blend in vanilla extract.
  12. Fold in thawed cool whip, blending well.
  13. Pour over graham cracker crust.
  14. Smooth top with a spatula.
  15. Chill until set about 2-3 hours.
  16. Top with blueberry topping.

Notes

Although the total prep time to put this together is only 20 minutes, you will need to let it chill for 2-3 hours.

*Cook time is for blueberry topping

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