Homemade carrot cake cheesecake features a layer of spiced carrot cake topped with creamy vanilla cheesecake. This decadent dessert is always a hit at Easter, picnics, and potlucks!

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These easy cheesecake bars taste like your favorite creamy homemade cheesecake, minus the water bath! It's a classic dessert that's perfect for celebrations, weekday snacking, or gifting.

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Pecan pie cheesecake is a two-for-one dessert that everyone goes crazy for. Buttery pecans are incorporated in both the crust and topping for maximum pecan pie flavor!

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No-bake pumpkin cheesecake is made with a spiced gingerbread cookie crust and a creamy pumpkin cheesecake filling. Whipped cream is piped on top for an elegant finishing touch!

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Inspired by the popular fried pastry, this sopapilla cheesecake features layers of flaky crescent roll dough, creamy cheesecake filling, and a cinnamon sugar topping.

If you’re unfamiliar with sopapillas, it’s a type of pastry that’s popular in New Mexico as well as parts of Latin America and South America.

The New Mexican sopapilla is made by frying pastry dough in oil and can be served sweet or savory. When enjoyed as a dessert, a sopapilla is often topped with honey.

This sopapilla cheesecake recipe is inspired by the classic fried pastry, but uses some baking shortcuts to make the dessert quick and easy to prepare at a moment’s notice. The best part? You only need seven ingredients to make it!

Serve this sopapilla cheesecake at your next family gathering or potluck. I actually prefer to chill mine, so it’s perfect for making ahead of time too!

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No-bake mini cheesecakes are an easy make-ahead dessert for dinner parties and gatherings. The cheesecakes are made in a muffin pan and are perfectly portioned individual desserts!

I make my classic mini cheesecakes any chance I get, to rave reviews every time. Although I adore that recipe, I don’t always love having to turn on my oven during the summer months to make them.

These mini no-bake cheesecakes are my solution to that problem! The crust and filling are completely no-bake, so there’s no oven required. They can be fully assembled days in advance and customized with your favorite toppings.

And because the crust and filling are assembled in muffin liners, serving the cheesecakes is as simple as popping them out of the muffin pan. Not to mention that cleanup is a breeze afterwards!

Recipe Ingredients

These individual no-bake cheesecakes have a short ingredients list, so it’s important that you use exactly what the recipe specifies.

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No-bake Oreo cheesecake uses Oreo cookies in the crust, filling, and topping! This is an easy dessert that can be made before a party or holiday gathering. 

Calling all Oreo lovers! This no-bake Oreo cheesecake uses Oreo cookies three ways: in the crust, in the filling, and as a topping. 

The cheesecake filling is smooth and creamy, and the entire recipe takes less than 30 minutes to prepare. Since the filling needs to be refrigerated for at least 4 hours in advance, it’s also a perfect make-ahead dessert.

You can make this Oreo cheesecake for a birthday party, family event, or holiday gathering. I guarantee everyone will love it!

Ingredients for This Recipe

This no-bake cheesecake tastes incredibly decadent, but requires only a fraction of the time and ingredients needed to make a regular baked cheesecake. Here’s what you will be using to make it:

• Oreos: If you plan to top this recipe with even more Oreos, I suggest buying a family pack so that you have enough.

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Basque cheesecake is crustless and has a creamy interior and slightly burnt exterior. Dare I say this is better than New York-style cheesecake? 

What Is Basque Cheesecake? 

Burnt cheesecake? Yes, you read that correctly! 

Basque-style cheesecake is baked at a high temperature without the water bath that’s usually required for other cheesecakes.

It’s also made without a crust, and the cheesecake filling is poured into a parchment paper-lined pan. This results in a ridged, uneven exterior. 

The very top of the cheesecake is intentionally allowed to burn in the oven. The burnt bits perfectly offset the creamy, sweet filling and results in a cheesecake recipe like no other. 

Because there’s no crust to make and no water bath to assemble, burnt Basque cheesecake is one of the easiest kinds of cheesecake you can make!

Recipe Ingredients 

This easy cheesecake recipe calls for just seven basic ingredients.

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This recipe transforms the classic layered dessert into a show stopping cheesecake! Banana pudding cheesecake features a Nilla Wafer crust and a creamy filling that’s made with instant banana pudding mix.  

Old-fashioned banana pudding got a makeover in this decadent cheesecake recipe! 

To preserve the classic flavor combination of bananas and Nilla Wafers, I incorporated plenty of both into this cheesecake. Instead of a traditional graham cracker crust, this cheesecake recipe uses Nilla Wafers. 

The creamy cheesecake filling is made with both instant banana cream pudding mix and mashed bananas. There’s no shortage of banana flavor here! 

If you’re looking for a more unique cheesecake recipe to serve at your next dinner party or holiday gathering, this banana pudding cheesecake is bound to be a winner.

Ingredients for This Recipe 

Like my other homemade cheesecake recipes, this banana cheesecake calls for basic ingredients.

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Rich, creamy, and decadent, this chocolate cheesecake recipe is easy to make, but the final product looks so elegant. Top with chocolate ganache and chocolate shavings for triple the chocolate flavor! 

This homemade chocolate cheesecake recipe is a chocolate lover’s dream. It features an Oreo cookie crust, a rich and creamy chocolate filling, and an optional chocolate ganache topping. 

Best of all, it’s a show-stopping cheesecake that looks elegant but is secretly easy to make! 

Chocolate cheesecake is a great make-ahead dessert for holiday parties, birthdays, and special family gatherings. You can prepare it the night before and enjoy stress-free entertaining the next day.

Recipe Ingredients 

This easy chocolate cheesecake recipe has two main components: the Oreo cookie crust and the chocolate filling. The chocolate ganache and chocolate shavings on top are technically optional, but I’ve linked the ganache recipe I used in the recipe card below. 

Let’s quickly go over the ingredients list before we discuss the recipe in more detail: 

• Oreos: You can use regular or Double Stuf Oreos.

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