NO BAKE White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake with fresh Raspberry Coulis
This luscious NO BAKE White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake is the ultimate summer dessert. Fresh and sweet-tangy raspberry coulis perfectly complement the rich and creamy cheesecake. Tried and tested, super easy recipe for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or any special holiday!
As some of you dear readers would know I am married to a British guy, my lovable and cute husband Mark…obviously I am very much in-love with him! 🙂 Anyway, he loves Cheesecake and I do too – I guess, most people do…. 🙂
One summer we went to the UK to visit his parents and we attended an afternoon Cookout where people brought desserts to share with everyone. I don’t think I knew how to cook then….so I obviously brought nothing…how shameful. Anyway, in that gathering we tasted the most wonderful Cheesecake – super scrumptious and truly perfect!
It looked so gorgeous and perfect, too and immediately when we returned to the US Mark said, I ought to re-create it ’cause he just fell in-love with it….Pressure…pressure.
It took me years to have the courage to make it but finally last week I decided I should make it because it’s the perfect summer dessert – it’s a No Bake Cheesecake and not that difficult to make at all. I wish I had made it even earlier. Besides, how can you say no to the classic Raspberry and White Chocolate Combo?
Now this recipe has a lot of White Chocolate and that really makes this extra special and a cut above the rest. When you got nearly a pound of Chocolate there – it has got to be amazing!!! How can you fail? So, since it’s quite an indulgent cake, I say it’s one of those that befits a special occasion. Note though that despite all that yummy chocolate in there, it’s not really a dense or heavy cheesecake. It’s surprisingly light in texture so it’s truly enjoyable!!! Every single bite is simply heaven on a plate.
Now to add extra flavor in this dessert, I paired it with a fresh and tangy Raspberry Coulis! The cake is fine without it, but I personally believe it’s even more sublime with it! Truly superb. So before the summer is over – make this delectable and truly luscious White Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake with fresh Raspberry Coulis and wow all of your friends and family! Enjoy!
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What are the INGREDIENTS for No-Bake White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake?
For the Crust
- Graham Cracker Squares OR Digestives
- Ground Cinnamon
- Pecans or Walnuts – crushed (roughly 3/4 cup)
- Unsalted Butter – melted
Helpful tools:
Glass with a flat and smooth bottom
Rolling pin to crush the crackers and nuts
For the Filling
- Good quality White Chocolate – this is very important. Get the chocolate bar that you love to eat (not the baking one) so you would have the best enjoyment of this cake. We love using the white chocolate from Aldi’s as it both tastes good and is not that expensive.
- Unsalted Butter
- Cream Cheese – make sure to soften the cheese before using to avoid any lumps.
- Caster or super-fine white Sugar
- Heavy/Double (or whipping) Cream
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Fresh Raspberries – plus a few extra for garnish
*If you want a wonderful cheesecake, don’t use the baking chocolate – choose good quality chocolate.
For the Fresh Raspberry Coulis
- Fresh raspberries
- Sugar
How do you make No-Bake White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake?
Procedure – For the Crust
To make the crust, combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix until evenly moistened. Press the crumb mixture into a 9-inch springform pan using the smooth bottom of a glass. Spread the crumb mixture to about 1/2-inch up the sides. Chill the crust while you are making the filling.
Procedure – For the Filling
In a heat-proof bowl over barely simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter. Stir occasionally. Let it cool for a couple of minutes afterward.
While the butter and chocolate are slowly melting, prepare the other ingredients. In a separate bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the cream cheese, heavy cream, and sugar until it has a smooth consistency, roughly 3 minutes. Note that your cream cheese should be at room temp so it’s easier to mix. Pour in the vanilla extract. Mix just until it’s fully blended in.
Stir the cooled chocolate mixture into the cream mixture.
Gently fold in the raspberries. Be careful so as not to release the juices of the raspberries. We don’t want the cheesecake to turn pink.
Pour or spoon the mixture into the prepared tin. Spread the mixture evenly and allow it to set at least overnight. This can be made about 2 days ahead.
Procedure – For the Fresh Raspberry Coulis
Puree the raspberries with sugar. Strain the juice to ensure there are no seeds getting into the sauce.
Chill and drizzle on top of the cheesecake just before serving!
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NO BAKE White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake with Fresh Raspberry Coulis
Ingredients
For the Crust
- 18 pieces graham cracker squares or 10 digestive biscuits, crushed (roughly 1 1/2 cups)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2.5 oz packet of pecans or walnuts, crushed or finely chopped (roughly 3/4 cup)
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
For the Filling
- 14-16 oz good quality eating white chocolate (not baking or melting chocolate), broken into pieces
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- (2x) 8 oz package of cream cheese, room temperature
- ¼ cup caster or super-fine white Sugar
- 6 fluid oz heavy or double cream, (about 3/4 cup)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 pint fresh Raspberries plus a few extra for garnish, rinsed and wiped dry
For the Fresh Raspberry Coulis
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 pint fresh raspberries, rinsed
Instructions
For the Crust
- To make the crust, combine all the crust ingredients in a bowl and mix until evenly moistened. Press the crumb mixture into a 9-inch springform pan using the smooth bottom of a glass. Spread the crumb mixture to about 1/2-inch up the sides. Chill the crust while you are making the filling.
For the Filling
- In a heat-proof bowl over barely simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter. Stir occasionally. Let it cool for a couple of minutes afterwards.
- While the butter and chocolate are slowly melting, prepare the other ingredients. In a separate bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the softened cream cheese, heavy cream and sugar until it has a smooth consistency roughly 3 minutes. Note that your cream cheese should be in room temp so it’s easier to mix. Pour in the vanilla extract. Mix just until it’s fully blended in.
- Stir the slightly cooled melted chocolate mixture into the cream mixture.
- Gently fold in the raspberries. Be careful in folding so as not to release the juices of the raspberries. We don’t want the cheesecake to turn pink.
- Pour or spoon the mixture into the prepared tin. Spread the mixture evenly and allow it to set at least overnight. This can be made about 2 days ahead.
For the Fresh Raspberry Coulis
- Puree the raspberries with sugar. Strain the juice to ensure there are no seeds getting into the sauce.
- Chill the coulis and drizzle on top of the cheesecake just before serving!
Notes
Last updated on April 24th, 2024 at 03:23 pm
This looks really yummy.
Thanks, it truly is scrumptious! 🙂
Hi Abby, hopped from MB's page….wanted to mention that this cheese cake rocks!! love the pictures!! unfortunately cream cheese is not available here…and how I wish I could find a subs for cream cheese….am so glad to meet you here….looks like apart from sharing the same passion….we think alike too…I am also a lawyer turned stay-at-home-mom…so glad that I thought of visiting your site…have a great day!!
Oh Nisa! That's so great to know. So glad you found us. Happy to meet you!
What about the Italian mascarpone or Greek yogurt?
Not sure about Greek Yogurt 'cause that won't be cheesecake if there's no cheese but if by chance Nisa can find an Italian Mascarpone – then I think that would be awesome. Thanks for the suggestion, appreciate it. 🙂
Hello Ms.Abby, I have been making my fair share of blueberry cheesecake (no bake kind) and for the longest time I have been using gelatin to hold the mixture, but I never get this kind of consitency and texture as with your cheesecake and I am so envious, I think something is slightly missing with my ingredients, maybe the melted butter or is it alright to use all purpose cream that is chilled? think it will work? Thanks! I'd like to try this but raspberries are no avail here too.. too bad =( Thanks!
Hi Micole, I haven't tried all purpose cream but I am sure it will work too. I have never tried using gelatin and didn't find it to be necessary. The butter I think is more for flavor though it may help binding everything together as well. 🙂
Help!
I don't know much about white chicolate-what label would you recommend?
My gosh…..this cheesecake is a beauty!
Hi Isabel, use only the kind of chocolate that you would eat, not the baking kind. What is your fave brand of White chocolate for eating? If you have one, use it. Lindt or Ghirardelli are great options too.
I'm making this today, except I have no raspberries, so am using mangoes!! Through the Bountiful Baskets organization, I was able to purchase a box of some wonderful mangoes!! So will be adding them to the cheesecake and making a mango sauce. Hope it turns out alright. Thanks for the recipe!! I really love reading your posts on FB, too!!
Mango sounds terrific and the sauce would be fabulous, am sure. Do let us know how it went. Thanks! 🙂
This cheesecake seems absolutely delicious, combination with red fruits and crunchy dough, I love it, thank you for sharing , somehow, we are your guest, thank you for the invitation:) have a nice dinner with your fiends, liên
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Hi my naem is Hana and i have allerjic from Gluten
if you have any recipes for bread , sweets…. ect without Gluten
i will be thankfull if you replyed
Hi Hana, I do have some gluten-free recipes. Please just look at the labels on your right hand side on top of the Blog archive (right side bars/tabs) and then click on the gluten-free label and that will show you all the gluten-free recipes. Thanks for stopping by.
Fell in love with its look :0 Definitely gonna try it out…. 🙂
Thanks Abby
Thanks, Priyanka.
If u dnt have cream cheese u can use fresh cream and condense milk in equal quantities and lemon juice half of the above uses quantities , and mix well to get a cheesy consistency
Thanks for the tip.
Made this for our Halloween Party but with a twist. I used crushed banana chips instead of nuts and used yogurt instead of heavy cream. The result was really great though might not have been as firm if I used heavy cream. Since its a no bake cheesecake, I molded them on individual tiny plastic coffins from the dollar store and topped them generously with the raspberry coulis. It was indeed one hell of a bloody treat! Wish I could share picture of it.
Wow! Am glad it turned out well. 😀
Would using white chocolate chips work as well? I use them in everything i bake with white chocolate, and they taste wonderful right out the bag also!
It will work but I would still recommend the true "eating" chocolate but if that is what you prefer then that's no problem. Thanks for asking.
It can but I would still recommend the true "eating" chocolate but if that is what you prefer then that's no problem. Thanks for asking.
Do u set this in the fridge or in the freezer? Sorry, clueless here. Looks yummy. I never baked or cooked anything but i really wanna try this.
In the fridge is fine. Thanks for asking.
Looks delicious! Will have to try this 😉
Please enjoy Yvonne! Thanks for stopping by.
hey! so excited to finally find a good no bake cheesecake recipe that doesnt require the use of gelatin! really looking forward to making this for a party soon..just wanted to know..dyu think i could make the texture a little lighter if i whipped the heavy cream and then folded it in? i think my guests would prefer a slightly less dense texture hence the query..thanks so much in advance 🙂
Thanks for your message. It's worth a try Mehnaz. Please let us know and hope your guests love it as much as we do.
Hey abby! i just HAD to get back to you on this..i made ure recipe last night for my party.. I used lindt chocolate and increased the whipping cream measurement to 1 cup ..whipped it first and then folded it in..also its very difficult to come by raspberries here in saudi arabia so i got frozen strawberries nd used that for the coulis..it came out absolutely scrumptious! i was so very happy with the texture and flavour and my guests wouldnt stop raving abt it..pure bliss! Thank you ever so much for this gem of a recipe 🙂 stay blessed 🙂
I am so elated to know that you have all enjoyed it. Thank you so much for the feedback.
Thank you for the recipe, it looks so delicious and beautiful!
Thanks for stopping by and hope you try it, Julia.
Thanks so much for this recipe!! Would I have to double this recipe for a 9X13 dish?
I haven't really made it with a 9×13 so I cannot say for sure but the springform pan I used is kind of big though if you use this for 9×13 it will be smaller in height and you have to adjust the cooking time.
hi, do you whip the cream or use it unwhipped? thanks..
You just mix it in as instructed above. Please enjoy.
Try this again…. I made this scrumptious cheesecake a few months ago and it was smooth & creamy. I made it again today (with raspberries), but the texture was off…sort of gritty, but smoothed out when the cheesecake warmed in my mouth. I was wondering if the white chocolate was over cooked when I melted it over the hot water. Would that be the reason for the texture change? I will make this again!
Glad to know you enjoyed it. Thanks for trying and letting us know. To ensure a perfectly smooth cheesecake, make sure the cream cheese is softened to room temp and has been beaten until smooth. The white chocolate also need some care in melting it though I don't think that would have been the problem. In my case it happens when I don't mix the cream cheese well but it won't hurt if you don't overcook the chocolate as well. 🙂
Hi Abbey. Could you please tell me how many servings approx? Looks fantastic, must make!!!
Depending on how big the slice is you can make this into 10-12 slices easily Elizabeth. Please enjoy!
Thanks Abbey, good to go!!!
Will I have to adjust measurements of ingredients if I'm using a 10" instead of 9"??
No need, the cheesecake just won't be as tall. Hope you enjoy it!
I made this for myself for my birthday today. It is seriously the best cheesecake I have ever tasted. Thank you for the recipe!
Thanks for letting us know Trish and glad you enjoyed it! It really is the best cheesecake ever! 🙂
What a pretty summer dessert!
Thanks Megan! It truly is!
What a lovely dessert. So fresh and pretty for summer!
Thanks Diane!
Looks SO GOOD!
Beautiful cheesecake! Raspberry coulis is my favorite cheesecake topping!
I love raspberry coulis, too! Thanks Nicole!
This looks amazing!
Thanks Megan!
such a gorgeous dessert, definitely deserving of a special occasion
Thanks! I fully agree!
Such a delicious dessert that does not disappoint! Easily, this NO BAKE White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake is a new favorite (and easy) recipe!
I always love a good no-bake cheesecake dessert and this one looks absolutely amazing!!!
I love cheesecake, and I love that I don’t have to bake this one! Will be making it for dessert very soon!
White chocolate and raspberry go so well together, it’s one of my favorites! The cheesecake turned out perfectly!
Cheesecake is my all-time favorite dessert! This looks so delicious! I can’t wait to make it.
Thanks For this delicious Cake.
I love it, I love cheesecake dessert and this one looks absolutely Tasty and delicious!!!
I’m having my daughter & grandchildren for dinner tonight so I ran out & got all the ingredients & put it together….only to read it has to set overnight they only live a mile from me so they can come back tomorrow night. I have to say, it looks absolutely amazing, I just can’t wait to serve it!
If all are happy, I will definitely make it again & thank you for this recipe
I have made this and it is out of-this-world delicious. The best.
Yay! So glad to know that! We absolutely love this cheesecake, too. Thank you for stopping by.