No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake
This is a creamy-dreamy Nutella cheesecake with an Oreo cookie crumb crust. It’s topped with more Nutella and decorated with Ferrero Rocher candies. This no-bake recipe is the easiest and most delicious cheesecake you will ever make!
It was my parents 50th anniversary last weekend, so I had to make something extra special. My parents had one of those fairy tale romances. They knew each other ever since they were kids, lived in the same neighbourhood and their parents were family friends. My mom was friends with my dad’s younger sister, and according to my dad, she spent a lot of time at his house and always sat beside him during dinner parties. There were also a lot of shy glances at one another, but the timing was never right and my dad didn’t ask my mom out till the end of high school. When he finally asked her out, my mom accepted right away. They got married 2 years later and had 3 kids. Fast forward 50 years and all 3 of us are married with kids of our own, 8 grandkids in total.
We had a wonderful day as a family, although it started off quite comical. We were all supposed to meet at a lovely park to take some family photos, but my parents, the guests of honour, went to the wrong park. So, half an hour went by and we had to get started without them. Luckily, they finally found their way to the same park we were all at. It actually made the day more memorable and we had a fabulous photographer that made the best of the situation.
We had some good laughs over the miscommunication during dinner at a local restaurant. There were so many moments where I stepped back to see everyone’s smiling faces. It felt really good to see everyone together having such a wonderful time. The evening ended back at my brother’s place for some tea and coffee and a dessert made with love.
This cheesecake is chocolatey, creamy, and smooth, with a nutty taste of hazelnut. The recipe only has 4 ingredients. There’s no baking involved, simply mix, chill, and voila! It has the texture and look of a baked cheesecake but without all the work. It’s truly one of the easiest desserts I’ve ever made, as well as the most delicious. After all, it had to be the best of the best for such a special occasion.
No-Bake Nutella Cheesecake
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 10-12
- Category: dessert
- Method: no-bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
This is a creamy-dreamy Nutella cheesecake with an Oreo cookie crumb crust.
Ingredients
Cheesecake
- 1 & 1/3 cups (145g) Oreo cookie crumbs
- 4 tbsp (90ml) melted butter
- 3–250g pkg cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 & 1/2 cups (465g) Nutella
Topping
- 3/4 cup (235g) Nutella
- 10–12 Ferrero Rochers (optional)
- 2 tbsp (12g) ground hazelnuts (optional, I grounded whole hazelnuts using a coffee grinder)
Instructions
- Lightly butter the sides of a 9″springform pan and line with wax paper. Mix the melted butter with the baking crumbs, press onto the bottom of the pan, then chill in the freezer.
- Meanwhile, using a handheld mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Blend in the Nutella until mixture is thoroughly combined and smooth.
- Evenly spread the mixture over the chilled crust and put back in the freezer for 1 hour to firm up.
- Warm up the Nutella in the microwave for a few seconds to make it more spreadable and spread on top of the cheesecake. Sprinkle with ground hazelnuts and decorate with some Ferrero Rocher candies. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour or until ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 482
- Sugar: 24.7 g
- Sodium: 273.4 mg
- Fat: 38.3 g
- Trans Fat:
- Carbohydrates: 31.7 g
- Protein: 6.2 g
- Cholesterol: 77.6 mg
Hello
I wanna make sure I read this right
It is 3x 250 g of cream cheese with a total of 750g?
Yes, that is correct. This is one of my favs. I hope you like it too!
Can I do steps 1-3 the night before, then keep it in the fridge and add the Nutella on the top and toppings in the morning? Please let me know!
Yes, you can do steps 1-3 the night before and store in the fridge until ready to complete step 4. Enjoy and stay safe!
Hi, instead of putting it in the freezer can I set in the fridge as I plan on making it the night before. And if I put in the freezer doesn’t it go too hard rather than be creamy and smooth?
Hi Ruku,
Yes, you can assemble everything the night before, then chill it in the fridge until ready to serve. I hope you enjoy the cheesecake!
I made this for my friends birthday and she loved it! Thank you for such an amazing and easy cheesecake recipe!.
You’re very welcome, Michelle! I’m happy to hear your friend loved it:)
This cheesecake is so delicious! I made this with my daughter the other day and she loved decorating the cake with me. We shared the cake with the rest of our family and we all give you 5 stars each!
This looks absolutely divine! I love that there’s no whipped cream in there too- less work to do *winky smile* I’m planning to make this in a four inch pan, how much should I scale the ingredients down by?
Hi Rose,
I used a 9″ pan, so I recommend you scale down the ingredients by half. Enjoy and have a lovely day:)
Hi Lily! Your hazelnut cheesecake looks devine! Could you tell me how many ounces of cream cheese is equivalent to 750 grams. Thank you so much!
Hi Dana,
750g is about 26.5oz or 3 blocks of cream cheese. Enjoy and have a lovely weekend:)
Hi
How many people does this cheesecake serve? (:
Hi Memoona, it serves about 10-12 people, enjoy and have a great day:)
I was just wondering if this cheesecake needs the addition of some sugar because I’m worried it wont be sweet enough or will the topping make it sweet? Thank you.
Hi Anna, the Nutella is plenty sweet, so even when mixed with the cream cheese, I found it sweet enough. What you can do is taste it after you blended the cream cheese and Nutella together and if you don’t think it is sweet enough, add some sugar to suit your taste. Thank you for your question and enjoy:)
Hazzlenut + cheesecake!? You really are trying to kill me! Stopping by from the Merry Monday linky party! Thanks for sharing! -Treana @ houseofbennetts.com
It’s a Nutella and Ferrero Rocher heaven!
This looks stunning and it’s such a simple recipe! Bookmarking it for an event I have coming up. When you crush the Oreos do you include the creamy bit in the middle? I’m in the UK so it’s not that easy to find all the variations you have in Canada.
I used Oreo baking crumbs, it comes in a box, already crumbled and no cream filling, you should be able to find it in the baking section beside the graham cracker crumbs , any chocolate baking crumbs would work too, let me know how it turns out for you:)
I don’t think I will find that here so will have to see what I can sub it with…how genius that you can buy them ready crumbed! I will let you know how it goes!!