Νο bake Chocolate Cheesecake

                                    

I made this for my birthday and it was seductive and enticing.
Because it is easy to make, it doesn’t mean it is harmless. When people ask me “is it too fattening?” I simple answer “it doesn’t have any added sugar”. And it really doesn’t. What does it need sugar for?
But I have another question: Who HASN’T woken up in the night to eat nutella from a jar? The winner gets a jar of pickled cucumbers.

You’ll need

• 350 gr digestive biscuits

• 200 gr butter

• 200 ml double cream

• 200 gr cheese cream

• 100 gr chocolate with 70% solids, melted  (see note on how to melt it)

• 400 gr nutella or other chocolate spread

• Cocoa powder

Crumble the biscuits in a blender, put them in a bowl, add butter, whisk using a mixer until everything comes together.
Line a tart mould with the biscuit-butter mixture and pat until it is uniformly spread. Refrigerate for 45 minutes.
Put cheese, double cream, nutella, melted chocolate and 2-3 tablespoons of cocoa powder, in a mixer bowl and whisk everything (best with an electric whisk) until smooth.  Taste the mixture to see if you want it bitterer. I usually do. The more cocoa powder you add, the bitterer it becomes.
Spread it out on the tart shell and put it in the freezer for 30 minutes or until the filling looks solid. You can simply refrigerate it but it’ll take longer. But if you are going to forget it in the fridge, then do refrigerate it!
Before you serve, sprinkle with some cocoa powder.

Note: How to melt the chocolate

Place pieces of chocolate in a bowl (not a plastic one). Place the bowl in a pan. Fill pan with water and place on low heat. Allow chocolate to melt and don’t cover. When most of the chocolate has melted, stir until smooth.

You can do it in the microwave oven: Place pieces of chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and microwave at medium power (50 percent) for 1 1/2 to 4 minutes, until the chocolate turns shiny. Remove the container from the microwave and stir the chocolate until completely melted.

Comments

[kimananda]

Oh. my. God. I've gained weight just reading the ingredients (and then again reading them aloud to Thor). I will be trying this very soon.

[Cathy]

This looks absolutely delicious; I will try this one for sure! Everything looks wonderful, Chloe.

[OB Juan]

I absolutely love cheesecake.

I had an opportunity to get New York cheesecake in a small dessert shop in New York and it was by far the best cheescake I have ever eaten...

Now I just need to convince my wife to make this for me so I can try it out...

[Madelyn]

I am going to make this!
It's so pretty!

[Madelyn]

...and chocolate is loaded
with antioxidants - so it is
very very good for you.

[stevi]

Guys, this is the easiest and by far the most fattening cheesecake ever. But if you give a fig about calories, which i don't, you may use low fat cream cheese, go easy on nutella and just add more cocoa for flavour.

[Ange]

Looks gorgeous!

[Morgan]

Cheesecake has gotten me into trouble on more than one occasion. My mouth has an orgasm with each bite. People have been known to get irate just watching me eat it.

[Dreena]

Madelyn enthusiastically suggested I check out your blog, and wow, it's quite something! This cheesecake looks fabuloso! Though, as you can see from my info, I'm vegan, so I would have to sub a bunch of things... but did you know there is even a 'vegan nutella' available?! I haven't tried it yet, but want to! Beautiful pics here! :)

[stevi]

Morgan
whatever makes you look like you are experiencing an orgasm can't be a bad thing. :)

Dreena
thank you for coming! Madelyn is too kind. I had no idea about vegan nutella but i am glad. everything should have its vegan counterpart. Also, i'm adding you to my vegan links -if you don't mind.

[genevieve]

oh yes. nutella is chocolate goodness in its finest form...made better only by mixing with butter and heavy cream! i enjoy reading your blog. greetings from boston, ma!
(i once traveled to greece and loved it)

[sarah]

I know that this comes a couple of months late but.. on seeing that that jar of pickles isn't redeemed, I'd just like to say that I don't see what all the fuss about nutella is about. I'm a chocolate lover.. but i just don't know how to appreciate nutella.. sorry !

[stevi]

ahahaaa Sarah. Two pickle jars for you. Thanks for stopping by. :)