Easy Creamsicle Cheesecake / No Bake Creamsicle Cheesecake / How To Make A No Bake Cheesecake

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: neufchâtel cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Neufchâtel has less fat, while ricotta is often less expensive.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: buttermilk

Greek yogurt adds protein and reduces fat.

Start by making the crust: pulse 3 cups of graham cracker crumbs in a food processor until fine.

Melt 2 sticks of butter (1 cup) and mix with 1/2 cup of sugar and the graham cracker crumbs.

Press the mixture into the bottom and slightly up the sides of a springform pan to form a thick crust.

Refrigerate the crust to cool and stabilize while preparing the filling.

In a mixing bowl, combine 2 blocks of cream cheese (16 oz) at room temperature and whip until creamy.

Add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the cream cheese and mix well.

In a separate bowl, whip 1 cup of heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form, about 3-4 minutes.

Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture gently to maintain the fluffiness.

Take about one-third of the cream cheese mixture and mix in 1/4 cup of orange Jell-O, 1/4 cup of fresh squeezed orange juice, and some orange zest to taste.

Add a couple of drops of orange extract if more flavor is desired.

Layer half of the cream cheese mixture into the crust, then dollop in the orange mixture and swirl gently to combine without fully mixing.

Add the remaining cream cheese mixture on top and swirl again as desired.

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