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Rich, creamy no-bake cheesecake that comes together in a flash in your blender or food processor. The cheesecake is blended with juicy strawberries then layered on toasted graham cracker crumbs, topped with more juicy strawberries, and a dollop of whipped cream with a strawberry on top.
Today is National Cheesecake Day! I’ve joined together with fabulous food bloggers around the globe to help celebrate this fabulous dessert! Roxana from Roxana’s Home Baking organized the celebration and invited me to participate. I don’t think I’ve ever turned down a chance to eat cheesecake, so I was happy to join in the fun.
Since it’s summer and life is busy, I decided to make an easy no-bake cheesecake recipe for National Cheesecake Day. Lately the strawberries at the market have been so sweet and juicy, I couldn’t resist making a strawberry version of Donna Hay’s Blackberry Cheesecake Pots that I posted several years ago.
I used my toaster oven to toast the graham cracker crumbs, but if you didn’t want to heat up the house, you could skip that step. You could also substitute crumbled shortbread cookies as the base. I thought about going to Trader Joe’s and buying their Lemon Cookie Thins, but never made it to the store, but I’ll have to try that next time.
You could easily pick up the ingredients at the market today and serve this as dessert tonight. It’s a delicious, easy way to celebrate National Cheesecake Day.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Pots
Ingredients
- 4 graham crackers crushed
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- ½ cup granulated sugar divided
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- ¼ cup whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Combine crushed graham crackers and butter in a small bowl or Ziploc bag. Spread on baking sheet. Toast in the oven 3–5 minutes until crumbs start to brown. Cool to room temperature.
- In a small bowl, combine sliced strawberries and ¼ cup sugar. Set aside for at least 30 minutes until the strawberries release their juice.
- Process the cream cheese, ¼ cup sugar, cream and vanilla in a blender until smooth. Add ½ cup of the strawberries with juice, and pulse to incorporate in to cheesecake mixture.
- Divide the graham cracker crumbs into four serving dishes, reserving 1 tablespoon for garnish. Divide strawberry cheesecake mixture evenly between the dishes. Top with remaining strawberries and juice. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
- Serve garnished with whipped cream, graham cracker crumbs and a strawberry.
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet
These pots are so pretty! Perfect to celebrate this fantastic holiday!
Jill
Amazing recipe! So simple!
And thanks for the cheesecake round up. I just might have to work my way through these one by one. And then I’ll buy new pants.
Medeja
Delicious and very elegant looking dessert!
Amallia @DesireToEat
wow, what a great dessert. nice pics.
Shannon @ Bake. Frost. Repeat.
I love how cute and easy these are.
Angie@Angie's Recipes
These cheesecake pots look droolworthy, Barbara.
Aimee @ ShugarySweets
Beautiful photos Barbara!!
Thalia @ butter and brioche
i love cheesecake day! (should probably be a national holiday)… these cheesecake pots look delicious, definitely craving one right now!
Liz
I would be happy with your cheesecake pots in any berry flavor! They are plum gorgeous!!!
Carol
ARGH…I saw cute dessert glasses like yours at a yard sale last Saturday and talked myself out of buying them! RATS! Your cheesecake looks delicious Barbara-what a great summer dessert-and no turning the oven on. Perfect! 🙂
Cate @ Chez CateyLou
Barbara these look so delicious and so pretty! And I love how quickly they come together. Pinning! Happy Cheesecake Day!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
How easy is this, Barbara? I have a fridge full of strawberries and they’re calling for this recipe!
Shaina
I love that you can make the batter in a blender. Super easy, looks gorgeous, and I’m sure tastes amazing!
Heather @ French Press
such a pretty presentation!
Lisa @ Garnish with Lemon
Single serving desserts always hold a special place in my kitchen! Pinned.
Julie
Love how quickly this comes together!
Sue {munchkin munchies}
Barbara, Besides looking delicious, these little “pots” are so cute! They sound pretty simple too…must make!
Rosa
A great dessert and idea! Your cheesecake pots are so pretty and irresistible.
Cheers,
Rosa
Kitchen Belleicious
i love a dessert that can be served in single servings like this. The cheesecake pots look delicious and gorgeous. My favorite two pairings with cream cheese is chocolate and strawberry so to me this dessert hits the spot
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness
Cheesecake that I can have ready in time to eat for breakfast? YES PLEASE!
Love these! Pinned!
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Taylor! I love the idea of cheesecake for breakfast. It does have fruit in it after all 🙂