I think I’ve mentioned this before on the blog, but Trey is a cheesecake kind of guy. Most of our vacations together so far have involved room service cheesecake at some point.
It’s hard to compete with room service cheesecake. Not because it’s necessarily the best cheesecake. I think it has something to do with the fact that you just pick up the phone, and then thirty or forty-five minutes later it magically appears outside your hotel room.
Room service cheesecake is magic.
These cheesecake truffles are a little bit magic, too. There’s no baking involved. Actually, there’s really no “cooking” to speak of. This isn’t really even a recipe, more assembly instructions. And the lesson I draw from this is that sometimes magic = convenience. 🙂
1.) Use a box of no-bake cheesecake and follow the instructions to make it. I added cherry pie filling to the top. You could choose to add whatever you like: strawberry pie filling, jam, Nutella, or keep it plain.
Once you’ve made the cheesecake, wrap it in plastic wrap and place in the freezer for at least two hours, or overnight.
2.) Use a melon baller to scoop out balls of frozen cheesecake. The key is to scoop a little bit of crust, cheesecake, and topping in each bit.
3.) Melt some candy melts according to the package. Use a spoon to carefully dip the frozen cheesecake balls in the melted chocolate. I
f your bites get too warm, pop them back in the freezer for ten minutes. They are much easier to dip if they are frozen.
4.) Top with a drizzle of white chocolate or sprinkles. Chill until you’re ready to eat.
I placed my cheesecake truffles in mini baking cups so they’d look a little bit more professional. You could easily wrap these in a small box to gift to a friend or your crush. Just remember that cheesecake should be refrigerated over longer periods of time, and be sure to consume these within a week. Enjoy! xo. Emma
P.S. Check out 15 easy no-bake desserts for more recipes!
No-Bake Cheesecake Truffles
Ingredients
- 1 box no-bake cheesecake
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- candy melts or melted chocolate
Instructions
- Use a box of no-bake cheesecake and follow the instructions to make it. I added cherry pie filling to the top. You could choose to add whatever you like: strawberry pie filling, jam, Nutella, or keep it plain. Once you've made the cheesecake, wrap it in plastic wrap and place in the freezer for at least two hours, or overnight.
- Use a melon baller to scoop out balls of frozen cheesecake. The key is to scoop a little bit of crust, cheesecake, and topping in each bite.
- Melt some candy melts according to the package. Use a spoon to carefully dip the frozen cheesecake balls in the melted chocolate. If your bites get too warm pop them back in the freezer for ten minutes. They are much easier to dip if they are frozen.
- Top with a drizzle of white chocolate or sprinkles. Chill until you're ready to eat.
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Credits // Author and Photography: Emma Chapman
92 Comments
OMG!! This recipe had to be the worst epic fail in candy making for me ever!! I just can NOT get them right!! This year I really wanted to try them again so I froze the cheesecake balls two days straight to see if that would make a difference from the year before. (I just froze them over night.) I dipped them and they just quickly melted into the candy coating. So after just a few balls in I tried putting them on a baking sheet and just drizzling the coating over them that way. when they were hard, I flipped them over and did the same for the backside. What I ended up with was what seem like an inch thick of candy coating before even getting to the yummy cheesecake center! Would love to see how you do it if there would be any way possible for you to post a video or send me a video either way I desperately want this to work but have had three years of fail after fail.
Desperation🙏🏻
Audra
I absolutely love cheesecake, and I love truffles, so this is practically heaven to me! #pinnedit
You could just pickup a Philadelphia Cheesecake filling or make your own no bake filling. We like to use 1pkg cream cheese, 1+ cup peanut butter and just enough granulated sugar creamed together.
Wondering if you could mix or maybe just fold some of the crust into the balls for added texture and flavor, especially if using something other than graham cracker crumbs (like oreos, brownie or cookie crusts, diced nuts, etc).
Well these look like heaven! YUM!
Can’t wait to try this!
Aw I love cheesecake! These look so tasty!
Great photography! These look delicious!! xxx
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I made some similar ones as christmas gifts a few years back but these look awesome! Def going to be making this soon!!
Lulu xx
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Oh my goodness these look incredible but I don’t think I can even buy any of these ingredients here! And it might be a little heartbreaking to ball up a cheesecake made from scratch :/
I will have to have a hunt around as these look too cute and yummy!
Oh my god. First off all, WHO KNEW NO-BAKE CHEESECAKE WAS EVEN A THING??? You kidding me?! Where has it been all my life. Second of all, I love the idea of melting down those candies to use as a coating – just brilliant. Can’t wait to try this!!
Looks delicious!!
Pure Genius!
Yum! I love cheesecake! I think I would like them covered in normal chocolate though
These look delicious!
it’s scary to me to think about all of the ingredients in foods like these. alternatively, it would probably work well with left over cheese cake made from real, whole food ingredients.
Yum!!!
So pretty and sounds yummy~
What a lovely idea! I love new food gift ideas so this one’s getting added to the list! Thanks!
These match my wedding color! Ah!
The color of these match my wedding color! Ah!
These look and sound amazing, yum!
I adore no bake cheesecake. A friend of mine made bite size no bake cheesecakes for one of her recitals, but this sounds easier and just as yummy!
these look absolutely perfect!!
xxoo,
nikki
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I love the sound of these! I featured this recipe on my Link Love roundup!
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I could do with these right now, they look so yummy! x
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What candy melts did you use? I’ve tried some before and failed miserably! Or do you have tips? Mine never got to liquid, they stayed too thick.
Super easy and love the simplicity of just a couple of ingredients. Thanks!
ohhhhh …
wanna have! these are just so cute!
greets
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Ohhh my goodness, I love cheesecake. These looks so yummy and easy 🙂
These look great. Will definitely try soon. Do you know if there is egg in the cheesecake filling? Thanks!
These are so cute! and ridiculously brilliant 🙂
Смотрятся очень аппетитно! Я уверена, что они вкусные!
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i suppose you could make these in a square pan and cut them into bite size squares then dip them?? you will get crust, filling and toppin with no waste….
these look so very tempting! great photos!
these look so cute! perfect for giving away esp. during the valentine season 🙂 can’t wait to try it out!
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yum! are they super sweet having the extra candy melts?
This is probably my favourite recipe I have found for weeks!
Delicious, creamy cheesecake bits – I die!
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Yummy!!!!!!
Deltreylicious
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Everything in this post surprise me!
First No-Bake Cheesecake
And then Cheesecake Truffles
WOW!!!!
Looks delicious, my mouth is watering! such a shame that I´m on a diet! But I keep this for next time
This looks sooo delicious! I’m getting hungry over here 😉 I love the pink color, it’s very different
Emma Jo
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Yummy!! 🙂 xx
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These look amazing! Its only 9:30am in the UK but I want cheesecake now 🙂
Georgina x
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omg yummmmmmmmmmmm!!!!
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I make a great cheesecake, but these would be great for a party! Thank you for the recipe, I pinned it 🙂
So pretty…and they look delicious!
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Oh my good!
My diet is going to fall with this post!
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OO, that looks more like yummy. Peeerfect recipe for me and I am going to try to do it.
Yum! Those look so good. I like that they are a cute little special treat!
Jenni
Ohh these look scrumptious! 🙂
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If I could survive on cheesecake… Haha
xo Jennifer
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I thought the exact same thing. Seems a little ridiculous, right?
I’m not a cheesecake person, but these looks absolutely amazing!
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These look insanely good!!!
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yum! these look wonderful. and fairly easy to make. great presentation too!
Jennifer
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These look super yummy. thanks for sharing!
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so cute! my husband loves cheesecake (me, not so much! hah) so i’ve been on the hunt for different cheesecake recipes to try – will definitely have to give this a go!
x
these look so delicious and hassle free!
xx Milly
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wow! These look deeeee-lish, I must try! No baking involved, my kinda dessert
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Sounds amazing– cheesecake is pretty much the only dessert that my husband likes (other than just straight up candy), so I’ll definitely have to give these a try sometime!
This is great! I’ve actually just finished making some of your chocolate granola bagels, they’re baking right now! Your recipes are always so quirky and diverse I’m totally hooked, Will be giving these a try soon
Ella Grace xoxo
Major food splurge!!
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These look gorgeous!
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I LOVE cheesecake and I LOVE truffles. Need I say more! This is safely pinned to to my Pinterest board for future reference!
these look so yummy! xo
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These look credible! I will definitely be giving these a go sometime!
OMG! My mouth is watering. I am so going to try making these!! Thank you for sharing this recipe with us!
Beth
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mmmm! These look delicious! I love that they’re like cakeballs but with cheesecake!
xoxo
Taylor
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These look so fancy! I made little cheesecake bites with my students last year, but they were just smashed oreos mixed with cream cheese and covered in chocolate! These are much more attractive!
xo
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yum!! I’m also a cheesecake fanatic, so I’ll have to give these a try!
ohhh yummy yummy!!!
i will try it for sure!
great alternative for when you’re sick of cake balls. wait does that actually happen?
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Ah! Yum! These look fabulous! And dangerous! 😉
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dayum, this looks so good ! i would make this if i could find geletin 🙁
Is there a way to make this without actually making an entire pie just to deconstruct it and also waste the crust? It seems like there are some unnecessary steps & waste here.
these look unreal!!! mmmmm!
im going to make some 🙂
Mollie xoxo
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I love truffles my mom and I make them every year at Christmas and personally I am not a cheesecake fan but I know my husband would love these!
Carlee
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I would love a demonstration of doing the candy melts correctly. It doesn’t matter what I do, I can never get it melted enough for it to be a dipping type consistency…and just end up with these masses of “dipped” whatever…and it’s a mess! Teach me! Please!! 😉
I didn’t even know Jell-O made a cheesecake mix like that! This recipe seems so convenient and great if you’re in a pinch for time. Send me some of these!!
cheesecake really is my kryptonite so I’m happy to have another way to make it. yum! =)
Wow, I will definitely be trying these! What a great tutorial!
I am going to do this tonight!!!! thanks for sharing!!!!
These look so yummy (and easy-perfect for me)!
Will definitely have to try this one! With nutella? Yes, please!
yum! itlooks easy and delicious.thanks!!xx
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Mouth is literally watering right now.. Drool. Everywhere.
Thanks for this! x
I’m definitely bookmarking this and making them soon! I love cheesecake and these look so easy. Thanks for sharing!
what an awesome idea! yummy! pinned 😉
what an awesome idea! yummy! pinned 🙂
oh yum! the colours reminded me of red velvet cake. truffles are little bites of heaven!
xx
So pretty! Beautiful photography. And I’m sure they taste delicious, too. I’ve made regular truffles but have never thought of cheesecake ones. I’m not sure I would be the biggest fan myself but I love gifting truffles to others, and most of my usual recipients love cheesecake.