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No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake in a Jar

An easy to make no bake pumpkin cheesecake. This recipe is perfect for Thanksgiving as you can make it ahead and pop it in the fridge for up to 3 days before serving.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Keyword no-bake pumpkin cheesecake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6
Cost 10

Ingredients

1 - Speculaas (Gingersnap) Crust

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 cups crushed speculaas cookies Gingersnap cookies is you can't find speculaas

2 - Pumpkin Cream Cheese Filling

  • 8 oz cream cheese I used Philadelphia cream cheese
  • 1 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 ½ cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
  • ½ tsp pumpkin spice or substitute cinnamon

3 - Whipped Cream

  • 1 ½ cups whipping cream
  • ½ cup icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

1 - Speculaas (Gingersnap) Crust

  • Crush the cookies into crumbs.
    Making speculaas cookie crumbs using a sealed plastic bag and a metal kitchen hammer.
  • Melt the butter in a small pan, add the brown sugar. Cook over medium heat until it bubbles. About 2 min.
    Cooking butter and brown sugar in a large pot to boiling stage for a cookie crumb crust on cheesecake.
  • Mix in crushed speculaas cookies and mix until coated. Pour out onto a plate and let cool.

2 - Pumpkin Cream Cheese Filling

  • In a large bowl, or stand mixer with paddle. Place the cream cheese into the bowl. Beat on high speed until fluffy, then add the white granulated sugar. Continue beating the cream cheese for a couple of minutes. This allows the white sugar granules to melt into the cream cheese and makes the layer smooth instead of grainy.
  • Add the vanilla and mix until just incorporated.
  • Add the pumpkin and pumpkin spice to the cream cheese mixture, blend on low until mixed together well.
    A large mixing bowl filled with well whipped together pumpkin cheesecake filling.
  • If using a stand mixer transfer the pumpkin cheesecake filling to a second bowl, cover and let chill. Wash the bowl for whipping cream.

3 - Whipped Cream

  • Mix chilled whipping cream, until fluffy. Add icing sugar and whip 1 minute on high, add vanilla. Mix until blended. Remove whipping cream from mixer into separate owl. Chill while making pumpkin mixture.
    A large mixing bowl full of freshly made whipped cream.

4 - Assembly

  • Alternate the layers, speculaas crunch, pumpkin cream cheese mousse, whipping cream and repeat.
    two servings of No-bake pumpkin cheesecake being served in small pint sized mason jars. There are layers of cookie crust, pumpkin cream cheese filling, whipped cream and cookie crumbs sprinkled on top.