No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

An easy pumpkin cheesecake recipe made with cream cheese, pumpkin and pumpkin spice that's a cool and creamy alternative to traditional pumpkin pie!

My oven gets a lot of action on Thanksgiving. Even days before The Big Day it’s making cornbread for the dressing, baking pie crusts, cooking rolls, etc. So having a super easy no-bake pumpkin cheesecake recipe to whip up is just what I’m after.

And it solves another little issue I have. I… errrr… well, I don’t really love pumpkin pie.

Don’t hate me now!

But you HAVE to have pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, right? So, I like to make this one instead because I actually like it (a lot!) and I don’t have to take up valuable real estate in my oven to make it!

You can adjust the sugar in this. I know a whole cup seems like a lot but it’s not too sweet to me at all. I am even tempted sometimes to add a little more :o)

If you're hunting for some ideas for Thanksgiving, be sure to check out my Favorite Southern Thanksgiving Recipes! And if you're looking for one, here's my FAVORITE recipe for Classic Pecan Pie!!

If you love easy no-bake desserts like this, check out a few of these recipes too!

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• Chocolate Nutter Butter Icebox Cake - A chocolate layered dessert with peanut butter cookies, whipped cream and peanut butter drizzle like a chocolate peanut butter lasagna! 
• Paula Deen's Banana Pudding - The iconic recipe made with cream cheese and butter shortbread cookies that's Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding!
• Butterfinger Pie - The original recipe with Butterfinger candy bars, cream cheese, vanilla and whipped cream topping.
• Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake - An easy no-bake layered dessert with graham crackers, cheesecake filling and fresh strawberries. 
• Italian Bakeless Cake - A layered dessert with pineapple, vanilla wafers, cool whip, coconut and cherries. 
• Peanut Butter Ripple Nutter Butter Banana Pudding - Banana pudding made with Nutter Butter cookies and layers of peanut butter ripples. 

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Yield: 8 ServingsAuthor: Mandy Rivers | South Your Mouth

NO-BAKE PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

prep time: 10 minscook time: total time: 10 mins

ingredients

• 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 14-ounce can pumpkin (not pie filling)
• 1 cup sugar (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• Pinch of salt
• 1 8-ounce carton cool whip, thawed and divided
• 1 9-inch graham cracker crust

instructions

Whip cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy and smooth. Add about half of the pumpkin and continue mixing at medium speed until smooth. This could take a while, especially if the pumpkin and cream cheese are too cool. Just keep mixing until it’s smooth.

Add remaining pumpkin, sugar, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice and salt and mix well. Fold in about 2/3 of cool whip until evenly combined then spoon mixture into the pie crust. Cover and chill for 4 hours or until set. Serve with remaining cool whip. Garnish with a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice if desired.

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