Holidays are so super fun because you can really get into them with surprisingly fun and easy desserts. I personally love pretty desserts. It makes being in the kitchen so much more tolerable and the table display when you have a party amazing. With this red, white and blue no bake patriotic cheesecake, its the perfect dessert that will help you get creative. Fresh off the heels of the no bake unicorn poop cheesecake or the no bake Eggnogg Cheesecake, its just as simple for your upcoming July 4th, Memorial Day, Veterans Day or Labor Day celebrations.
No Bake Patriotic Cheesecake
No Bake Patriotic Cheesecake Ingredients
Before you get started, you should always be prepared. This is true for about anything but especially true in crafts and recipes. There is nothing like getting half way done and going …dang it! You can grab your perishables at your favorite store but as far as the food dyes and sprinkles, I grab mine on Amazon. I am addicted to the Wilton Color Right Performance System as it has crazy bright results and doesn’t water down recipes. I also love grabbing different sprinkles
online because my local stores pretty much have only boring ones. Here are some star sprinkles or you can try some red, white and blue jimmies
.
Wilton Color Right Performance Color System, 601-6200Star Sprinkles – Red, White, & Blue
No Bake Patriotic Cheesecake
No Bake Patriotic Cheesecake Instructions
- 2-8oz packages cream cheese
- 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2+ cups cool whip
- Red and blue gel food dye
- 1 1/2 cups graham crumbs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup each red, white and blue candy melts
- 2 Tablespoons shortening or coconut oil
, optional (makes candy melts more smooth)
- Patriotic sprinkles
Line and grease a 6″ springform pan.
Combine the graham crumbs and melted butter in a bowl.
Press the graham crackers into the bottom of the prepared pan and set in the freezer for 10 minutes as you prepare the cheesecake filling.
Combine the cream cheese and sugar until light fully combined. Add in the cool whip and mix until just combined.
Separate the cream cheese mixture into 3 bowls and add red dye to one and blue to one, leaving the third white.
Remove the graham crust from the freezer and place large dollops of the cheesecake filling all over the crust in a random pattern.
Use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon to smooth the cheesecake down.
Place in fridge and let set for at least 2 hours.
Place the red, white and blue candy melts in small, separate bowls.
Heat for 35 seconds, stir, and reheat as necessary until the candy melts are smooth. Add in the coconut oil as needed.
Let the candy melts cool as you carefully remove the cheesecake from your springform pan and smooth down the edges as needed with an offset spatula (run the spatula under hot water to help).
Drizzle the cooled candy melts all over the cheesecake and then sprinkle the patriotic sprinkles over top while the candy melts are still wet.
Let the candy melts dry, about 10 minutes, before serving.
No Bake Patriotic Cheesecake Printable Instructions
No Bake Patriotic Cheesecake
- 2-8 oz packages cream cheese
- 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 + cups cool whip
- Red and blue gel food dye
- 1 1/2 cups graham crumbs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup each red (white and blue candy melts)
- 2 Tablespoons shortening or coconut oil (optional (makes candy melts more smooth))
- Patriotic sprinkles
- Line and grease a 6″ springform pan.
- Combine the graham crumbs and melted butter in a bowl.
- Press the graham crackers into the bottom of the prepared pan and set in the freezer for 10 minutes as you prepare the cheesecake filling.
- Combine the cream cheese and sugar until light fully combined. Add in the cool whip and mix until just combined.
- Separate the cream cheese mixture into 3 bowls and add red dye to one and blue to one, leaving the third white.
- Remove the graham crust from the freezer and place large dollops of the cheesecake filling all over the crust in a random pattern.
- Use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon to smooth the cheesecake down.
- Place in fridge and let set for at least 2 hours.
- Place the red, white and blue candy melts in small, separate bowls.
- Heat for 35 seconds, stir, and reheat as necessary until the candy melts are smooth. Add in the coconut oil as needed.
- Let the candy melts cool as you carefully remove the cheesecake from your springform pan and smooth down the edges as needed with an offset spatula (run the spatula under hot water to help).
- Drizzle the cooled candy melts all over the cheesecake and then sprinkle the patriotic sprinkles overtop while the candy melts are still wet.
- Let the candy melts dry, about 10 minutes, before serving.
Other fun Patriotic Celebration Ideas:
Red, White, and Blue Brownie Pizza
Star Spangled Pudding Parfait Recipe