No-Bake Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cheesecake!
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Deliciously creamy no-bake Terry’s chocolate orange cheesecake perfect for dessert and an afternoon treat!
Chocolate orange obsession
If you hadn’t already noticed from following my blog, or especially my Instagram, I ADORE chocolate, but especially Terry’s chocolate orange chocolate. I literally have no idea why so much, other than it being utterly amazing and one of the best things ever.
After the success of my chocolate orange cookies, and Terry’s chocolate orange cupcakes I decided to continue my cheesecake obsession with a suitably amazing Terry’s chocolate orange cheesecake!
Chocolate orange cheesecake
I have made a bunch of cheesecakes now, and this is by far my favourite. Some of you may disagree, but I adore this one. I have made it countless times now that I can’t actually count. My mum, who shockingly isn’t actually a massive fan of chocolate orange as a flavour combination (this is news to me…) is actually a really big fan of this.
Something about the creaminess and moussey texture of the cheesecake filling is what makes it delicious to her. I agree, I am shocked about how delicious it is. I mean, I knew I would like it.. but its SO much tastier then I thought it could ever be! Honestly, my favourite recipe. Ever.
Base
I also adore a thick and buttery biscuit base on my cheesecakes which you might have noticed, but the amount of filling makes it a perfect match! If you want to do less biscuit, reduce the biscuit, and the butter but to the same ratio. So, half the amount of butter to the amount of biscuit! Although, what kind of criminal doesn’t like the biscuit base?!
Filling
This recipe is super easy to make, its a no-bake recipe and you will want to make it over and over and over! The good thing about this sort of thing is that if you don’t have Terry’s chocolate where you are, you can easily substitute it for normal plain or milk chocolate and add orange zest or flavouring too it to make it equally as delicious!
RECIPE UPDATED JULY 2016
I have done a little experimenting as I had a few comments that the mixture ‘seizes’ slightly when making it. It still sets perfectly fine, and still tastes delicious, but the chocolate orange itself will seize. This means that the chocolate will go hard pretty much as soon as you start mixing it, so instead of having a smooth delicious mixture, you basically have a chocolate orange chip cheesecake. I wanted to stop this from happening if I could so I did a few experiments!
Top tips!
I found that if you mix the cream cheese with the icing sugar, then add the melted chocolate and whisk until smooth, and then add in the cream and whisk until think, the mixture will turn out super smooth, and will set perfectly. It may not look as thick as it did before, mine didn’t for a while but whisking it for a little longer worked, but it sets like a dream. I have written the original method below, and the new one so you can choose which you prefer!
No-Bake Terry's Chocolate Orange Cheesecake!
Ingredients
Biscuit Base
- 300 g digestives
- 150 g unsalted butter
Cheesecake Filling
- 500-600 g cream cheese (full fat)
- 300 ml double cream
- 75 g icing sugar
- 300 g Terry's chocolate orange
Decoration
- 150 ml double cream
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 12 Terry's chocolate orange segments
- 75 g melted chocolate
- Sprinkles
Instructions
For the Biscuit Base
- Melt the butter in the microwave on short bursts on in a small pan over a medium heat until fully melted.
- Blitz the biscuits in a food processor to a small crumb or in a bag with the end of a rolling pin, add the butter, and mix until it is combined well.
- Tip into a 8″/20cm deep springform tin and press down firmly – chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
For the Cheesecake Filling
- Melt the 300g of chocolate orange in a bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, stirring gently or microwave in short bursts until fully melted – leave to cool slightly whilst doing the rest.
- Mix together the cream cheese and Icing sugar until thick and whip up the double cream in a separate bowl – fold the mixtures together, and then fold through the melted & cooled chocolate. If you find its quite sloppy, whisk till thick!
- OR - With a stand mixer, whip the cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth. Add in the slightly cooled melted chocolate, and whip again till smooth. Pour in the double cream and continue to whip until thick. Check it occasionally and scrape down the sides until its all combined and really thick.
- Pour the mix on to the biscuit base, smooth over, cover, and chill in the fridge for 5-6 hours, or preferably overnight.
For the Decoration
- Whip together the double cream and Icing sugar together until its thick and you can pipe it.
- Drizzle over some melted chocolate onto the cheesecake, and pipe the cream onto the cheesecake.
- Add a segment per slice, and sprinkle over some sprinkles!
Notes
- If it looks like your cheesecake isn’t setting, or its a but sloppy, or you’re even not sure.. try it anyway. Try to set the mix anyway! If it still doesn’t set, freeze it and have an ice cream cheesecake!
- I recommend using a 8″/20cm deep springform tin in this recipe!
- You could easily half the recipe used to make a smaller cheesecake, I prefer to make this size because it is always eaten so quickly and is so delicious! You can serve this with a splash of cream or just on its own – its utterly delicious and so easy to make!
- This recipe will last covered in the fridge for 3-4 days!
- If you don't want to pay for Terry's chocolate oranges as they can sometimes be a little pricey, you can easily use regular milk chocolate and add in 2tsps orange extract.
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This recipe looks delicious! I’m hoping to try it out next week (intending to serve in half an Easter Egg!) Excuse the likely amateur question, but should the cream cheese be room temperature or straight out of the fridge? Thanks! Will let you know how it goes 😅
The cream cheese yes, but the double cream should be kept cold!! xx
I was just wondering if I made them in smaller dishes for little personal ones, could this then be frozen until I’m ready to eat it and if so how long would you recommend to leave it to defrost
Yes they can be! I use gü dishes sometimes and they freeze well – they need thawing in the fridge though so several hours at least! x
Hi, I have recently made the mini egg cheesecake with Philadelphia and it was amazing! I’m just wondering can mascarpone cheese be used instead for this recipe? Thank you
Yes it can be!! Sometimes mascarpone is naturally thicker so needs a little less mixing x
I doubled this recipe and made one with some lemon curd folded in instead of the chocolate orange – both were gone in seconds! Jane you’re my go to page for any desserts now as all your recipes that I have tried have been a great success!!!
Hi Jane, I love the sound of this recipe I’ve wanted to make it for ages! Chocolate orange is the best! 😍 going to try and make it for Christmas.
I have a question about the cream used in the main cheesecake filling, I’m in Australia and can’t work out which cream I need to get? We have double thick cream which is very thick (max you can get in one tub is 300ml), thickened cream and whipping cream. Do you know which one is the most similar to British double cream? Thanks xx
I’m afraid I don’t, but you just want the one with the highest fat content – if the double cream is really thick then maybe try that as it could be good for setting it! X
Thanks Jane, another amazing recipe !
I wanted next time to make a taller but smaller cheesecake, could I just use the same ingredients and just make this taller?
Yes, so it depends on the tin you use but I usually say a 6″ cheesecake is half the recipe, so maybe a 7″ tin would be good?
You can use a smaller cake tin, that way it would make the cake taller.
Good Luck
I love this cheesecake it’s amazing, just wondering can this cheesecake be frozen?
Yes it can be!
LOVED this cheesecake!! First cheesecake I’ve ever made and not only was it delicious (my family all agreed too) I was surprised how fairly simple it was to make. Will definitely be making this again!
This was amazing!! The best cheesecake recipe for chocolate orange lovers!!
I made this for my mum’s birthday during lockdown 1 and it was a big hit with the family! My nephew requested a salted caramel one for his birthday a few weeks later and he enjoyed it so much!
Made this this week and it was amazing.Son took some home with him and have some to a friend who now wants the recipe.Make one for dessert on Christmas day.Now to make the Rolo cheesecake this week.
I just had to make this as I am a huge chocolate orange fan and it was so yummy!!
I let mine set for about 8 hours and it came out perfect. Another amazing recipe from the lovely Jane xx
fantastic recipe easy to follow and turned out amazingly many thanks Jane x
Just made this recipe, and wow the chocolate orange filling is very overpowering. Extremely sweet and difficult to eat. I recommend starting with far less than 300g of the melted chocolate in the cream cheese, and add in more to taste..
Sorry you didn’t like it – I love something to taste of what it’s meant to represent (terry’s in this case!) so I love it having a strong flavour. Everyone’s tastes are different however so you can reduce it easily if that’s what you prefer.
I’ve made this cheesecake before and love it!
Would it be okay if I made this cheesecake today and then left it in the fridge until Sunday? Will it still have the amazing flavour or would it go weird? I wanted to make it ahead of time.
Try this with the white chocolate orange.
Thank me later. 🤤🤤
Fabulous cheese cake l dont usual make desserts but thought l would give this a go so glad l did. My family asked me where l had brought it from, will
definitely be trying more of your recipes.