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Easy No-Bake Chocolate KitKat Cheesecake with a Biscuit Base, Chocolate Cheesecake filling, Ganache topping and KitKat shell!
It’s been a while since I shared a showstopper of a Cheesecake, so this may be the best way to change that. I love a good Chocolate Cheesecake, but I always like to take things a step further to make it a showstopper… and this one did just that.
I have had requests after requests for a Kitkat cheesecake after my Twix Cheesecake went down so well – I was nervous no-one would even like the Twix Cheesecake as it’s one of the most underrated chocolate bars, but my god… it still keeps going.
I wanted to make this slightly different to my Twix one, but still insane enough to make all your jaws drop… but it’s quite hard to make it different enough to wow you guys! However, my Bourbon Biscuit Cheesecake may have played a large roll in the inspiration here as well.
Who doesn’t love a cheesecake with a shell?! Not only does it make it look amazing, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier to get out of the tin, and just more amazing in general! I realise it can mean using up a lot of KitKats, but it’s worth it!
You can of course skip the KitKat shell bit if you fancy – but I just love how massive the slices are because of it. It makes it all look INSAAAANE.
I made this slightly differently to my Bourbon Biscuit Cheesecake because the KitKat’s are taller than the Bourbon Biscuits, so I put the KitKat’s in first, and then added the biscuit base into that. It’s slightly faffy, but worth it in the end.
I simply make the ganache by heating the cream, pouring over some finely chopped chocolate, letting it sit and then stirring. If your ganache splits (goes grainy), just whisk in a smidge more cream or full fat milk and it should come back easily!
Pour the Cheesecake mix on the biscuits, pour the ganache on the cheesecake, decorate with any more KitKats if you are using – and let it set! Once it’s set, you just have to take it out the tin and then enjoy to your hearts content!
Also, side note… I did just use the classic KitKat’s because they were on offer – but you can use any of the magical flavours they sell if they are your preference! Enjoy! x
No-Bake KitKat Cheesecake!
Ingredients
For the Base/Shell
- 18.5 KitKats (18 doubles, one single)
- 300 g Digestives
- 150 g Unsalted Butter
For the Cheesecake
- 125 g Milk Chocolate
- 125 g Dark Chocolate
- 500 g Full-Fat Cream Cheese (room temp)
- 75 g Icing Sugar
- 300 ml Double Cream (heavy cream)
For the Topping
- 150 ml Double Cream
- 150 g Dark Chocolate
- KitKat Bites/KitKats
- Sprinkles
Instructions
For the Base/Shell
- Prep your 8"/20cm Deep Springform Tin with the KitKat's around the edge - I use 18 whole standard KitKat's, and then one half as there was a small gap.
- Blitz your Biscuits in a food processor to a fine crumb - or in a bowl with the end of a rolling pin.
- Melt your Butter, and mix in with the biscuits.
- Press your Biscuit mixture into the tin, inside the Kitkat shell. I press it down with a spoon, and make sure to be firm so the KitKat's stay at the edge securely.
For the Cheesecake
- Add your Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate to a bowl, and melt carefully. I do this in the microwave in short bursts!
- Once melted, mix till smooth and leave on the side to cool briefly.
- Add your Cream Cheese and Icing Sugar to a bowl, and whisk till smooth - I use my Kitchenaid with the Whisk attachment.
- Add in your melted Chocolate, and whisk till smooth.
- Pour in the Double Cream, and whisk again till smooth and really thick!
- Spread the mixture carefully inside the KitKat shell, and smooth over!
For the Topping
- Add your Double Cream and Dark Chocolate to a bowl, and microwave in 20 second bursts, mixing well each time.
- Mix and melt till smooth and delicious - spread over the top of the cheesecake.
- Add on some KitKat Bites or chopped KitKats as decoration, and some sprinkles if you are using them!
- Leave the Cheesecake to set in the fridge overnight for the best possible set!
- Enjoy!
Notes
- I bought a 21x multipack of KitKats for this recipe, and a bag of KitKat Bites for the decoration.
- They are the 20.8g bars - which should be about an inch taller than the tin I used!
- You can use all Milk or all Dark Chocolate for the filling - but for the ganache you should use Dark. If you want to use milk, you need to use 300g milk chocolate as the ratio is 2:1.
- I used a 8"/20cm Deep Springform Tin for this recipe!
- This recipe will last for 3 days in the fridge!
ENJOY!
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31 Comments
Judles
May 7, 2021 at 3:21 pmHi Jane, just love all your recipes! Just spotted this & we love KitKats! Might sound obvious but when you say double KitKats do you mean as in the 4 fingered ones or the twin (standard) ones? I didn’t know if you meant double as in two finger then single as in single fingers broke off or 18 double (2 finger) + 1 (broke off) in the ingredients list. Thanks so much x
Jane's Patisserie
May 8, 2021 at 3:03 pmHiya, Thank you so much! The twin ones xx
Niamh
March 20, 2021 at 7:34 amHi Jane, i make your cheesecakes all the time, they are my go to recipe. Recently though i made this kit kat one and for some reason after i added the double cream to the cream cheese and chocolate it went too thick and heavy – almost like it was over whipped – but i had only just added the cream. Do you know why this might have happened so I can prevent it from happening again?! The end result was a very dense cheesecake (but still delicious t.g)
Jane's Patisserie
March 22, 2021 at 4:25 pmIt may have been the temperature of the mixture and the chocolate created it to be a super heavy mix – its worth mixing the first bit slightly less next time as that will help!
Anonymous
November 10, 2020 at 2:07 amWhen you talk about digestives, do you mean something like graham crackers?
Jane's Patisserie
November 10, 2020 at 11:30 amI’m in the UK – we don’t have graham crackers, but they are probably your best alternative for digestives x
Ell
September 16, 2020 at 11:06 pmHi Jane
Absolutely LOVE ur recipes!
Want to make a white chocolate Kit Kat version on this, what would u recommend for the white chocolate ganache part?
Thank you!
Jane's Patisserie
September 17, 2020 at 8:38 amYou would change the ratios to 3:1 (so 300g white chocolate, to 100g cream) for example. It does often look quite yellow, but it tastes lovely!
Emma
August 19, 2020 at 8:21 pmI am making this at the weekend. Do you need to let the topping cool before topping the cheesecake? With the heat in the ganache melt this cheesecake filling?
Thank you
Jane's Patisserie
August 19, 2020 at 8:33 pmI don’t personally wait as it will all go into the fridge to set over the hours anyway! x
Satyam Khurana
August 14, 2020 at 12:41 pmHi Jane. This looks like a lovely recipe and I want to try making it for my son who loves Kitkats. Can I add chopped kitkats in the creme cheese mix?
Jane's Patisserie
August 14, 2020 at 8:54 pmHey! You certainly can, but they will go soft eventually x
Rebecca
May 9, 2020 at 12:41 pmThanks to you ive made some yummy cakes!!!!! Amazing recipes
Ayesha
May 7, 2020 at 10:13 pmHi Jane
Which cream cheese would you recommend?
Thank you
Ayesha
Jane's Patisserie
May 7, 2020 at 10:21 pmI use Philadelphia or mascarpone!
Ipek
May 4, 2020 at 4:41 pmHey Jane!
Will the kitkats on the side hold still ben taken out of the springform tin?
Also should I use gelatin for a firmer set?
Thanks
Jane's Patisserie
May 4, 2020 at 7:20 pmSo as long as you put the correct amount in they will hold well – the biscuit base and cheesecake acts like a glue. You definitely don’t need gelatine for this cheesecake in my opinion.
Elaine
May 2, 2020 at 3:05 pmHi can you advice the ingredients portion of using 6inchi tin? Thanks.
Jane's Patisserie
May 3, 2020 at 12:29 pmThe best website to use is this one – http://www.cakebaker1.co.uk/apps-for-bakers/baking-tin-size-conversion-calculator/ – as for the kitkats, I’m not 100% sure but obviously less! x
DebbieF24
November 16, 2019 at 8:13 pmI’m making this to tKe to dinner to my grans, but I want to present it nice and not on my cake tin base will a silver disposable base hold the cheesecake if I try and take it off the tin it just breaks – or greaseproof paper ? Any tips? Does that make sense I hope it does x
Emma
July 20, 2019 at 1:21 amCan’t wait to try the recipe – quick question, do I leave the cheesecake to set in the fridge before adding the topping?
Jane's Patisserie
July 20, 2019 at 8:43 amYou don’t have to no – as both bits need to set I add the topping on, and leave it to set overnight!
Michelle
January 18, 2020 at 9:08 pmHi Jane do you use pascarpone or philadelphia for the filling please. I love all your recipes ive made the malteser cheese cake and the chocolate egg cheesecake now my attempt at your kitkat cheesecake all very delicious thank you for your recepies love them x
Jane's Patisserie
January 19, 2020 at 9:43 amYou can use either full-fat mascarpone, or full-fat Philadelphia, or a combination of both. x
Claire
December 7, 2020 at 11:40 pmI discovered Janes website during lockdown in March and now regularly bake using her recipes. They are amazing and highly recommend them 🤩🥰 the cheesecakes 👌👌😋😋
Ann Penny
July 10, 2019 at 10:48 amLooks yummy will give it a try made some of your other cheesecakes and they went down very well
Jane's Patisserie
July 10, 2019 at 10:54 amAwh thank you so much! I hope you love it!
Ruth
July 10, 2019 at 10:37 amAmazing recipe. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe x
Jane's Patisserie
July 10, 2019 at 10:54 amThank you! x
R
July 10, 2019 at 8:29 amSo you put the Kitkats in first, BEFORE the base? Just checking! Surely they’d get more support if they were wedged into the biscuit base though?
Jane's Patisserie
July 10, 2019 at 8:42 amYep, as described and shown in the photos. Before the base. Otherwise, it’ll be far too tall. You press the biscuit into the middle so it’ll have the support.