Rocky Road No Bake Cheesecake
Serves 12, Ready in 40 Minutes
Rethink classic cheesecake with this chewy, crunchy base, which you can make from leftover treats and mini eggs.
Ingredients
- FOR THE BASE
- 30g Co-op unsalted butter, cubed,
- plus extra for greasing
- 80g leftover Easter milk or dark chocolate, or cooking chocolate
- 80g rich tea biscuits, crushed 50g mini Co-op marshmallows 30g chocolate honeycomb balls, roughly chopped
- FOR THE CHEESECAKE
- 2 x 200g packs Co-op light soft cheese
- 200g Co-op 0% fat Greek style natural yogurt
- 40g Fairtrade icing sugar, sifted
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 12g sachet gelatin powder 180g mini chocolate eggs, some roughly chopped
Method
- Grease and line an 18cm loose- bottomed cake tin
- Melt the butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir until smooth
- Remove from the heat and add the biscuits, marshmallows and honeycomb
- Tip into the prepared tin and press down with the back of a spoon until smooth
- Chill in the fridge while you make the filling
- For the filling, whisk the soft cheese, yogurt, icing sugar and vanilla together until smooth
- Put 3 tbsp very warm water in a small bowl and add the gelatin
- Stir until it has dissolved, then mix into the rest of the filling
- Pour on top of the biscuit base, smooth the top and leave to set in the fridge for 3-4 hours, or overnight if you have time
- To serve, remove the cake from the tin and decorate with the mini chocolate eggs
Timing plus 3-4 hours chilling