No-Bake Cheesecakes on Nilla Wafers
Posted on April 4, 2008
Filed Under Dessert Documentaries
I love excuses to bake and today’s had me donning my apron and breaking my 2-month baking hiatus. I made these for Old Armstrong (the designer of Tough Muffin). Feel free to give his site a gander - its sweet and he recently revamped it 
Today’s Nilla Wafer Cheesecakes were adopted & inspired from Sherry Yard’s No-Bake Cheesecake Recipe. The only difference between Her Recipe and Mine is that she crumbles her Nilla wafers for crust while keep my cookies in one piece. With that said, the results were quite delicious – if you’re a child of the 80’s, you’ll have a really hard time saying no to this fancy twist on a classic dessert!
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Because this dessert involves piping the cream cheese, I’ve added a TUTORIAL on cutting piping bags. You don’t need a pastry bag to pipe- any old zip lock will do, and I’ll teach you a trick used by pastry chefs that will keep your piping tip in place and your cheese from squeezing out of the sides. Enjoy!
Ingredients
When the taste of your dessert depends on one main ingredient, it really pays to find the best kind. Here, you’ll want to be picky about the cheese. Hands-down the best creme cheese belongs to Gina Marie. Its a cheese lives up to its name – even the least discerning of eaters will instantly know the difference. It actually feels and tastes like a crumbly cream, and I’m warning you, it will make all of the Safeway brands taste like plastic.
(I got mine at Whole Foods)
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The star of this show is, of course, the Nilla wafers.
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Assembly
This cream will beat in less than 3 minutes, but you’ll want to chill it for 3-4 hours before you pipe it onto the cookie. Begin piping and assemble your cheesecakes about an hour before you serve them – if you leave the cream on the cookie for too long your cookie will become soggy. Tip: Once you have your piping bag ready, gently squeeze the cream a few times with your hand to soften it for smooth piping.
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Pick a rounded tip for your piping. If even I can manage to make it look nice, then for sure you’ll have no problem.
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Pair this cheesecake with sweet or sour fruits – they all work well. I chose berries:
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These cookies wont hold overnight so eat ‘em the day you make ‘em! Who can argue with that? 
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So good. So so good! You did an amazing job on these. See if anyone can beat my record of 12 of these Nilla’s in three minutes while driving.
Looks like a no fuss but delish dessert! Mmm I loved Nilla Wafers as a kid!
12 while driving?! Man Patrice!
They look yummy and pretty easy!
I made these last night..and let me tell you….yummy, yummy, yummy and super simple! Thanks for the great idea! I did only use 1 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice and I added a bit of vanilla! Yum!