There are two kinds of people in the world…those that like cheesecake and those that are wrong.
I happen to adore cheesecake so I hopped into the Fitness & Spice test kitchen and attempted to shave off some of the calories, the guilt, and the work involved and came up with…
No Bake Greek Yogurt Cheesecake (Sorta)
- 8 ounces of homemade Greek “cream cheese” (any flavor will do, I used 2 single serving containers of Chobani lemon)
- 1 tub light cool whip
- 1/2 cup Splenda (go ahead and use sugar or your favorite sugar substitute if you’d like)
- 1 t lemon juice
- 1 reduced-fat graham cracker crust or crushed up graham crackers (I used New Morning organic graham crackers from the Attune Foods family)
In a large bowl whisk together the “cream cheese”, cool whip, Splenda, and lemon juice. I whipped this by hand because it’s a good little tricep workout especially if you forget to thaw the cool whip or give your “cream cheese” time to get to room temperature. Next, taste the batter. It’s good, right? Finally, pour the mixture into the pie crust and toss into the fridge for several hours. Or, do what I did, and break up graham crackers into the bottom of cupcake liners and top with the mixture, refrigerate for a few hours.
My photo does not do this recipe justice so you’ll just have to no-bake it and taste how amazing it is for yourself.
Now I really must go…the College World Series is in town and rumor has it there’s another sweet batter up!
A Fine Balance says:
June 27th 2011This looks delish! cannot wait to try it in three weeks once competition is over
:)
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says:
June 27th 2011Mmmmm…this “fake” cheesecake looks pretty awesome!
Jody - Fit at 53 says:
June 27th 2011Looks easy & yummy! THX!
Kerri O says:
June 27th 2011Oh, I will be making this…
Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo) says:
June 27th 2011Question: When you say 8 oz of the ‘cheese’- do you mean that you took an 8 oz yogurt to make the cheese? Or 8 oz of the actual cheese (denser, more cals etc). Thx!
The Candid RD says:
June 28th 2011YUM YUM YUM!! I’m making this. Pronto.
I do like cheesecake, but it’s never my first choice. Unless it’s got Oreos.
mary says:
July 2nd 2011I have never seen Chobani “cream cheese”? Do you mean Chobani yogurt which I eat every day.
Meg Smith @ Cooking.In.College says:
October 20th 2011I was just searching for a cheesecake recipe with greek yogurt and found your blog. I am SO glad I did. This is what I have been looking for and your blog is great :-)
Tina says:
March 4th 2012I made this yesterday. It tasted great but the “cheesecake” filling was runny. I’ll tweak the recipe a little, maybe add some non-flavored gelatin to hold the batter together. Thank you for sharing this recipe.