Fudge Brownie No-Bake Cheesecake is a rich, chocolate lover’s dream.

I can’t get over this brownie no-bake cheesecake finished off with the best hot fudge sauce, this is by far my favorite dessert.

Photo of a slice of fudge brownie no-bake cheesecake with chocolate chips and hot fudge sauce

When I break out a rich, creamy, decadent recipe like this, it is usually to celebrate! It’s perfect for parties and celebrations throughout the year. This is hands-down my favorite no-bake cheesecake recipe. It’s rich, decadent, and never fails to impress.

Have you ever made a no-bake cheesecake that didn’t turn out right? Maybe it was never set up, leaving a soft mess in the pan, or the texture was just off. Well, you won’t have any problems with this chocolate cheesecake. It’s a tried and true recipe that I’ve made countless times.

It’s a treat that will impress the chocolate lovers in your life. With a brownie crust, fudgy chocolate cheesecake, and hot fudge sauce, this is a dessert they won’t soon forget.

Ingredients

  • Boxed brownie mix
  • 60% cocoa chocolate chips
  • Cream cheese
  • Sugar
  • Softened butter
  • Thawed, non-dairy whipped topping
  • Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
photo of a slice of Fudge Brownie No-Bake Cheesecake on a plate topped with chocolate chips and hot fudge sauce

How do you make no-bake chocolate cheesecake?

Prepare an 8-inch springform pan, a cheesecake pan, by spraying it with cooking oil. Make and bake the brownies according to the package directions. Cool them completely.

Once the brownies are completely cool, make the no-bake cheesecake. In a small bowl, add chocolate chips and heat in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir, and then heat in 30-second intervals stirring in between, until the chocolate is completely smooth and melted. Set aside to cool.

Beat together cream cheese, sugar, and butter in a large bowl on medium speed until smooth and creamy. I used my KitchenAid mixer for this. Slowly add in cooled melted chocolate chips, stirring until well blended. Then fold in whipped topping until blended. I get a little impatient and usually start to beat it.

Add in mini chocolate chips and stir until incorporated. Spread on top of cooled brownies.

Place in the refrigerator until firm and set for 30-60 minutes.

Garnish the cheesecake with drizzles of hot fudge sauce before slicing and serving.

photo of a slice of Cheesecake on a plate

What’s the difference between no-bake and baked cheesecake?

The most significant difference is the variation in texture. Baked cheesecake is usually more dense and velvety, while no-bake cheesecakes are typically lighter and airier.

Additionally, convenience plays a big role. No-bake cheesecakes are simpler to set and quicker to make! They are perfect during the summer when you can’t bear to be in a hot kitchen.

Recipe Tips and Tricks

If you want from-scratch brownie crust, my homemade brownies are perfect for this recipe.

To make it even easier, skip baking the brownies and use store-bought ones. Just cut them to fit your springform pan and press them into it to create the crust. I do this when I am pressed for time!

Although it might be tempting, I don’t recommend using homemade whipped cream to make your cheesecake. It’s usually not stable enough to hold its shape for very long. The store-bought whipped topping is best for this recipe.

Feel free to make this chocolate brownie cheesecake a day in advance. Just hold off adding the fudge sauce until you are ready to serve it.

Have leftovers? They will keep well in the refrigerator for up to four days.

photo of a forkful of chocolate cheesecake Fudge

Make this brownie cheesecake recipe for family and friends, and I promise you will get rave reviews. No one can resist a slice of this fantastic no-bake dessert.

Whatever you happen to be celebrating, this ridiculous Fudge Brownie No-Bake Cheesecake is a perfect treat. You’ll love it.

No Bake Dessert Recipes

Love no-bake desserts? I sure do because they are traditionally easy to make, always delicious, and made with simple ingredients.

Don’t forget to pin this recipe to your favorite Pinterest board for later.

Fudge Brownie No-Bake Cheesecake

Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Total: 55 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 467 kcal
Fudge Brownie No-Bake Cheesecake is a rich, chocolate lover’s dream. Made with double chocolate brownie, chocolate chip no-bake cheesecake, and fudge.

Ingredients
 

  • 1 box brownie mix or for a fully no-bake recipe, buy a premade brownie and cut to fit to an 8 inch spring-form pan
  • 1 1/2 cups 60% cocoa chocolate chips
  • 12 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups frozen non-dairy whipped topping thawed
  • 3/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

10-minute Hot Fudge Sauce

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Prepare an 8-inch springform pan, otherwise known as a cheesecake pan by spraying with cooking oil. Make brownies according to package directions. If using my homemade brownie recipe, bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove brownies from oven and let them completely cool. For a completely no-bake recipe, by premade brownies and cut to size of the pan and press in.
  • Once brownies are completely cool make the no-bake cheesecake. In a small bowl add chocolate chips and heat in microwave for 1-minute. Stir, and then heat in 30-second intervals stirring in between until chocolate is completely smooth and melted. Set aside to cool.
  • Beat together cream cheese, sugar and butter in large bowl on medium speed until smooth and creamy. I used my KitchenAid mixer for this. Slowly add in cooled melted chocolate chips, stirring until well blended. Then fold in whipped topping until blended, I get a little impatient and usually start to beat it.
  • Add in mini chocolate chips and stir until incorporated. Spread on top of cooled brownies.
  • Place in the refrigerator until firm and set 30-60 minutes.
  • When ready to serve, make fudge sauce. To get full directions, click here.
  • Cut the cheesecake into slices and serve, drizzle with hot fudge sauce.

Notes

Total time includes 1 hour to let the cheesecake set.
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 467kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 5gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 198mgPotassium: 325mgFiber: 2gSugar: 33gVitamin A: 655IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 137mgIron: 1.6mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know what you think!

This recipe was first shared in May 2015.

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297 Comments

    1. How can you dub this a NO BAKE CHEESECAKE when the brownies the mean part of the cheesecake is baked.

    2. Hi can someone please tell me what could frozen non dairy whipped topping be? Or what could be a replacement for this, thank you.

        1. This was such a hit at my family Christmas party!! I’m almost 15 and found this on Pinterest and I was worried about the cheesecake texture because I’ve never made cheesecake before, but it turned out to be deelliccciiioouusss. The hot fudge sauce though was difficult because of the odd texture it was goopy, but still tasted good. I wish there were instructions on what to do if the sauce wasn’t smooth. Thanks so much!

          1. Rock star Abby! Great job girl! Well if the sauce was so thick and goopy you probably had it on too high of heat, next time turn the heat down. And you could always whisk in a little milk, that would help thin it out. Let me know f you have any more questions.

  1. Oh, my word!!!! Now that’s the way to do a brownie!! I am seriously in love with everything about this!! And congrats on your husband’s new job and that you get to stay in the same area! We are kind of debating some of the same things…although not quite as big of a move as Berlin.

  2. The recipe says to spray a springform pan but in the recipe you pour the mixture over the brownies so you do not need a springform pan. Am I reading it wrong?

    1. Debbie – you bake the brownies in the spring form pan – then once they have cooled add the cheesecake mixture to it while still in the spring form pan, so that you can chill it and have it set. Does this make sense? San

    1. Kim – You don’t bake the cheesecake, so it is no bake. Sorry for the confusion this may have caused. San

  3. oh my! This looks decadent to the max! And no bake? Someone this summer is getting this for their birthday cake – SOMEONE!I will find someone! 😉

  4. Would it work do you think with using real whipping cream vs the whipped topping? I cant eat cool whip, it always makes me sick.

    1. Kim – You don’t bake the cheesecake, so it is no bake. Sorry for the confusion this may have caused. San

  5. Hi! I was wondering if there are any alternatives to the ‘2 cups frozen non-dairy whipped topping’? I live in Australia and I don’t think we have that (cool whip I’ve heard it is in America) in our supermarkets, would standard whipped cream work or whipped cream in a can with a nozzle? or will it change the recipe too much? Thank you! Have a great day 🙂

    1. Sarah-Jane – you can make homemade whipped cream using heavy whipping cream. But do not use the whipped cream that comes in the can, that will not stand up in the recipe, as it is too runny. Hope this helps. xo San

      1. Ohhh I’ve gotta make this on Friday with my daughter!! I will use whipping cream as we don’t have the cool whip in uk, it looks Devine!!! Xx

  6. Do you use 1 brownie recipe, as stated, or should I halve it? When I clicked on the brownie link, it looked like a big batch.

  7. Can’t wait to make this! If you bake the brownies yourself, do you bake them in the springform pan? Or do you bake them separately and then put them in the spring form pan?

  8. So you make the cheesecake and brownie mix separate but somehow it’s combined and there’s no step by step of this part.Help me asap

      1. I agree with this, there is directions about brownie setting aside then making the cheesecake and setting aside. But it did not say to pour the cheesecake on top of the cooled brownie to set. I only found this instruction in our comments. I was also confused about how they came together.

        1. I am not seeing where you add the 1/4 cup of milk, the brown sugar, the softened butter, the cocoa powder and the vanilla?? I see in the ingredient list 2 butters, one softened one not. I am going to assume to put all of it with the cream cheese mixture since I am not sure when else I am supposed to incorporate them : (

          1. Hannah – All the the ingredients you listed are for the hot fudge sauce. Hope that helps.
            San

    1. Ahhhhhhhh, the recipie tells you to buy premade brownies from a bakery. Or it says you can make your own. She is giving you choices. It is a no bake cheesecake. End of story. Make your brownie s if you’d like then cut them to fit in your springform pan and then pour the cheesecake on top. It will firm up in the fridge.

  9. I have made this two times and it is a quick delicious dessert for all chocolate lovers. Too rich for some but just perfect for most. Thanks for the delicious recipe

  10. Thank you all for sharing recipes, is very useful especially for me who work in restaurants in my country Indonesia, hopefully with your sincerity which has shared the recipe into good deeds degan rewards are very great reward

  11. I’d like to double the cheesecake and make this in a 13×9 pan. Would I need to double the butter and sugar?

  12. Milk is listed in the ingredients, but I can’t find where milk should be added in the recipe. Am I missing something? Also, 1/4 of butter is listed twice–are there two places in the recipe where 1/4 is needed?

    1. Also, the igredients list include cocoa powder, and I don’t see where to add it in the recipe, either.

      1. Dani – I sent you an email. You are looking at the hot fudge sauce ingredient list – and I commented with the directions below and sent you an email with them as well. Sorry that was confusing. Let me know if you need anything else. XO San

  13. Milk is listed in the ingredients, but I can’t find where milk should be added in the recipe. Am I missing something? Also, 1/4 cup of butter is listed twice–are there two places in the recipe where 1/4 cup of butter is needed?

    1. Dani –

      Hey there the milk and the extra butter you mentioned are for the hot fudge sauce, which the directions are at the bottom of the post. But I have also listed them here:
      In a small mixing bowl stir together brown sugar and cocoa powder, set aside.

      In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, add butter and milk, bring to a slow boil, and let it bubble for 3-5 minutes. Stirring occasionally. Add cocoa and brown sugar mixture, stirring constantly and cook for 2-3 minutes and sauce is smooth.

      Enjoy!

      San

  14. Holy hell, was this ever delicious!!!! I made it for a dessert at a bbq at my house and it was gone, gone, gone. Will definitely be making it again. I used Ghiradelli Brownie mix for the bottom. Thank you for sharing!!!!

  15. Can I make the fudge sauce ahead of time, put it in the fridge and then warm it up in a jar before serving? I’m bringing it to a dessert night so serving immediately isn’t an option! Thanks

  16. So question- my daughter wants this for a birthday cake- but a round normal size cheesecake pan won’t work (and I don’t own a springform pan anyway). any tips for how to adapt this to a 9 x 13 pan? do I need to up quantities at all? also- how thick/solid does the hot fudge sauce get? wondering if it could be used as “frosting” on the cake (ie, done the night before), or if its too runny for that? Thanks so much for your help!

  17. I’m sure if Germany had a bite of this cheesecake, they’d make fridges big enough to hold multitudes of them! Oh my goodness! I’m all for this chocolately, creamy treat. Definitely giving a go at this awesome recipe asap to fill the gaps in my refrigerator!

  18. Wow! This fudge brownie no-bake cheesecake recipe is incredible! I’m seriously so inspired right now. I need to add cinnamon to recipe and it would be perfect. Thx for sharing!

  19. Maybe you could get your educator husband to proofread your blog. This former teacher cringes at things like this –
    “I can’t over this FUDGE BROWNIE NO-BAKE CHEESECAKE – it by far my favorite dessert. “

  20. Hello! So I’m thinking of making this for christmas, do you think it’s possible to mirror glaze it it or will the brownies be too lumpy? I thought if i froze it would be easier but maybe not

    1. The chocolate chips do make it so it’s not completely smooth, but maybe if you set aside some of the cheesecake without the added chocolate chips and spread it over the rest, you could possibly get it smooth enough for the glaze to work right. Let us know how it turns out!

  21. 5 stars
    I love that this is loaded with chocolate and is made quickly and easily at home. My girls would love to lick the spoons.

  22. 5 stars
    I love that you have combined brownies and cheesecake into one incredible dessert. It is truly a slice of heaven!

  23. 5 stars
    When two dessert worlds collide you get amazing desserts like this! I can’t wait to make this!

  24. 5 stars
    This is one of our go-to desserts! Whenever it’s someone’s birthday in my family, this is their top request. So good!

  25. 5 stars
    Brownies, Cheesecake, and no bake?! This dessert is most definitely a triple threat! So decadent and chocolatey!

  26. 5 stars
    Oh my goodness this looks so delicious! My husband and daughter love love love chocolate! I can’t wait to share this and make it for them!

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  30. 5 stars
    Thank for sharing fudge brownie no bake cheesecake recipe. I read your blog and find the best idea about this food. I will also apply it in my kitchen

  31. 5 stars
    Oh my goodness! This no bake cheesecake was so yummy and very addicting! My hubby and daughter were all over this cheesecake! Such a huge hit and was gone so fast. I seriously can’t wait to make this again!

  32. Can I make this before the event and put the fudge topping on it. If I just keep it in the fridge or does the fudge have to be put on right before serving?

    1. We prefer to serve it with the fudge warm, on the side or drizzled on right before serving, but I don’t see a problem with putting it on before refrigerating. Just note that the fudge does set a bit in the fridge so it won’t be runny but will still taste delicious!

  33. I couldn’t believe how easy this was, and that it was no baking involved! This is the perfect recipe!

  34. This Fudge Brownie No-Bake Cheesecake looks absolutely irresistible! The combination of the brownie crust, fudgy chocolate cheesecake, and hot fudge sauce is making my mouth water. I appreciate how you’ve shared your tips for making a successful no-bake cheesecake and even offered alternatives for the recipe. I’m definitely going to give this a try for my next special occasion. Thanks for sharing this delightful recipe!

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