No-Bake Black Forest Cherry Cheesecake Cups!

My roommates and I made No-Bake Cherry Black Forest Cheesecake Cups that were very yummy and easy to make. I thought I would share the recipe with easy-to-follow steps to inspire some of you to try it! Enjoy!

First, make sure you have all of the ingredients you need (all pictured above).

Remove the cherry juice from the cherries and soak the cherries in the cherry liqueur.

Insert a block of cream cheese into a bowl and add a can of sweetened condensed milk.

Mix and add lemon juice.

Blend well with a hand mixer!

Create a chocolate melter by putting water in a big pot and placing a smaller pot inside. Bring the water to high heat and pour in a bag of semi-sweet chocolate morsels into the smaller pot.

Mix the chocolate until two thirds of the chocolate is melted and immediately remove from heat to prevent the chocolate from burning. The other 1/3 will melt from the heat of the melted chocolate. This is important so you don't get burnt chocolate. Blek

Put your cream/condensed milk mixture aside and grab your chocolate grahams. We used Newman's Own Chocolate Alphabet Cookies but you can use anything from Trader Joe's Chocolate Cat Cookies to the chocolate cookies of Oreos (cream removed). Put them in a food processor and crush until fine. If you don't have a food processor, grab a mallet and crush till fine. If you don't have a mallet, use the bottom of a mug or anything that will serve as a good crusher!

Put one third of your cream/condensed milk mixture aside. Use two-thirds of your cream/condensed milk mixture and add in all of the melted chocolate and about half of cup of the cherry liqueur that has been soaking in the cherries.

Blend well!

Now it's time to layer! Grab clear cups and start with a layer of crushed grahams, followed by a drizzle of cherry liqueur, then a layer of cherries. End the layer with a heaping spoonful of the chocolate cream mixture, a drizzle of liqueur and cherries. Continue this layering and use the white cream mixture for your final layer.

Put all the pretty filled cups in the fridge to set.

TWO HOURS LATER.... (lick the bowl and eat the left over chocolate cookies while you wait)

Once you are ready to eat your desserts, grab a carton of heavy cream and powdered sugar and whip up for some fresh whipped cream.

Add two heaping spoonfuls of whipped cream into each cup and top with some cherries, crushed grahams, and a drizzle of liqueur!

Voila! Delicious No-Bake Black Forest Cherry Cheesecake Cups! Yum Yum!!!

Oh.. and don't forget it's Fajita Night!

Make some homemade Guac!

My roommate is a master griller.

Perfect!

And it's Mexican Night!

After all of the delicious food, the cheesecake cups were the perfect sweet ending!

I hope I've inspired some of you to try this easy and delicious recipe. Let me know how it turns out! Since it's getting cooler and we can turn on our ovens now, I will post some sweet house-warming recipes soon!