Chocolate Orange Easter Egg Cheesecake

Chocolate Easter egg filled with a no bake chocolate orange cheesecake and a biscuit base, decorated with lots of chocolate orange treats. An easy Easter dessert!

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Keyword Cheesecake

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 2

Total Time 2 30

Servings +

Calories 440kcal

Author thebakingexplorer

Ingredients

For the Easter egg

1 Large Easter Egg (I used a chocolate orange one) approx 150g

For the biscuit base

60 g Digestive biscuits
25 g Butter or baking spread melted

For the cheesecake

235 g Full fat cream cheese
35 g Icing sugar
15 g Cocoa powder
1 ½ tsp Orange extract
95 ml Double cream

For decoration - optional, decorate however you like!

2 segments Terry's chocolate orange melted
4 segments Terry's chocolate orange
18 Chocolate orange mini eggs
2 Dairy Milk chocolate eggs

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

To cut the Easter egg in half, warm a large sharp knife under a hot water tap. Carefully dry it off, then very gently press it around the egg where the seam is. Keep slowly and gently working your way around the egg, re-warming the knife if needed, until the two halves separate
To make the biscuit base, crush the biscuits into crumbs. You can do this using a food processor, or put the biscuits into a sandwich bag or a bowl, and gently bash them with the end of a rolling pin
Melt the butter, either in the microwave or in a small pan, and add it to the biscuit crumbs
Mix well until the mixture looks like wet sand
Divide the biscuit base evenly between the Easter egg halves, use the back of a small spoon to press it down gently until it is compact and even. Place them in the fridge to chill while you make the filling
To make the cheesecake filling, put the cream cheese, icing sugar, cocoa powder and orange extract into a mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer until smooth
Add the double cream and mix until thick and the filling holds its shape
Divide the filling between the Easter egg halves and use a small palette knife, or the back of a small spoon to gently press the mixture into them and smooth the top
Put into the fridge to set for 2 hours
Decorate the cheesecakes with the chocolate orange mini eggs, chocolate eggs and orange segments
Melt the chocolate orange segments. You can do this in the microwave, start with a 20 second blast, then stir. Blast in 10 second intervals, stirring between each one. Drizzle the melted chocolate orange over the top of the cheesecakes
Serve immediately, or store in the fridge for 3-4 days

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Notes

Normally I would insist that you use full fat cream cheese and double cream for a no bake cheesecake, as both of these ingredients are essential to ensure it sets. However, as these cheesecakes are served in Easter eggs you don't need them to set firmly enough to be sliced. Therefore if you want to make a low fat version you can absolutely do this, but please be aware the cheesecake will have a looser consistency.
I am based in the UK and I find that Philadelphia cream cheese is the thickest and best quality cream cheese to use for no bake cheesecakes. I have made many cheesecakes with supermarket own brand cream cheeses too, and they have worked great. If you can though, I think it is worth spending a little more for Philadelphia (and no they haven't paid me to say this!)
I like to use Digestive biscuits (Graham crackers if you're in the US) for the base, but you could substitute if for another similar biscuit like Hobnobs.
You can use either butter or baking spread for the biscuit base.
I used Terry's chocolate orange segments, Terry's chocolate orange mini eggs and Cadbury chocolate orange eggs to decorate the cheesecakes, but you can decorate with any orange flavoured chocolate you prefer, there are lots of yummy choices!
You can find lots of answers to common no bake cheesecake questions on my How To Make A No Bake Cheesecake guide. If you've never made a no bake cheesecake before, I highly recommend reading through my guide first!
Although I provide cup measurements, I highly recommend weighing your ingredients out using digital kitchen scales. It is the most accurate way to measure ingredients and will ensure the best results. Digital scales are very low cost and can be purchased for around £12 ($16.50) .
For teaspoon (tsp) and tablespoon (tbsp) measurements, please use measuring spoons and not the type of spoons you eat with. Again this will ensure accuracy and provide the best results.

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