No-Bake Brûléed Pumpkin Cheesecake
This No-Bake Brûléed Pumpkin Cheesecake combines creamy pumpkin cheesecake with warm fall spices and a crisp caramelized sugar topping. It’s a rich, festive dessert with that signature crème brûlée crack in every slice!
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 348kcal
Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (16 sheets)
- 4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 7 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
Cheesecake
- ¾ cup heavy cream cold
- 1½ cups cream cheese* cool
- ¼ cup sour cream cool
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1½ cups pumpkin puree
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
To Brûlée
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
Graham Cracker Crust
- Line the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- If you are using whole graham crackers, break up the graham crackers, place them in the bowl of a food processor, and process to fine crumbs.
- Pour into a medium bowl.
- Mix in sugar and salt.
- Add the melted butter.
- Mix well.
- Immediately dump into the lined springform pan.
- Press evenly across bottom and up the sides. Make sure the crust is packed tight. Set aside.
Cheesecake
- With an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk heavy cream to medium-stiff peaks. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese and sour cream until smooth, about 2-3 minutes, stopping to scrape down sides as necessary.
- Beat in sugar and cinnamon, scraping down sides as necessary.
- Add pumpkin purée, 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Scrape sides and bottom of bowl to make sure everything is mixed completely.
- Fold in the whipped cream.
- Pour into the prepared graham cracker crust.
- Cover the cheesecake with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
To Brûlée
- When ready to serve, remove the cheesecake from the pan.
- Sprinkle sugar evenly over the top.
- Use a kitchen torch to melt and brown the sugar.
Notes
*1½ cups cream cheese = 1½ 8-ounce blocks
You can use a tart tamper or the bottom of a measuring cup to pack the graham cracker crust.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Slice | Calories: 348kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 214mg | Potassium: 149mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 5600IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 1mg