Mini Gingerbread Cheesecakes 🎄✨ Easy No-Bake Christmas Dessert

Описание: These Mini Gingerbread Cheesecakes are the perfect no-bake Christmas dessert — creamy, spiced, festive, and ready in minutes 🎄✨
Layered with buttery ginger biscuit crumbs and a fluffy whipped gingerbread cheesecake filling, they’re finished with mini gingerbread men, extra crumbs, and holiday sprinkles for the cutest Christmas treat.

If you need a last-minute Christmas dessert, a make-ahead holiday sweet, or an easy festive recipe with zero baking, these mini cheesecakes are a lifesaver.

✨ WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS RECIPE

✔ No-bake dessert
✔ Ready in about 15 minutes
✔ Perfect for Christmas parties & dessert tables
✔ Easy to decorate for a festive look
✔ Make-ahead friendly
✔ Great for small gatherings or gifting

⏱️ DETAILS

Makes: 6 mini glasses or 4 medium glasses
Prep: 10–15 minutes
Chill: 1 hour

🧾 INGREDIENTS

Biscuit Base
• 150 g ginger nuts or ginger digestives
• 50 g butter, melted

Gingerbread Cheesecake Layer
• 200 g soft cream cheese
• 120 ml double cream
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• 1–2 tbsp maple syrup or golden syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1–2 tsp mixed spice (to taste)

Toppings
• Whipped cream or extra cheesecake mixture
• Mini gingerbread men
• Crushed ginger biscuits
• Cinnamon dust or festive sprinkles

👩‍🍳 METHOD

1️⃣ Crush the ginger biscuits into fine crumbs and mix with melted butter.
Spoon 1–2 tablespoons into each glass and press lightly to form the base.

2️⃣ In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, icing sugar, maple or golden syrup, and vanilla until smooth.

3️⃣ Add the double cream and whip until thick, fluffy, and pipeable.

4️⃣ Fold in the mixed spice. Taste and adjust for a stronger gingerbread flavour if desired.

5️⃣ Pipe or spoon the cheesecake mixture over the biscuit base.
(Optional: add extra crumbs in the middle for a layered effect.)

6️⃣ Smooth or swirl the tops and chill for at least 1 hour to set.

7️⃣ Just before serving, decorate with whipped cream, mini gingerbread men, extra crumbs, and a dusting of cinnamon or festive sprinkles.

🎄 PERFECT FOR

• Christmas dessert tables
• Holiday parties
• Make-ahead desserts
• Last-minute festive baking
• No-oven Christmas recipes