No-Bake Sugar-Free Mint Cheesecake

At only 3.6g net carbs, this is the fantastic No-Bake Sugar-Free Mint Cheesecake that will curb your sweet cravings AND stay on track.

It's the perfect make-ahead summer sugar-free dessert.

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Holiday cheesecakes

When it's summer or the holidays and you want to host a BBQ, a fun pool party or dinner party, cheesecakes are the perfect sweet dessert to share with others.

When you're invited to a gathering, I always recommend you offer to bring a dessert so you can control the largest area of sugar in your meal.

This no-bake sugar-free mint cheesecake is the perfect solution. Everyone in the family will enjoy this traditional cheesecake recipe but with a healthy twist.

Carbs in cheesecakes

A slice of traditional peppermint bark cheesecake can be up to 123g of total carbohydrates. 123g!!!!

But by making a low-carb recipe and using low-carb ingredients my recipe below only has 3.6g net carbs per slice.

The simple ingredients and sugar replacement will make sure this cheesecake can fit into your low-carb or keto lifestyle. This sugar-free dessert has no wheat, no added sugars, gluten-free and egg-free too.

Why Are No-Bake Cheesecakes So Good?

1: No more hot ovens. When it's summer and the weather is hot outside, no one wants their oven cranked up to bake a cheesecake. So having a few handy no-bake cheesecake recipes allows you to share a dessert with family and friends AND stay on track.

2: Choose your preferred sweetener. Many sugar-free cheesecakes make use of the pre-boxed jello/jelly with natural sweeteners. But by making a no-bake cheesecake from scratch using gelatin, you can choose your favourite sweetener that is keto-approved. Many regular well-known brands of sugar-free jello/jelly contain sweeteners that are questionable and still raise blood sugars (maltitol is one for example).

TOP TIP: As with ALL recipes here, ALWAYS taste your batter BEFORE cooking to ensure you have added enough sweetener to suit YOUR tastebuds. Read the Ultimate Guide To Low-Carb Sweeteners.

Ingredients

For this no-bake cheesecake recipe, it has the addition of peppermint essence and green colouring in the cheesecake filling. There is cocoa added to the base and a drizzling of sugar-free chocolate or 90% cacao Lindt chocolate on top of the cheesecake filling.

• Ground almonds - or almond meal. Both work equally well to make the cheesecake crust.
• Melted butter - I like to use salted butter. the salt enhances the chocolate flavors.
• Cocoa powder - make sure you buy the unsweetened cocoa powder, not the sweetened drinking cocoa.
• Sweetener - use your preferred granulated sweetener.
• Gelatin - the easiest gelatin to use is the granules. They are easy to measure and easy to dissolve.
• Water - the boiling water makes sure the gelatin dissolves quickly and completely. The addition of the cold water speeds up the setting time of the cheesecake filling.
• Cream cheese - you must use the full fat cream cheese. if you use the lite or spreadbale cream cheese, the cheesecake will not set properly and be too soft.
• Peppermint essence - this is what gives the dessert the yummy mint flavor. Add as much as you want to your tastebuds. I liek mine quite minty while others liek a mild or bold peppemrint taste.
• Green food coloring - optional but does give a beautiful vibrant green color.

Serves

You can choose to serve this cheesecake in individual slices from one large dish or as individual servings from ramekin dishes like these. The addition of whipped cream is always a nice touch but completely optional. 

Come to think of it, this mint cheesecake would also make a great low-carb dessert to celebrate on St Patrick’s day! It’s great to know that celebrations can still be enjoyed with healthy food that looks and tastes amazing. 

Sweeteners

With many of my previous no-bake cheesecakes, I often use boxed sugar-free jelly/jello as a convenient way to easily substitute for refined sugar or needing to add gelatine and flavouring. This is a wonderful quick and easy way to make cheesecakes for beginners.

However, as I refine and improve my recipes, I have moved away from the boxed jelly/jello. I now prefer to take a few extra minutes by sourcing gelatine, sweeteners I know I can trust, and flavouring I love.

This is my preference which I don’t expect everyone to follow, especially if you are a beginner with cheesecake recipes or want the added convenience of using boxed jello/jelly.

For that reason, I’ve included this option as notes in my recipe below. As I said, I don’t mind the extra few minutes required for ditching the boxed jelly/jello to make this No-Bake Sugar-Free Mint Cheesecake with gelatine and sweeteners of my choice.

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Looking for more easy low-carb cheesecakes? Give these a try:

• Sugar-free mint ice-cream with sugar-free chocolate magic shell
• Chocolate mint truffles
• Slow cooker berry cheesecake
• Instant Pot Key Lime Cheesecake

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