Name: Individual Berry No Bake Cheesecakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 210 g digestives ((or 7.5oz /14 whole graham crackers) - the gluten-free variety work great too); 4 tbsp unsalted butter (melted); 3 tbsp light brown sugar; pinch of salt; 175 g (1 cup) fresh blueberries; 225 g (1 ½ cups) fresh blackberries; juice of half a lemon; 2 tbsp cold water; 100 g (1/2 cup) caster (or fine granulated) sugar; 1 tbsp cornflour ((cornstarch) mixed with 2 tablespoons cold water); 180 ml (¾ cup) double (heavy) cream; 2 x 225g (2x 8 oz) packs Philidelphia cream cheese; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 85 g (¾ cup) confectioner’s sugar; Zest of one lemon

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Crunchy biscuit base, creamy cheesecake filling and a juicy, sweet, berry topping. These blueberry and blackberry mason jar cheesecakes are quick and easy to make. Fantastic as a make-ahead dessert (they easily last a few days in the refrigerator) and they also make a great portable dessert for picnics and packed lunches.

Spoonful being taken from a mason jar cheesecake on a blue background. Thyme leaves, blackberry and blueberries also in shot.

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Individual Berry No Bake Cheesecakes
💬 Reviews

I'm not big on baked cheesecakes - the extra time, effort and finger crossing (so the top doesn't crack) is usually enough to make me stick to the no-bake version.

Plus no-bake cheesecakes taste amazing! This time I'm making individual mason jar cheesecakes for four reasons:

They're portable - and who doesn't like carrying a cheesecake around in their handbag for emergencies?
They're actually pretty big - unless you have some really tiny mason jars. More cheesecake can only be a good thing.
There's no risk of crust breakage, wonky slices, arguing over who has the big slice, and somebody nicking all the topping - as with a regular cheesecake.
They're cute!

📋 What do we need?

Ingredients for individual mason jar cheesecakes on a wooden table

📺 Watch how to make it

***Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post***

We start off by crushing some digestives or graham crackers.

Biscuits in a bag being crushed by a rolling pin

Then we add melted butter and sugar to those crushed biscuits and spoon the mixture into your jars for the cheesecake base.

Melted butter being poured into a bowl of crushed biscuits.

Next whisk up double (heavy) cream until thick, then whisk in cream cheese, vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Spoon or pipe that on the biscuit base.

Cheesecake mixture being piped into a mason jar on top of a crushed biscuit base.

Finally we're going to heat some blackberries and blueberries with sugar, lemon juice and a little cornflour (cornstarch) slurry.

Sugar being poured into a pan with blueberries and blackberries

The berries will break down, releasing lots of lovely juice, and the cornstarch will thicken the liquid.

Blueberries and blackberries simmering in pan

We let that cool then spoon on top and add a little fresh thyme or lemon zest.

Spooning berry mixture on top of mason jar cheesecakes

👩‍🍳PRO TIP You can also swap the digestives for hobnobs for an extra special treat (sorry my US friends - I believe you don't have hobnobs over there?). Use gluten free digestives if you're looking for a GF version.

That's it. 10 minutes and done.

Mason jar berry cheesecake on a blue surface next to two gold teaspoons. Further mason jar cheesecakes in the background.

Eat them right away, or put lids on and they should keep in the fridge for 3 days.

Overhead image of 3 mason jar individual berry cheesecakes on a blue background. Berries and gold teaspoons are next to the cheesecakes

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This recipe was first published in September 2018. Updated in June 2021 with new photos, video and some housekeeping.

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