I’m not going to lie, I’m normally not a huge caramel fan. I would take chocolate or peanut butter over caramel any day. But, this no-bake salted caramel cheesecake may make me change my mind about that. I’m serious. I could have eaten myself into sickness with this recipe. It is that GOOD!!!
I used to make protein cheesecakes all the time, but I hadn’t made one in a while, so figured I would make one again. The decision to go with a no-bake cheesecake was due to simplicity, and I was pretty impatient and hungry. Oh, and my oven wasn’t working at the time so I really had no option.
To give this recipe the delicious salted caramel flavor it has, I used my new Xtend Pro salted caramel protein powder. Honestly, before I tried it, I wasn’t sure how good a salted caramel protein powder would taste. After trying it and making this recipe, I can confirm that it is absolutely amazing!
Graham crack crust has to be the best pie/cheesecake crust in my opinion. I have sometimes bought a pre-made Graham cracker crust, but this time I decided to make my own. All you need is some graham crackers, coconut oil, and milk.
For the no-bake cheesecakes, you have to have something that can help it set up and maintain its integrity. I used some cool whip and pudding mix and it worked like a charm. The pudding mix I used was sugar free cheesecake. It gives such a delicious cheesecake taste without adding all the fat that cream cheese would, and of course being sugar free helps reduce the calorie content.
After it was all said and done, I had to drizzle some sugar free salted caramel over top. You can’t have a salted caramel protein cheesecake without some extra salted caramel. I also added a few chopped walnuts for added texture and deliciousness!
