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No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls are a delish alternative to the traditional pies. Wow your friends & family with these autumn dessert delights!

 

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls are a delish alternative to the traditional pies. Wow your friends & family with these autumn dessert delights!

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls

I love making anything pumpkin. My kids literally can’t get enough pumpkin. I stockpile pumpkin goodies in every form. These No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls will now be made all year. They are easy and taste amazing. I had a hard time getting a picture of these because my kids kept trying to steal them. Bring them to a party … you’ll be a hit forever!

What’s really nice about No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls is the ease. They are simple to make (I love that), they are easy to take with you (they need to be refrigerated but as long as you aren’t going cross country, no problem), and they are easy to eat. Who doesn’t love that?

I also love having a non-traditional Pumpkin Dessert! Pumpkin Pie is amazing, right? But it’s so much fun to take the Pumpkin flavor out of the pie and make new things that you haven’t had every year since birth! I love traditional favorites, but it’s such a pleasure making something that no one has had before (or at least not every single year!).


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Creamy Pumpkin Crisp, a delicious dessert change from traditional pumpkin pie. Serve at Thanksgiving or Christmas, you'll love the layers of flavor.

Need even more pumpkin goodness? No problem!

 


 

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 C White Chocolate (either chips or broken into pieces) divided
  • 3/4 C Vanilla Wafer Crumbs (See instructions may double amount)
  • 1/2 C Pumpkin Puree
  • 6 ounces Cream Cheese
  • 1/4 C Powdered Sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Instructions

  1. Take 1/2 C of the White Chocolate and melt
  2. While chocolate is melting (careful it burns easy) mix crumbs, puree, cream cheese, sugar and spices - I found it easiest to use a Food Processor but if you need to a hand mixer or blender should work
  3. Add melted white chocolate to already mixed ingredients and blend again - let it go in the processor for a while. It take about 2-3 minutes for everything to combine well for the balls.
  4. TASTE. If you need more sugar add it.
  5. Place mix into a bowl and place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes (can be longer but then cover)
  6. NOTE if dough is still "mushy" freeze for 15-30 minutes. You have to work fast and make the balls. I refrigerate the balls again before dipping in chocolate
  7. NOTE 2 if you don't like the consistancy of balls at 3/4 C wafer crumbs add more wafer crumbs up to 1 1/2 C total of crumbs
  8. Place wax paper on a cookie sheet
  9. Take out chilled dough and begin making balls by rolling (about) 1 heaping spoonful at a time
  10. Melt remaining white chocolate
  11. Dip balls into white chocolate and refrigerate to set.
  12. Store in fridge and serve when chilled

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No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls are a delish alternative to the traditional pies. Wow your friends & family with these autumn dessert delights!

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    • Heather

      I was pleasantly surprised at how easy they were to make. I was also pleasantly surprised at how much they really tasted just like pumpkin cheesecake!

    • Heather

      YES!

      ok that said – I haven’t done it. The batter would freeze a ok no problem (I mean even in the ball shape) and should thaw tasting fine too. But just wanted to warn you I have not but I see no reason not to

  9. Jacqui

    Is there a way to make these without vanilla wafer crumbs? I can not eat wheat and I would really like to make these for a party on Monday

    • Heather

      I don’t think so…is there a Wheat Free Wafer/Cookie that you usually use? If you have a wheat free option of that then yes. sorry 🙁

  12. Desirae

    I’m using these for my demonstration speech for school I can’t wait to try them! My whole class needs at least one how many balls does this recipe make?

  13. Jessie

    These were great once I adjusted a few things. The first batch was too soft an mushy. My second time around I added 1 cup more of vanilla wafers , this also helped with getting it to thicken faster and made it more of a moist cake like to bite into. Also the white chocolate was a struggle to keep in the smooth liquid state , so I added about a tablespoon, or more of coconut oil (do not melt before adding to white chocolate) or as needed to keep it smooth. It did not affect the taste and made it easy to work with keeping the consistency perfect.
    I have to say the second time around was delicious and were gone in minutes.
    Definitely making this again!

    • Heather

      I actually HATE melting chocolate ;0 I’m the worst – another idea is melting the chocolate in a small crock pot in a mason jar (best trick ever).

      And yes some people have not liked the consistency of these. I do have to say that they are on the softer side of balls – they aren’t like a firm cake ball or a firm pb ball – so I get it – glad you found adjusting the wafers worked 🙂

    • Lindsey

      If you keep the melting chocolate on a double boiler or fondue pot it should stay in a melted state. Coconut oil is a great choice. A little butter works too.

  19. Courtney Salazar

    I made this for my work Thanksgiving party… they were a HUGE HIT! My husband took some in, too, and I’ve already gotten requests for the recipe, so I sent them here 🙂

    • Heather

      We LOVE people like you 😉 thanks for the credit! and check out the Jingle Balls for Christmas 😉

  21. Amber K

    Any tips/tricks for the dipping in the melted chocolate? I double boiled my chocolate, and it was so messy to dip, and did not come out as nice as the picture at all, and my chocolate got thick after 5-6 balls. I tried to reheat it, but that just made it thicker. So I couldn’t take them to the party. 🙁

    • Heather

      I am the worst at this lol! I now use my crock pot to melt the chocolate and I throw in a ball then use forks or spoons to get it out. Maybe someone else can chime in but I’m a mess doing it too!

    • Shelby

      Make you could try and put the pumpkin balls on a sucker stick to dip them, then after dipping just slide them off the stick. Kind of like how you would do for a cake pop.

  22. Cathy Jarolin

    These No Bake Pumpkin Cheese Cake Balls sound so delicious and look so Cute. My husband loves pumpkin everything . I like pumpkin more in a cake form. So I think I will add more Vanilla wafer crumbs to five it a more cake type of consistency. Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe. I shared it..

  29. Sarah

    Do you happen to know how long they stay good for? Like could I make them on Wednesday night for a party on Friday?

    Thanks!

  32. Joy smith

    Really can’t wait to try some of these recipes. It’s that time of year. I see the no bake pumpkin cheese ball being a real hit.

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  3. […] Take 1/2 C of the White Chocolate and melt. While chocolate is melting (careful it burns easy) mix crumbs, puree, cream cheese, sugar and spices – I found it easiest to use a Food Processor but if you need to a hand mixer or blender should work. Add melted white chocolate to already mixed ingredients and blend again – let it go in the processor for a while. It take about 2-3 minutes for everything to combine well for the balls. Place mix into a bowl and place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes (can be longer but then cover). Place wax paper on a cookie sheet. Take out chilled dough and begin making balls by rolling (about) 1 heaping spoonful at a time. Melt remaining white chocolate. Dip balls into white chocolate and refrigerate to set. Store in fridge and serve when chilled. From http://whoneedsacape.com/2015/09/no-bake-pumpkin-cheesecake-balls/ […]

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