No Bake Lemon Oreo Crust Lemon Cheesecake Icebox Pie Easy Dessert Recipe
With its light, refreshing lemon flavor, this easy no bake cheesecake dessert recipe is about to become your new family favorite spring and summertime treat. This is the perfect quick crowd pleaser for Mother’s Day Brunch, Easter Dinner and all of your spring and summer dinner parties, cookouts and potlucks! It’s all mixed up in under half an hour and only needs to chill in your fridge for two hours before you can serve up this pretty, yummy no bake pie!
No Bake Lemon Oreo Crust Lemon Cheesecake Icebox Pie Easy Dessert Recipe
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Don’t get me wrong, this dessert is YUM-TASTIC with a storebought or homemade graham cracker crust… but you will be missing out if you don’t make it with a LEMON Oreo Crust!
If your blender is a fancy schmancy one that can chop/grind, you can use that to crush them. I prefer using my mini food processor:
All you need to do is add your crumbs and melted butter to a big ziplock baggie and mush it all together really good:
Dump your crumb and butter mixture into your pie plate:
And press it into an even layer in the bottom and up the sides of your pie plate:
Mix up all of the simple ingredients using a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer for the batter and pour them into the crust:
Shake it a little to even it out and/or use a spatula to lightly spread it out evenly:
Use a lemon zester to add some extra lemony yellow zest to the top (totally optional, but c’mon..PRETTY!) and pop it in the fridge for at least 2 hours to set up:
All the work is done! Kick back and Netflix it up or go do your thing to get yourself cleaned up and lookin fly for the party. Enjoy your new favorite spring and summertime treat!
As long as you follow my tips in the recipe below – it turns out so smooth and creamy and perfectly set. It IS possible to mess it up – so make SURE you read my tips and tricks to make SURE you don’t end up with clumps of cream cheese. You want it nice and smooth. You are for SURE going to want to use SOFTENED CREAM CHEESE – so if you need to make this RIGHT NOW – check out my awesome tip HERE to get softened cream cheese in under ten minutes.
Scroll down for the simple ingredients, step by step instructions and printable recipe. ENJOY!
No Bake Lemon Oreo Crust Lemon Cheesecake Icebox Pie Easy Dessert Recipe
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Passive Time | 2 hours |
| Servings | pie |
- 1 15.25 oz. Package Lemon Oreos or Lemon Creme Sandwich Cookies You could use Golden Oreos or a premade Graham Cracker Crust if you prefer (you'll have regrets!)
- 6 Tablespoons Butter Melted
- 2 8 oz. Packages Cream Cheese Softened to Room Temperature (see link in post to tip to get softened cream cheese FAST)
- 3/4 14 oz. Can Sweetened and Condensed Milk (if they sell them in 10 oz. cans where you live, use the whole can)
- 3 Fresh Lemons (or the zest of 2 lemons apx. 1 Tablespoon and just under 1/2 Cup fresh or store bought lemon juice)
Ingredients Lemon Oreo Crust
Filling
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- Crush the entire package of oreos either in a blender with a chop/crush setting, a food processor or by smacking them with a mallet/meat tenderizer while they are in a ziplock baggie. Melt your butter and add them to the crumb mixture in a gallon size ziploc baggie, closed securely. Mix and mush it up really good and consistent. Dump the mixture into the bottom of a pie plate and press evenly in bottom and up the sides of the pie plate.
- In a large mixing bowl with your stand mixer or electric handheld mixer, beat your softened cream cheese REALLY WELL on medium to medium high speed, scraping down the sides often to make sure it's really smooth. It will get a little bit fluffy. Once all of the clumps are gone, add in the sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice and zest slowly as you continue to beat it all together and continue to scrape down the sides of your bowl while it mixes. Once it's all incorporated, mix it on medium speed for an additional 5 minutes. Pour your mixture into your prepared oreo crust in the pie plate. Jiggle it a little and if needed, smooth it out evenly with a spatula. Use your zester and add some extra zest over the top if you'd like! Refrigerate uncovered for at least two hours so it sets up really nicely. Serve and enjoy!
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Make sure your cream cheese is REALLY good and softened so it turns out super smooth! Check out my EASY and QUICK baking hack to get softened cream cheese for your recipe in under ten minutes:
If you are a LEMON lover like we are – make sure you check out all of these yummy lemon desserts recipes we found! So perfect for all your spring and summertime cookouts and birthday parties:
This pie was so easy and AWESOME.
Thanks, Katy! I’m so glad you liked it too. It’s always been a big hit around here – especially now that we make it with the lemon oreo crust! 🙂
Mine came out really runny. Not sure where I went wrong. Made the day before serving. Ended up freezing it and serving later. Flavor was excellent.
Hi, Fran! Hmmm…. It could have been a number of things. Did you use the entire 14 oz. can of sweetened and condensed milk instead of just 3/4 of the can? 10 oz. is the ticket for me to get the right consistency. Also, maybe next time try adding less lemon juice and a little more lemon zest. Possibly altitude came into play? It’s possible some lemons’ juice is a little more “watery” than others. Glad it froze and tasted great, though!
OMG! this lemon oreo cheesecake rocks. I will cook this delicious recipe later on and surprise my girlfriend when she come back from work. Thank you for sharing this amazing cheesecake recipe.
I don’t know, but I will definitely will make this cheesecake, looks so delicious. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us.
Do you mash up the cream filling of the cookie as well?
Yes, throw them whole, filling and all, in a food processor/blender/plastic baggie and mash them up! The filling does really make it more difficult to mash them in a plastic baggie, a food processor or blender is the easier way to go.
Thanks this was great recipe!
You’re welcome, Christina! So glad you enjoyed it. It’s a big hit here too!
I’m so glad someone asked about the filling in the cookies. Thank you.
Can this be made into individual servings? Perhaps in a muffin liner?
Absolutely! Or even in short parfait glasses or tumblers.
Made this last night, it came together beautifully. Can’t wait to serve!
Isn’t it easy and pretty? I can’t wait for you to try it. Enjoy and thanks for the nice comment! 🙂
LEMON OREOS???? I need to contact Nabisco to find out where I can find them, lemon anything rocks!!
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I forgot the lemon juice but zested. It tasted fresh after licking the spoon. I think I wrecked it by adding the juice afterwards. I’ll have to make it again.
Oh, darn it! I hate it when that happens. I’m sure it was still “okay”, but you are going to REALLY enjoy it with the lemon juice corrected. Thanks for letting us know we aren’t alone in these little whoopsies! 🙂
Mine also came out runny. I had read the other comment regarding the filling not setting and tried to ensure that I used the correct measurements, yet the results were the same…runny. Don’t get me wrong, excellent flavor! Just wish I could figure out what went wrong.
That’s too bad, Harvey! I wonder if some bottled lemon juices are more watery perhaps? Did you use fresh squeezed or bottled?
Hi, Wonderful pie. I didn’t have Lemon Oreo’s so I use Reg. Graham Crackers.
I also was craving Lime, so I used 2 Lemons and 1 Lime. I also used Coconut Condensed Milk instead of Reg. I also froze the pie instead of the Fridge…OMGoodness it was delish. Thanks for a Great Pie Recipe!
I wonder if the people who said it was too soft used reduced fat cream cheese? I find in baking the reduced fat cream cheese does not set up well.