3-Ingredient Blackberry Pistachio Cheesecake Towers to Wow Any Crowd
A quick and elegant no-bake cheesecake dessert with layers of blackberry and vanilla cream cheese, topped with fresh blackberries and pistachios.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 5 hours
- Yield: 8 towers 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 cups fresh blackberries
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 ½ cups cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup blackberry purée
- 1 cup whipped cream
- 1 cup cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup whipped cream
- Fresh blackberries
- Chopped pistachios
- Extra blackberry purée (optional)
Instructions
- Combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar. Press into molds and chill for 15 minutes.
- Simmer blackberries, lemon juice, and sugar. Mix cornstarch and water, stir in, and cook until thick. Blend half into purée.
- Beat cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla. Add blackberry purée and fold in whipped cream. Pour onto crust and chill for 30 minutes.
- Whip cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla. Fold in whipped cream and spread over blackberry layer. Chill for at least 4 hours.
- Top with fresh blackberries, chopped pistachios, and optional blackberry purée drizzle.
Notes
- Chill thoroughly for best results.
- Use fresh blackberries for optimal flavor.
- Adjust sugar to taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tower
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg