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Stack of no bake pumpkin cheesecake bites with white chocolate topping

These Happy Thanksgiving No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites are SO easy to prepare and, most importantly, to eat. You'll spend less of your time baking and more of it enjoying (or ignoring) your family THIS Thanksgiving.

I didn't actually create this recipe. I stumbled upon it on Running With Spoons, and I'm SO glad I did. You see, I'm actually baking a little one who will join us at the end of January (we are super duper excited!), and I don't have much time or energy to bake anything else at the moment.

How to make no bake pumpkin cheesecake bites

I'm just going to get right to this easy recipe. Start by processing graham crackers and coconut flour until they break down into fine crumbs. Then add cream cheese, pumpkin puree, spices and vanilla extract and continue processing until the mixture sticks together and a dough begins to form.

Pumpkin cheesecake dough in a food processor

If it seems too crumbly or dry, add a small spoonful of either cream cheese or pumpkin to reach a moister consistency. The dough should be moist enough to hold together when you press it between your fingers, but not so moist that it's sticky. I think I added just a little too much pumpkin to mine, but it still came out good!

Pinch of no bake pumpkin cheesecake dough held together between fingers

Once that's done, transfer the dough to a 9×4 loaf pan lined with parchment paper (with extra inches overhanging on the sides) and use a spatula to spread it evenly, pressing down firmly. Set aside.

Pumpkin cheesecake dough pressed into a parchment-lined loaf pan

The white chocolate topping

Place the white chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl and heat on high in 30-second increments, stirring in between, until melted and smooth.

Melted white chocolate and coconut oil in a bowl

Pour the chocolate over the dough and spread evenly. Top with more graham cracker crumbs, if desired, and transfer the pan to the fridge for at least an hour to set.

White chocolate spread over pumpkin cheesecake layer in a loaf pan

Graham cracker crumbs sprinkled over white chocolate pumpkin cheesecake

Set pumpkin cheesecake slab lifted out of the pan with parchment

Whole slab of no bake pumpkin cheesecake ready to slice

Let it sit at room temperature for a few minutes before using a sharp knife to cut it into individual bars or bites.

Knife cutting no bake pumpkin cheesecake into bites

Rows of no bake pumpkin cheesecake bites on parchment

Close-up of a soft, creamy pumpkin cheesecake bite

No bake pumpkin cheesecake bites served for Thanksgiving dessert

A no-stress Thanksgiving dessert

And there you have it! Yummy, soft and creamy Happy Thanksgiving No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites. I hope you make these and get to savor and love them with your family this Thursday. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

What I've used in this recipe:

Here's a complete list of my kitchen essentials.

Happy Thanksgiving No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites