Name: No Bake Reindeer Cheesecake
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 40 oz Great Value cheesecake; 12 red M&M's; 24 candy eyes; 24 chocolate pretzels

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What’s only four ingredients and the cutest EASY Christmas dessert to serve at your next party?! THIS no bake reindeer Cheesecake, of course!

Cheesecake slices decorated as reindeer with pretzel antlers, candy eyes, and red candy noses, arranged in a circle on a wooden board. Hands are placing the board on a red and white tablecloth.

Easiest Christmas Dessert Idea

You know me, I LOVE an easy holiday dessert idea! I mean, I literally wrote an entire cookbook about easy recipes! And let’s just say this reindeer cheesecake might be one of the easiest Christmas dessert ideas I could think of! There’s literally no baking required.

Watch how to Make this Reindeer Cheesecake

It Only Takes Minutes to Decorate

You can always make your own cheesecake, but if you’re like me and want a quick and easy Christmas dessert shortcut… pick up a premade cheesecake at the grocery store bakery and decorate away!

A sliced New York style cheesecake sits on a wooden board, surrounded by bowls of red and white candies and chocolate-covered pretzels, on a red and white checkered cloth.

My Go-To Premade Cheesecake

I got this premade Cheesecake from Walmart’s bakery, which is also the same one I used for this Halloween Spider Cheesecake!

How I Made this Dessert in Under Five Minutes

Space out Cheesecake Slices

The trick is to space out each slice of cheesecake on a cutting board or serving dish so there is space between each slice, so the chocolate pretzel antlers don’t overlap or get too close for comfort. ;)

Candy for the “Red Nose”

All you do is add a red M&M for the nose (preferably logo side down). If you don’t have red M&M’s, you can totally substitute them with red gumdrops (my mom’s favorite candy) or even a mini red gumball.

A person decorates cheesecake slices arranged in a circle on a wooden board, placing red berries on each slice. The scene is set on a red and white checkered tablecloth.

Add Sprinkle Eyes

Next, add two candy sprinkle eyes to each slice of cheesecake.

Slices of cheesecake arranged in a circle on a wooden board, each decorated with candy eyes and a red candy nose to look like reindeer. A person’s hand adds chocolate chips to a small bowl.

Chocolate Pretzel Antlers

And 2 chocolate pretzels for their reindeer antlers.

A person decorates cheesecake slices to look like reindeer, using chocolate pretzels for antlers, candy eyes, and red candies for noses on a round wooden board. The table has a red plaid cloth and pine branches.

And that’s it!

It was SO easy, I literally assembled this cheesecake together in 5 minutes! It’s like holiday magic. PS. And if you love holiday baking, this is my go-to Christmas apron that I am wearing.

A smiling woman in a plaid apron holds a round wooden tray with festive reindeer-shaped cheesecake slices, each decorated with pretzel antlers and red noses, in a kitchen with holiday decorations.

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