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No Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake Trifle

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I’ve been giving pumpkin a lot of love these last few weeks.  Baked Pumpkin Pie Donuts.  Pumpkin Cheesecake French Toast Casserole.  But to be honest, I’ve been kinda feeling like a poser… trying to be a part of the cool kids club.

Everyone seems to go gaga over pumpkin, like teenage girls at an N’Sync One Direction concert.  I’m sorry to say, but even though I enjoy pumpkin and will happily eat it, I’m never like…. aaaahhhh I need pumpkin everything in my life right this second.  

But apple?  That’s a different story.  I’m all about fall apple desserts.  I’ll go all Bubba Gump on apple.  Apple Pie.  Apple Crisp.  Apple Crisp Ice Cream.  Apple Cheesecake.  Caramel Apples.

And now… this No Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake Trifle.

no bake caramel apple cheesecake trifle

I’m not sure if I can really call this no bake.  I mean, you do have to cook the apples on the stovetop.  But you can do that way ahead of time (like, days and days ahead) and then just assemble when you’re ready to let your guest devour this creative apple dessert goodness.

So I’m going with the no bake thing.  Even if it is maybe sorta a stretch.

Guys… this trifle.  So perfect for parties.  Hello easy entertaining!  I’m making it for my annual Halloween party.  You can go ahead and make every layer before guests even think about arriving.  The no bake cheesecake.  The cinnamon whipped cream.  The crushed up biscoff cookies.  You get the idea.

no bake caramel apple cheesecake trifle

no bake caramel apple cheesecake trifle

Tell me you don’t want to dive head first into that trifle?!  No really, please tell me.  That way I get to eat yours too 🙂

After photographing these, I might have had one two three too many.  I couldn’t/wouldn’t/didn’t stop myself.  Oops.

But can you blame a guy?

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No Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake Trifle

no bake caramel apple cheesecake trifle

★★★★★

5 from 1 reviews
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 8 to 12 1x
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Ingredients

for the Apple layer

  • 4 apples (I used Granny Smith and McIntosh), finely chopped
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

for the Cinnamon Whipped Cream

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2/3 cup powdered sugar
  • Cinnamon

for the Cheesecake layer

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 4 ounces mascarpone cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup whipped cream

for assembly of Trifle

  • Biscoff cookies (or Nilla Wafers/Graham Crackers), crushed
  • Good-quality caramel sauce topping (or make your own!)
  • Sea salt

Instructions

for the Apple layer

  1. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add the apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon, and stir until well combined. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10-15 minutes, until the apples are tender and the brown sugar creates a thick glaze.

for the Cinnamon Whipped Cream

  1. In the bowl of your stand mixer or in a medium mixing bowl fitted with an electric hand mixer, beat the cream, sugar, and vanilla on medium/medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Do not overbeat. Reserve 3/4 cup of whipped cream for cheesecake layer. With rest of whipped cream, gently fold in 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and taste. Add more cinnamon if desired.

for the Cheesecake layer

  1. In the bowl of your stand mixer or in a medium mixing bowl fitted with an electric hand mixer, whip together the cream cheese, mascarpone, sugar, and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Gently fold in the whipped cream by hand.

When Ready to Assemble the Trifle:

  1. Remove apples from fridge and let come closer to room temperature (I gave them a quick zap in the microwave to speed up that process). Stir in some sea salt into caramel to give it desired salted caramel flavor.
  2. Alternate layers of crushed biscoff cookies, cheesecake layer, apples, cinnamon whipped cream, and salted caramel. Devour immediately.

Notes

It’s important to cut the apples into a very fine dice, as bigger chunks of apple will take a lot longer to cook. Instead of using the stovetop, you could cook in a 375°F oven, stirring once or twice, until apples are tender.

I choose to serve my trifles in little mini serving cups. Yield of recipe depends upon size of those serving cups. You could also make it in one big dish for a family style dessert.

 

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  1. Dannii

    I am totally with you – I much prefer apple to pumpkin and I can’t get enough of apple desserts at the moment. This sounds incredible too!

  2. Kristine

    These combine my favorite things – apples, cheesecake, and caramel! I love how you used mascarpone and cream cheese in the cheesecake layer!

  4. marcie

    Thats the perks of the photographer, you get to eat as many of the “props” as you want, and you won’t gain any weight (that’s what I tell myself, anyway)! 🙂 These would be my downfall — I love my pumpkin, but apples are right up there. And I won’t even start about the caramel — amazing! Pinned. 🙂

    • Chris

      Hahahah, exactly Marcie! It’s a perk of being the photographer… unfortunately I’ve been enjoying too many perks lately hahaha

  5. Beth

    Chris, I am totally right there with you on apples. I haven’t even made anything pumpkin yet. And I won’t need to if there are things like no bake caramel apple cheesecake trifles in the world! These look wonderful. 🙂

  6. Zainab

    I’m the first to admit I’m not all crazy about pumpkin but just get into the craze. But apples? Now that’s my jam!! And these are just freaking amazing! Caramel apples and cheesecake? Darn!!!

  7. CakePants

    These look totally drool-worthy (*wipes off keyboard*)! I’m fond of pumpkin too, but would take an apple dessert over a pumpkin one in a heartbeat – there’s just something so irresistible about apples and cinnamon, and this dessert is no exception!

  8. Lisa

    OMG! Seriously? I am right there with you on the pumpkin thing — I like it in small doses, but apples, pears and cranberries? That’s where it’s AT!

  10. Ashley

    Totally with you – apples I do 100% go gaga over and cannot get enough. Pumpkin I like, but it’s not something I’m dying to cook with. And these …. they look awesomeeeee. So many delicious components! Care to send me one for breakfast? Happy Friday!

  12. David

    Did I see Biscoff cookies in there? Sold! These trifles look delicious, Chris. If I lived closer, I’d come over and steal one from your kitchen. I’d probably blame it on Mike, though. So don’t come looking my direction when these trifles start to mysteriously disappear. Just sayin’. #WolfpackEats

    • Chris

      Hahahaha yes indeed! Biscoff is freaking amazing. I’d blame it on Mike too… he’s the type of guy who would do that sort of thing. #bully

  14. Medha

    Yum! I love cheesecake and I loooove the caramel + apple combo. Some serious fall dessert goodness here 🙂

    ★★★★★

  16. Shashi

    Duuude – I definitely wanna dive head first into that trifle!!! In fact – if I dove into one trifle I might get a concoction so lets combine two – you don’t mind sacrificing yours right?
    These sounds ah-mazing – I might have to swap out the cheesecake for cheese-less cake and use coconut whipped cream – but still incredibly dive friendly!
    Thanks for sharing this one!

  17. Danae

    I would seriously have no self control if I made these. There would be nothing left for the party because it all would have landed in my mouth before making it to the parfait stage! Pinned!

  19. Alice

    Chris!! I love these!! I absolutely want to dive head first into these trifles!!! They look so good!!! and yes, I’m with you. . I’m a little over pumpkin for the moment (which is sad because it’s only mid-October) but bring on the apples!! love this!

  23. Sarah

    Duuuuuude. Yes. I need three of these too (who am I kidding, I’m not sharing these with guests – I’m selfish!)

    I mean, I love pumpkin as much as the next girl, but I’d be totally pleased if Trader Joes went all Bubba Gump on apples the way it does to pumpkin, amiright?

  26. Nicole

    I can’t.even.handle.this.
    Hahaha I love your pumpkin-loving confession! Pumpkin is awesome, it needs to be embraced fully :p Once the season is over, all the haters will be secretly be suffering from pumpkin denial :p

    This recipe is seriously amazing!

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