No-Bake Margarita Cheesecake

No-bake cheesecakes are some of my new favorite things – but who knew? Truly? I mean I’m going to go out on a limb here and just tell you that I am not really a cheesecake person. I know, I know: bordering on scandalous – I KNOW. But cheesecake is never the item I’d order from the dessert menu, not one I’d be excited about if I was invited to dinner and was told the dessert was cheesecake, and definitely not one I’d make myself.However, I created one of the no-bake variety for an article I wrote earlier this year, and now I am a convert. Like big time – I haven’t yet made one with a chocolate cookie crust, but that’s coming – trust me. So, when I joined the blogging party of peeps celebrating cinco de mayo with margarita inspired dishes, check this out, to see all that these fabo bloggers created, there was no question that I’d be bringing a no-bake margarita cheesecake to said party. This margarita cheesecake has tequila, lime and triple sec, like a traditional margarita, but is not super boozy. Feel free to add more tequila if you’d like it to be. Or make a tequila whipped cream for serving, or add some tequila to the berry juice with which you decorate the cake. I call for two zested limes, as I like the flecks of green and the flavor it imparts, but, again, if you do not, just zest one lime.The crust is graham cracker and the filling cream cheese and condensed milk, and no matter what you may have thought about cheesecake prior to reading about this recipe, I promise making it is going to rock your margarita-drinking/cheesecake eating world.
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