PHILADELPHIA Vanilla Mousse Cheesecake

65 Reviews

Prep: 20 min
Ready In: 6 hr 15 min

“After baking, this creamy vanilla cheesecake on a vanilla wafer crust gets a second layer of cream cheese with whipped topping and more vanilla for an elegant, special occasion dessert.” - by PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese

Ingredients

40 NILLA Wafers, crushed
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
4 (8 ounce) packages PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened, divided
1 cup sugar, divided
4 teaspoons vanilla, divided
3 eggs
1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

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Original recipe yields 16 servings

Directions

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
Mix wafer crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
Beat 3 pkg. cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp. vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
Bake 50 to 55 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool completely in pan.
Beat remaining cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer in large bowl until well blended. Whisk in COOL WHIP; spread over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours. Remove rim of pan before serving cheesecake.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (16 total)

Calories
331 cal
17%

Fat
23.6 g
36%

Carbs
26.3 g
8%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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JKCOOPER

Apr. 19, 2010

"Huge hit! I did change one thing - I whipped my own whipping cream instead of using Cool Whip. I just couldn't bring myself to use Cool Whip when it's so easy to make the real thing...." See more"

Ann of CT

Mar. 29, 2010

"Absolutely fabulous! I didnt even have a springform pan, I made it in a pie plate and it worked out fine. I would make this again. The blueberrys are so contrasting. Did I mention that this recipe RO..." See moreCKS?"

crazysweetness

Jul. 13, 2010

"What an amazingly yummy cheesecake!! The only change to the recipe that i applied was to double the crust ingredients and added some super fine chopped walnuts to the crust as well. That nutty crust w..." See moreas awesome with the super vanilla flavor of the cheesecake. :)"

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