Healthy Key Lime Cheesecake
This Healthy Key Lime Cheesecake tastes like key lime pie in cheesecake form! It's sweet and delicious, yet sugar free, gluten free, and high protein!
Ingredients
Animal Cracker Crust:
- 2 cups Animal Cracker Crumbs (I used homemade*)
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ~½ cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
Cheesecake Filling:
- 24 oz Plain, Nonfat Greek Yogurt
- 8 oz Neufchâtel Cream Cheese (or ⅓ Less Fat Cream Cheese), room temp
- 5 Large Eggs
- 1 tbs Liquid Stevia Extract
- 1 tbs Key Lime Zest
- ⅔ cup Key Lime Juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a 9" springform pan with parchment paper. Place a sheet of parchment paper on the springform base, then close the springform "ring" onto the base, tightly trapping the parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, stir together the animal cracker crumbs, salt, and almond milk. It should look like a dough. Press the mixture into the prepared pan and set aside.
- In a stand mixer bowl fitted with a whisk attachment, add the yogurt and cream cheese. Mix on medium speed until completely smooth.
- Reduce the speed to low and add one egg at a time. When completely smooth, add the stevia and key lime zest.
- Bake the crust you set aside earlier in the oven for 14 minutes. While that bakes, finish off the filling.
- Finally, add the key lime juice to the mixer to whisk until the crust is done baking.
- Take the crust out of the oven, then pour in the cheesecake filling. Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes. Let cool at room temperature, then cover and refrigerate overnight. The next day, slice, serve, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- *Graham Crackers also work!
- The recipe above is my revised recipe. I originally posted a Key Lime Cheesecake recipe back in 2013 but felt like it could use some work on the texture. Just in case you wanted to see the previous recipe and/or the changes I made, I’m providing the old recipe here:
- Graham Cracker Crust: (Yields an 8″ Cheesecake)
- 1¾ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 3 tbs Coconut Oil, melted
- 2 tbs Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 1 tsp Natural Butter Flavor
- Cheesecake Filling:
- 2½ cups Plain, Nonfat Greek Yogurt
- 3 Large Eggs
- 3 Large Egg Whites
- 2½ tsp Stevia Extract
- 1 tbs Organic Corn Starch
- pinch of Key Lime Zest
- ¾ cup Key Lime Juice
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Key Lime Cheesecake
Amount Per Serving (1 serving = 1/12th of cheesecake)
Calories 210
Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 100mg33%
Sodium 290mg13%
Carbohydrates 17g6%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 12g24%
Vitamin A 200IU4%
Vitamin C 6.6mg8%
Calcium 150mg15%
Iron 1.1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.