Chocolate Berry Cheesecake

A mouth-watering fruity cheesecake ... sure to be a hit with all the family.

Serves 6
Prep Time 25 minutes

100 g butter, melted
250 g sweet plain chocolate biscuits*
425 g can Wattie's Boysenerries in Syrup
500 g pottle cheesecake filling
2 tsp gelatin

1. Crush the biscuits in a food processor or by placing in a sealed plastic bag and crushing with a rolling pin. Stir in the melted butter. Press into the base and sides of a 23cm loose bottom flan tin. Refrigerate until required.

2. Drain and reserve the juice from the Wattie's Boysenberries in Syrup.

3. Beat together the drained boysenberries and cheesecake filling until smooth. Spread into the prepared flan.

4. Sprinkle the gelatin over the reserved boysenberry juice and when it has been absorbed, warm in the microwave for 2 minutes on high and stir until dissolved. Cool. Pour over the cheesecake filling and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Top Tips

* We used double chocolate chip butter cookies.

Made With

Boysenberries in Syrup

New Zealand-grown juicy boysenberries bring you the sweet sun–ripened taste of summer all year round.

Rate and Review

59 Ratings

Reviews (59)

nadine's Review | Rating

mmmmmm yummy

sarah's Review | Rating

this is a good

Sienna's Review | Rating

ggrrrrrrrreat!!!

Angie's Review | Rating

Mouth watering. Easy to make.
We used oreo's for this dish

Cheesekate's Review | Rating

I made this for my unit and they loved it.

Rosemary's Review | Rating

I have made this several times and it is fabulous, quick and easy

Moody's Review | Rating

Tui is spot on with this, it really was fantastic, I could easily have this for the rest of my life..

Tui's Review | Rating

The tstiest thing that has been in my mouth.......it was yum!!! The Oreo base was delightful and the flake on top - divine!!!

Victoria's Review | Rating

....Man what can I say I will have to try it.

Isis's Review | Rating

Wow! This is AMAZING

Te Riinah's Review | Rating

This looks mean nice!!!! meh and mah dahling loves this yumiie

mikayla's Review | Rating

this is the best cheese cake ive ever made and im only 11 years old but its hard to get the gelitine stright like on the picture

Truus's Review | Rating

yum

Elizabeth's Review | Rating

Always a winner. I make it heaps. its great!! :)

Emily's Review | Rating

really yummy! the kids loved helping with this and the whole family loved it.

Cyndi's Review | Rating

OMG this was so divine. Family have requested it be made again,an absolute hit.

Deb's Review | Rating

This is a great recipe - one folks always like you to share!

Tili's Review | Rating

If you're a berry fan you'll love this. I made this with malt biscuits .... divine! When it comes to desserts I can't cook for peanuts so when I made this for a family dinner (mum, dad, siblings, neies and nephews), they loved it (not to mention, blown away!)... that's how simple it is!

Rebecca's Review | Rating

very yum and rich. people loved it. was hard to get it to look like the picture with the gelatin topping nice and even. also the biscuits quantities in the recipe dont make the thick and high crust as viewed in the pic. used arnots choc fudge cookies for rich chocolate base.

natasha's Review | Rating

this is delicious. It has a really smooth texture to it and even the kids could help make this one. fantastic

Jaala's Review | Rating

Yummy!! and so easy to make! Will definately be making this over and over.

janna's Review | Rating

wow it was great i have even altered the recipe by putting a layer of choc ganache between the base and filling and it was delish

Carolyn's Review | Rating

im making it this weekend for a bbq

angela's Review | Rating

great pudding

Cara's Review | Rating

This recipe is awesome, I've made it a few times now and is always good. A tip for combining the cheesecake filling with the boysenberries is to use a potato masher, worked better than an electric mixer for me! I always need more gelatin mixture too, maybe because I'm using a bigger dish.

Abbey's Review | Rating

Delicious......use Oreo for base and crushed flake and fresh boysenberries on top!

Lisa's Review | Rating

It was easy and yummy!
Just didnt spread the biscuits up the side enough!
so the jelly didnt work haha.
Plus USE a flan dish!!!! dont be like me and use a cke tin with a slip off bottom thing!!!(Not Good)

Rochelle's Review | Rating

I went everywhere to try and find the tararua cheesecake filling but couldn't find it!! Is there anything else you could use for the filling, perhaps a combination of ingredients?

Jamie's Review | Rating

Super easy and very yummy recipe :)

Annie's Review | Rating

Very very good :-)

Sue's Review | Rating

Easy to make yummy desert

brianna's Review | Rating

delish

Brittany's Review | Rating

they look awesome ,im bursting to try it out
lol

Danny's Review | Rating

This cheesecake is fantastic. I made it for a potluck dinner and someone told me it was the best cheesecake they'd ever tasted! The berry juice topping looks really impressive but is easy to make. If you cannot find suitable chocolate biscuits just use plain wine biscuits with a couple of tablespoons of cocoa like I did.

Tracy's Review | Rating

i love this its a hit at partys. i make mine with round wine biscuits and put a litte melted chocolate on the base and then drizzle a little over the top Yumm

melissa's Review | Rating

so easy and yum was abig hit with the family.off to make it again now lol

Linda's Review | Rating

Absolutely yummy. Lovely with the chocolate biscuits. Went down a treat.

Cherise's Review | Rating

Incredibly easy yet fun to make.

Stephanie's Review | Rating

This is sooooooo yum and easy!

Zoe's Review | Rating

Absolutely Delicious! Very fuity and creamy! YUM!

Adine's Review | Rating

This is the best tasting cheesevake

Shannon's Review | Rating

My mouth is watering looks nice

Anne Riepen's Review | Rating

I have made this many times and it is always a huge hit. I use chocolate wheaten biscuits for the base - tastes great!!

Alexis Simmonds's Review | Rating

Very yummy! I will be making this again with less filling so that the top might (fingers crossed) sit on top better. I recommend leaving it to chill longer than 2 hours. I used Farmbake Chocolate Chip Fudge biscuits - YUM!

Edward Couchman's Review | Rating

it was great!!!

shara kelsey's Review | Rating

Made this with tinned raspberries as I dont like boysenberries but like others have said it was hard to get the top layer even like in the picture

Dylan Flett's Review | Rating

Had it for my birthday cake last night and it was the best cheesecake ive had in while!

Charee Arnold's Review | Rating

Yummy my kids love it so much on Xmas.

Cherie Cottrell's Review | Rating

This is devine!!!

Freya McAneny's Review | Rating

I love this, my friend and i used to make it at work together, awesome recipe, we got the hang of the lid too! i want to make this at home but i don't have a microvave, this is the first time i cant say i feel like i actually need one! i wonder if i can heat the gelatin in a pot…

jo mccreanor's Review | Rating

Easy to make - my son suggested chocolate thins and they made a great base

Merle Campbell's Review | Rating

Great recipe, quick and easy. I made it with raspberries - nice variation.

Anna .'s Review | Rating

this is so simple to throw together when in a rush, It's awesome for xmas as it takes so little effort to make and always pleases the guests.

Penelope Frost's Review | Rating

This is really easy to make, but I found it hard to get it to look as neat as the one in the picture but i will try a flan dish next time. Not that it matters as it tastes great!

Sarsha's Review | Rating

I just made this tonight (with some minor modifications) and it came out exactly like in the picture! As tasty as it looks too, if not tastier.

Here are the changes I made:
- I used 1.5 packets of biscuits and melted enough butter for them to clump together. I read the comments about the crust not being high or thick enough, so I thought it was better to make a bit too much and have enough for a solid base with high sides to keep in the top jelly part. I used Farmbake Triple Chocolate cookies (my favorite!). I'm not sure if it was the type of cookie or the amount I used, but I needed a surprisingly large amount of butter (I expected to need 150g, but I ended up using 400-500!). Not all of the crust mixture went into the cake though, there was plenty left. I'm thinking about using muffin trays to mold the extras into little cups and eating it with ice cream.
- I added a 1/4 cup of water to the boysenberry juice. When I looked at what came out of the can (and I tried to drain as much as I could), it just didn't seem like enough to cover everything nicely. Worked a treat.
- I let the crust and cheesecake filling chill in the fridge for 30 mins before adding the gelatin top. The juice mixed with gelatin was left on the countertop to cook down a bit during this too. I was worried about adding the warm mixture to the still-soft filling, so I took this little precaution.

I also tried Cara's tip about the potato masher. I still used an electric beater in the end, but I'm glad I used the masher first. When you tip the berries and the filling into the bowl, you'll probably see what I mean. Approaching that with a beater was an intimidating thought.

Overall, a great dessert! It's pretty simple to put together, but it looks very very impressive.

loraine's Review | Rating

have been making this cheesecake for 8 years now and the recipe is just perfect - we usually make it at Christmas time and it is always asked for as it is just devine. love it :):)

Wendy's Review | Rating

Delicious dessert. I always get asked for this recipe

Raquel's Review | Rating

Would this be just as great if made a day before needed?

Christine's Review | Rating

I made this for Christmas Day and it was a big hit. I used a slightly smaller 20cm loose bottomed tin and Oreo biscuits for the base which were perfect. I made my own filling with 250gr cream cheese, 1/2 cup berry yoghurt, 4 tsp gelatine and 2 Tbsp sugar dissolved in 1/2 cup of hot water and 1 Tbsp of lemon juice. I also used the back of a spoon to pour the liquid topping over so it would not disturb the cheesecake mix too much. I will definitely be making this again.