Circus Animal Cookie Cheesecake Pie {No Bake!!}

First, a moment of silence for the innocent pink and white sprinkled circus animal cookies that were used in the creation of this recipe.

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Now, if circus animal cookies aren't delicious enough alone, I've crammed a whole cup and a half of them in an easy peasy no bake cheesecake filling, stuffed that in a chocolate Oreo pie crust, added whipped cream and more cookies!  My work here is finished people.  And so is your diet.  #sorrynotsorry 😉

Circus Animal Cookie Cheesecake Pie

I am in love with the fluffy pink filling - with a peek of color from a random sprinkle or two.  Sprinkles make everything better.  Except diets.  But we don't talk about those here, k?

So, I decided to use my basic no bake cheese cake recipe - I've used it for lemon and chocolate versions - and then replaced the sugar with circus animal cookie crumbs. Because they've got to be made with plenty of sugar. And also ... why not?! I have already expressed my love for these adorable pink and white animal cookies with edible cupcake toppers ...

So cheesecake seemed a perfectly logical next step.

Circus Animal Cookie Cheesecake Pie {No Bake!!}

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Ingredients

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• One Oreo pie crust
• One 8 oz. block of cream cheese (softened)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• One 8 oz. tub of Cool Whip
• 1 cup of circus animal cookies buzzed in the food processor to make crumbs
• ½ cup of circus animal cookies crumbled into small pieces
• Whipped cream (sprinkles and additional cookies for garnish)

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Instructions

1. In a bowl, using a stand or hand mixer, blend the softened cream cheese and vanilla and then mix in the animal cookie crumbs.
2. On the lowest speed of your mixer, add ½ of the Cool Whip and mix just until incorporated.
3. Scrape down your bowl and mix in the remaining ½ of the Cool Whip.
4. With a spatula, fold in the ½ cup of animal cookie pieces.
5. Spread the mixture into the Oreo pie crust and refrigerate.
6. Just before serving, add whip cream rosettes around the outside of the cheesecake pie and top with sprinkles.
7. Place additional animal cookies around the pie on the whip cream rosettes.
8. Slice and serve!

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As you can imagine, this is sweet.  Maybe that should be SWEET.  And tangy.  And pretty much tastes like cheesecake with a little extra pa-pow! from those cookies. Wouldn't this be fun instead of birthday cake?  Oh okay, in addition to birthday cake?!  And if you wash it all down with a really really cold glass of milk, it's even better.

And I might have taste-tested that pink fluffy piece of cheesecake pie that you see above.  But I won't admit to it.  At least I ate lunch first.  Maybe 😉

No-Bake? No problem!!

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