28 Genius Cheesecake Topping Ideas
You have made a cheesecake and hosting a party or planning to watch a movie with your family but you know everyone has different choices for cheesecake flavors, what would you do? Simple. Add different toppings. I have you covered with the best cheesecake topping ideas that go well with the cheesecakes.
Let’s look at the best
Cheesecake Toppings Ideas
1. Candy Bar
This completely changes the taste of the cheesecake. Put a creamy layer over your cheesecake and then scatter small chunks of candy bars all over.
Spread it evenly. You can use any top-class candy bars like Hershey’s, KitKat, Snickers, Twix, or any other candy bar of your choice.
If you don’t have candy bars available you can use cookies too.
You can also use peanut butter cups as a topping, just crush it and spread it all over the creamy cheesecake.
2. Fruits
Just cut the slices of fresh fruit and spread them all over the cheesecake. Fruits taste great with cheesecakes.
Now there are lots of fruit options for you. You can use mangoes, raspberries, peaches, strawberries, bananas, cherries, or any other fruit of your choice.
Apart from making the cheesecake taste different, they make the cheesecake look very special too.
Here the more creative you are in decorating the cheesecake with fruits, the better the cheesecake will look.
3. Lemon-Blueberry Topping
Toppings with lemon and blueberry work great as a cheesecake topping.
The ingredients required are blueberries, lemon, sugar, and lemon zest.
4. Sour Cream
You can use sour cream as a topping. The tangy flavor on top of the cheesecake will taste yummy. You can make sour cream toppings with sugar, vanilla extract, and sour cream.
It tastes really great and looks good too.
5. Caramel
Caramel is one of the hot favorites when it comes to toppings. Sprinkle caramel all over the cheesecake evenly, add chopped pecans on top of it and you have your Turtle Cheesecake ready.
You can add the melted chocolate and sprinkle little salt as well. It will taste great. The other option is to use bourbon instead of chocolate and it will also taste great.
If you have time you can make different caramel sauces. To make caramel sauce you need ingredients like brown sugar, salt, butter, and vanilla extract. You can also make caramel apple sauce. For this, you need apple puree and caramel.
The other option is, you can make bourbon caramel sauce with the help of bourbon, vanilla extract, whipped cream, and butter. All these caramel sauces will work great as cheesecake toppings.
6. Compote
Compote is basically pieces of fruit cooked with spices, water, and sugar syrup. This tastes great as toppings on cheesecake.
Now here you have a lot of options to choose from. You can use compote with either strawberry topping or raspberry or cherry or blackberry or blueberry. All taste great. For any compote, the process is the same.
Heat your fruit with water, spices, lemon, and sugar syrup for 10-15 minutes. Stir the mix every one or two minutes.
Once you see the mixture thickens, you are done. Let it cool and then you can use it as toppings on cheesecake. Instead of lemon, you can also use orange peel.
7. Cherry And Red Wine Topping
You can use cherry and red wine as toppings and it tastes great.
Heat a mix of cherry, red wine, sugar, and cornstarch for 10-15 minutes to make this topping. Cool it and use it as toppings on cheesecake.
8. Chocolate
Take a bunch of chocolate chips or chocolate bars and heat them. Drizzle the melted chocolate on the cheesecake. The other option is, you can use chocolate syrup and put it in a piping bag, and make a wonderful design on the cheesecake.
You can also use chocolate shaving as toppings. Hold a chocolate bar and scrape it with a peeler and sprinkle the shavings on the cheesecake.
9.Lemon Curd
Lemon curd topping tastes amazing on cheesecake. It is easy to make and does not take much time to prepare. You need lemon juice, eggs, sugar, butter, and salt to make the curd.
In just 10 minutes you will be ready with your lemon curd and then you can use it over cheesecake and it will taste wonderful. Lemon cheesecake toppings are one of my favorites.
10. Heath Bar Topping
Heath bar is prepared with a combination of almonds, milk chocolate, and toffee. It tastes great with cheesecake.
All you need to do is put a whipped cream layer over the cheesecake and drizzle the chopped heath bar evenly on the cheesecake. The entire presentation looks really appealing.
11. Oreo Cookies Topping
Oreo contains tasty cream fillings. Put a layer of heavy whipping cream on top of the cheesecake. Now you just need to chop Oreos and scatter them over the cheesecake.
12. Whipped Rum
This is only for adults.
You just need to mix rum with whipped cream, and powdered sugar till it thickens, and then use it as a topping.
13. Chocolate And Strawberries
Make strawberries soften by dipping them in balsamic vinegar for half an hour. You can use liquor also to soften it. Then make the soft strawberries hollow and dip them in melted chocolate.
Then put the dipped chocolate strawberries over the cheesecake. It will taste super tasty.
14. Vanilla Blueberry
This takes only 10 minutes to make.
To make this topping you need a vanilla extract, sugar, blueberry, and cornstarch.
Boil the mix of blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, and water on medium heat till it becomes thick.
Once done remove the mix from the heat and add vanilla extract and spread it on your cheesecake.
15. Toasted Coconut
Put the whipped cream over the cheesecake and spread the toasted coconut all over.
It will taste awesome and certainly be one of the best toppings for cheesecake.
16. Cherry Pie Filling
This is one of the easiest cheesecake toppings you can make.
In a pan put cherries, cornstarch, lemon, sugar, and water and stir it over medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Let it boil but keep stirring it.
Once you see the mixture is thick, turn off the heat. Let it cool and then use it as a topping.
17. Pinot And Strawberry
It is one of the easiest toppings to make. It only takes 10 minutes.
To make this you need red wine, sugar, and strawberries.
To make this you cut strawberries into thin slices and heat them with sugar and wine. Stir it regularly till the mixture becomes thick.
Let it cool and enjoy it as a topping.
18. Butterscotch
Take a cup of butterscotch chips and mix it with whipped cream and then heat it in the microwave.
Once the mixture boils, apply it as toppings on the cheesecake.
19. Peanut Butter
Spread evenly melted peanut butter on the cheesecake. The salty peanut butter taste will add another flavor to your cheesecake.
It is one of the best cheesecake topping ideas.
20. Peppermint Candy
Crush a bunch of peppermint candies.
Spread whipping cream on top of the cheesecake and then scatter the crushed candies all over.
21. Mango Coulis
Though this topping is made from the fruit it is different from the compote.
To make the topping the ingredients needed are mango, sugar, and lemon juice.
Within just a couple of minutes, you can make this lovely topping.
22. Strawberry Pie Filling
On medium heat, mix water, strawberries, cornstarch, lemon juice, and sugar.
Keep stirring till it thickens and then remove it from the heat.
Now you are required to add jello powder to the mix, again stir it, and then let it cool.
23. Keto Blue Berry Sauce
It is a low-carb keto-friendly sauce.
The ingredients needed to make this sauce are blueberries, lemon juice, and swerve sweetener.
It only takes 10 minutes to make.
Let it cool and use it as a delicious topping.
It is one of the best toppings for cheesecake.
24. Praline Sauce
To make this, on medium heat mix beaten egg, corn syrup, butter, and sugar and keep stirring it.
After 3-4 minutes remove it from the heat and add vanilla extract with chopped pecans and stir them.
Let it cool and then use it as a topping.
25. Hot Fudge Sauce
It is one of the most budget-friendly topping ideas but it tastes great on top of the cheesecake.
This sauce goes well with ice cream too.
It hardly takes 10 minutes to make.
The ingredients include evaporated milk, butter, sugar, dark chocolate and vanilla extract.
26. Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting
This flavourful topping makes your cheesecake yummier.
It takes an hour to make this frosting.
The ingredients include sugar, heavy cream, unsweetened cocoa powder, milk, and cream of tartar.
27. Nutella
I was really impressed by how just adding Nutella on top can make such a huge difference.
You must try it. It’s awesome.
28. Sauteed Apples
The sweet and savory flavor of sauteed apples is perfect as a cheesecake topping.
To make it you need measuring cups, a peeler, a non-stick pan, whisk and fork.
It takes 35 minutes to make.
With a mix of brown sugar, apples, cornstarch, nutmeg, butter, and vanilla extract you can make this topping.
Cheesecake Recipes
1. Best Cheesecake
The recipe requires 20 minutes of prep time, 1 hour and 15 minutes of cooking time, and 6 hours of cooling time.
The ingredients include brown sugar, graham cracker crumbs, butter, brown sugar, and sugar.
2. New York Cheesecake
The recipe requires 30 minutes of prep time and an hour of cooking time.
The ingredients include Graham crackers, milk, eggs, all-purpose flour, and sour cream.