Deep-Fried Cheesecake has never been easier to make. Frying a flour tortilla filled with a simple cream cheese filling, dusted in cinnamon sugar, and made with a strawberry dipping is a delicious and quick dessert that everyone will love.
I had Fried Cheesecake Rolls a long time ago at Longhorn Steakhouse, and I don’t know what I was amazed at more; the Fried Cheesecake or the honey wheat bread. Maybe it was a bit of both. Whatever it was, I thought they were pretty darn amazing! Who knew that you could fry Cheesecake? Well, in this country, deep-fried desserts are the norm. Don’t believe me? I just saw Fried Watermelon on TV just a few weeks ago.
Anyway, when it comes to Fried Cheesecake, I love the crunch of the exterior of the cheesecake. What makes this dessert even more perfect is the strawberry dipping sauce I made which is divine! Inspired by my dessert experience from Longhorn, I had to come up with a way to make my strawberry cheesecake rolls AKA cheesecake egg rolls.
How to make Deep Fried Cheesecake
I considered making these Fried Cheesecake Rolls as easy as possible. Do I make a cheesecake first and fry it in some batter? Do I buy a cheesecake, roll it up in something, and fry it that way? What the heck should I do?
After several tries and mistakes, I came up with a perfect answer. You have to freeze them before frying them! At first, when I made these cheesecake rolls, I made the cheesecake batter, added the cheesecake filling to the tortilla, and fried them up. Although they were still delicious, I didn’t like having warm cream cheese.
Once you make the cream cheese filling listed below, you will assemble the cheesecake rolls, place them in the freezer for about an hour, and then fry them. That is the key to success with this easy Fried Cheesecake recipe. Did I mention this recipe does not contain eggs? Yep, no need for the eggs in this recipe at all! And, of course, you have to sprinkle some extra sugar on top.
Use different dipping sauces
These Fried Cheesecake Rolls are great and perfect for small dinner gatherings if you don’t want to make a time-consuming dessert. The best part of these Fried Cheesecake Rolls isn’t just the filling and the strawberry dipping sauce. Dipping these cheesecake rolls into a sweet, tart strawberry sauce makes these babies more delicious. You can use different sauces to dip the deep-fried cheesecake bites. You can try dipping these into:
- Chocolate sauce
- Caramel Sauce
- Butterscotch Sauce
- Raspberry Sauce
What would be cute (thinking of kids) is to make a bunch of these cheesecake rolls, lay out a bunch of dipping sauces, and let the kids go crazy! You would be the star and get requests for this dessert all the time!
Commonly Asked Questions
No. You can replace the vodka with orange juice or additional water. I like the flavor adding alcohol gives the sauce. But that is a personal preference.
Yep! As long as you follow the recipe, I don’t see why using vegan cream cheese would be an issue.
Yep! You might get more servings out of the recipe if you did that because they are smaller.
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Fried Cheesecake Roll-Ups
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 15–20 1x
Description
Super easy recipe for Fried Cheesecake. This is an easy dessert recipe that you can make with the kids and serve with a sweet and tart strawberry sauce.
Ingredients
- 24 oz. Cream Cheese
- 2/3 c. sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 c. vegetable oil or canola oil
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 15–20 small flour tortillas
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
SAUCE
- 1 lb. strawberries, diced
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 1/8 c. vodka (berry flavored if you have it)
- 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/8 c. water
- 1/8 c. strawberry preserves
Instructions
- For the sauce: In a medium saucepan, add the strawberries, sugar, vodka, water, and lemon juice, place on low to medium heat, and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Using a potato masher, smash the strawberries while in the saucepan. Add the strawberry preserves and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat.
- Mix the cream cheese in a large bowl using an electric mixer. Next, combine cream cheese with the sugar and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.
- On a clean work surface, take a flour tortilla, add a heaping spoonful and half of the cheesecake mixture, and spread in the middle of the tortilla. Begin to roll the tortilla away from you; halfway through, fold in the sides, and roll to the end of the other side of the tortilla, making a roll. Complete the process until all of the cream cheese mixtures are gone. Place them on a baking sheet and in the freezer and in the freezer for one hour.
- Heat oil in a large skillet or deep fryer on medium heat (make sure it isn’t too high). Add a couple of cheesecake-filled tortillas to the pan seam side up using a slotted spoon to place in the hot oil carefully. Allow frying for 1 minute on each side. Use a slotted spoon to remove from heat once. You can weave toothpicks through the roll-up to secure it. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Turn to a wire rack lined with a paper towel. Repeat until all tortillas are cooked.
- Use a pastry brush and brush each tortilla with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture, and allow to cool before serving. Use the strawberry sauce for dipping.
Notes
NOTE: This recipe will also do well if you use egg roll wrappers. Just be sure to have an egg wash to seal the edges of the roll before you deep fry them.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Fry
- Cuisine: American
This is such a fabulous dessert idea!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
An additional idea for the kids: put out bowls of a few types of sprinkles and toppings to dip into after the sauce. Rainbow sprinkles, chocolate sprinkles, maybe mini chocolate chips! Just to add to the fun!
Great tip Eilen!
I have been looking forever for a recipe that approximates or duplicates this: Luby’s Fried Cheesecakes. We used to love going to Luby’s by us, but they got so expensive. And, they have stopped the “All You Can Eat” Buffet that they had one day a week. So, it is just too much when you buy each item, add it together, and then pay $12.50 bucks for food and about $3 for the drink. Well, that’s just too much for a family. So, here is what we are trying to do, but I think what you have is pretty close. Or, I sure hope it is …
https://www.google.com/search?q=luby%27s+fried+cheesecake&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS700US700&sxsrf=ACYBGNTeZ7lWJKm7ZpKFRnuc-cDvInO4dg:1571346652278&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPq5y4mqTlAhUBWqwKHVDmBCoQ_AUIEigB&biw=1638&bih=864#imgrc=QFVJQ62TGR-8mM:
Glad I could help David!
Wonder if you could air fry these w any success?
I haven’t tried that process so Im not sure.
How long will the sauce keep in the fridge?
I usually keep sauces for about 1 week.
Can you substitute for the vodka?
You can use water or lemon juice.
Can these be prepared day before and fried day of or will they be soggy?
I feel that you could prep them the day before, but I could see them getting soggy too. Im not sure. Sorry Im not more help
They look like blintzes.
I’m a little confused by the “nothing worse than biting into warm cheesecake” statement. The first time I ever had this it was at a fair and they had “Deep fried turtle pecan cheesecake”. It was regular cheesecake flavor with chocolate and caramel sauce drizzle and sprinkled with pecans. The texture of the inside was thinner than a normal cheesecake and thinner than many recipes I have seen but not super runny, either. It was served hot and it was awesome.
Can you freeze these if you make a bunch
I’ve never tried it but I don’t see why not.
I made these for a Christmas open house, and they disappeared first!!! Love this recipe!
This is just a shortcut blintz recipe. And blini are not that hard to make.
These sound delicious but I would change a few things for my preference. I would use the butter to fry them in and use powdered sugar on top ????????
Reading recipe was a little confusing when I got to #3. Of instructions. And add about a heaping spoonful and a half of the cream cheese mixture. Do I just add cream cheese mixture or add something else?
The cream cheese mixture is the mixture of the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla that you combine.
Can you put them in the air fryer instead of oil?
I’m sure you could, although I must say I haven’t tried it so I am not sure how they will turn out.