Cheesecake Factory Key Lime Cheesecake: Price & Calories (2026)
Cheesecake Factory Key Lime Cheesecake is the tart one in the case, key lime pie in a cheesecake on a vanilla crumb crust, and a slice runs $10.95 to $12.50 at 1,160 calories. The slice price is read from 12 official pickup menus, and the calories come from the brand's published guide.
Tart and creamy at once: what Key Lime Cheesecake is
The official menu describes the whole slice in one line: "Key Lime Pie in a Cheesecake! Deliciously Tart and Creamy on a Vanilla Crumb Crust". The two words doing the work are tart and creamy. The key lime filling is sharp, the cheesecake base is rich, and the vanilla crumb crust holds both together without adding another flavor to argue about. There is no fruit on top, no sauce poured over, no chocolate anywhere, which is why this slice reads so clean next to the rest of the case. If you like citrus desserts that bite back a little, this is the one built for that. If you want sweet without the bite, the Original is the plain slice, and if you want fruit on top, Fresh Strawberry is the one with glazed berries.
Does tart mean less sugar?
Yes, and the number proves it: a slice has 74g of sugar, which is low for a full-size cheesecake here. The Oreo Dream Extreme has 122g, Reese's has 121g, and the Cinnabon Cinnamon Swirl has 120g, so this slice carries about 48g less sugar than the sweetest ones in the case. Only a few slices sit below it, the Original at 51g, Tiramisu at 64g, and Lemon Raspberry Cream at 72g, and none of those is a fruit pie in a cheesecake. The tartness does the work that sugar does elsewhere: the lime keeps the slice from tasting flat without piling on sweetness. That is the whole point of this flavor, and it is the reason the sugar number is worth knowing before you order.
How much does Key Lime Cheesecake cost?
A dozen pickup menus price the slice at $10.95 to $12.50, and seven of them charge the $12.50 top end, which is where the median lands. Most of the country pays the top price: seven of the twelve stores charge $12.50, while Miami and Phoenix sit at $11.95 and Atlanta, Dallas and Kansas City at $10.95. Before you order, check for cheesecake slice promo codes, since a live deal is the one thing that can move the number.
| Source | Price |
|---|---|
| 12 official pickup menus (range) | $10.95–$12.50 |
| 12-menu median | $12.50 |
Does the tart slice hide a heavy number?
A slice has 1,160 calories, and the number that surprises most sits beside it: the cholesterol is 470mg, more than the full 300mg daily reference value in a single slice, and higher than any other cheesecake on the menu. The Ultimate Red Velvet, the heaviest slice at 1,580 calories, carries only 350mg, and the Oreo Dream Extreme carries 290mg, so this slice is lighter than both and still heavier on cholesterol. The fat is 86g with 780 calories from fat and 53g of saturated fat, the sodium is 430mg, which is the lowest of the slices this site has covered so far, and the protein is 13g. The carbohydrates are 92g with 1g of fiber and 74g of sugar, and the trans fat is 3g. Against the slices this site has covered, it sits in the middle: the Original is 830, Fresh Strawberry is 1,000, Adam's is 1,250, Oreo and Reese's are 1,510, and the Ultimate Red Velvet is 1,580. For the numbers behind the slice, see the key lime nutrition numbers listed the same way.
| Measure | Per slice |
|---|---|
| Calories | 1,160 |
| Calories from fat | 780 |
| Total fat | 86g |
| Saturated fat | 53g |
| Trans fat | 3g |
| Cholesterol | 470mg |
| Sodium | 430mg |
| Carbohydrates | 92g |
| Fiber | 1g |
| Sugar | 74g |
| Protein | 13g |
What a topping does to the slice
Two extras are listed for every cheesecake slice, and both are the same here as everywhere else on the menu. A La Mode adds 400 calories and costs $2.50 extra, taking the slice to 1,560 calories, and it adds 34g of sugar on top of the slice's own 74g. Hot Fudge adds 280 calories and costs $2.50 extra, taking the slice to 1,440 calories, and it adds 19g of sugar. The plain slice is the tart one, so the toppings pull it the other way: ice cream makes it richer and milder, fudge makes it sweeter and heavier. If the tartness is the reason you picked this slice, order it plain, because either topping blunts the bite that makes it different.
Key lime, mango key lime, and the rest of the case
Three things about this slice are easy to get wrong, so here they are plainly. First, Mango Key Lime Cheesecake is a different dish, not a flavor of this one: it has 1,300 calories, 97g of sugar, mango mousse on top and a vanilla coconut macaroon crust, against this slice's 1,160 calories, 74g of sugar and vanilla crumb crust. Second, there is no gluten-free marker for this slice on the official menu, so do not treat it as a gluten-free dish. Third, lunch and Happy Hour are both off the table for this slice, so the $10.95 to $12.50 band is the only price that exists. A 10-inch whole Key Lime Cheesecake exists for taking home, but the whole-cake price was not verified for this page, so it is not listed here.
Frequently asked questions about Key Lime Cheesecake
Seven of the twelve pickup menus charge the $12.50 top end, so the slice runs $10.95 to $12.50 and the median is the top end, $12.50.
The official Summer 2026 nutrition guide puts the slice at 1,160 calories, and the surprise beside that number is the cholesterol: 470mg, the highest of any cheesecake on the menu.
Tart and creamy at once. The official menu calls it key lime pie in a cheesecake, deliciously tart and creamy on a vanilla crumb crust.
No. The official menu lists no gluten-free marker for this slice, so it stays on the regular side of the line.
They are different dishes. Mango Key Lime Cheesecake has 1,300 calories and is topped with mango mousse on a vanilla coconut macaroon crust, while Key Lime Cheesecake has 1,160 calories on a vanilla crumb crust.
Yes, a 10-inch whole Key Lime Cheesecake exists, but the whole-cake price was not verified for this page, so it is not listed here.
No. There is no Happy Hour price for it at all, because the Happy Hour menu has no cheesecake slice on it.
Tart, creamy, and 1,160 calories: the last word
Tart is the whole pitch: lime doing the work, 74 grams of sugar, $10.95 to $12.50 for 1,160 calories, and the tartness is why it works. The catch is cholesterol, 470mg, the highest of any cheesecake on the menu, so if cholesterol is what you watch, this is the wrong slice. Oreo and Reese's both run past 120 grams of sugar and this one does not try to, and Tiramisu is the lightest flavored slice when light is what you want.