Cream cheese at room temperature – Use full-fat cream cheese and pull these out at least 2 hours before baking.
White sugar
Large eggs at room temperature
Snickers Bar
Vanilla extract
Topping
Semisweet chocolate chips
Heavy cream
Snickers bars
Caramel sauce.
Peanuts *optional
Crust
Cashew graham cracker – you can use any kind of graham cracker you likeOreo cookies will work too.
Melted unsalted butter
Instructions
THE CRUST.
Turn the graham crackers into fine crumbs with a food processor.
When the crumbs are very small add the melted butter and mix for about 2 min to blend it well.
Butter or spray a 9″ spring form pan.
Pour the mixture in the pan and press and pat into bottom until it’s even.
Bake in the oven at 350 ºF degrees for 5-10 minutes.
Set aside.
THE CHEESECAKE BATTER
Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and eggs – one at a time, until fluffy (about 3-5 minutes).
Transfer cheesecake filling to prepared crust.
Make chunks of snickers bars your with hands or cut with a knife.
Press the chunks al over the mixture evenly.
Bake until cheesecake puffs and edges crack slightly, about 1 1/2 hours.
Bring the cake to a wire rack and run a small knife around the sides of the cake to loosen it.
Let it cool completely.
THE TOPPING
We’ll be making a chocolate ganache with snickers in it.
Place the chocolate chips, heavy cream, and chopped snickers bars in a bowl and melt everything on a bain-marie (double-boiler water bath) and stir often.
When you see it all soft, mix well with a spoon or whisk. It must be a little bit thick.
Pour a layer of caramel sauce on top of the baked cheesecake unevenly and as much as you like and then pour the chocolate ganache on top.
Place snickers chunks all over the cheesecake on top of everything.
Cover cake with plastic wrap and chill cake for about 4 hours or overnight in the fridge.
Snickers Cheesecake: Chunky and Creamy Deliciousness!