Baked Snickers Cheesecake
This cheesecake uses an Oreo crumb base, a peanut butter cheesecake filling that is then packed full of chopped Snickers bars and finally swirled with homemade chocolate and caramel sauces.
Servings: 16 Pieces
Calories: 396kcal
Ingredients
- 50 g Butter, Melted (¼ Cup)
- 28 Oreos, Crushed (2 Packets)
- 625 g Cream Cheese
- ¼ Cup Greek Yoghurt
- ½ Cup Icing Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ⅓ Cup Peanut Butter
- 3 (52.7g) Snickers Bars, Chopped into small pieces
Chocolate Ganache;
- 50 mL Cream
- 50 g Dark Chocolate, Broken into pieces
Caramel Sauce;
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- 50 g Butter, Melted (¼ Cup)
- 3 Tbsp. Milk
Instructions
- First prepare the chocolate ganache and caramel sauce.
- Place the cream on a medium to high heat and allow it to nearly come to the boil.
- Take off the heat and pour over the chocolate. Mix until it becomes thick and glossy.
- Allow to cool while you make the caramel sauce.
- Place the butter and brown sugar in a saucepan on a medium to high heat.
- Once the butter has melted, add the milk and bring to the boil.
- Boil for at least 2 minutes before removing from the heat.
- Allow to cool.
- Preheat the oven to 160°C (325°F) and line a 20cm cake tin.
- Crush the Oreos and mix with the melted butter.
- Press into the base of the prepared pan and place in the fridge.
- Beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- Beat in the eggs and yoghurt.
- Finally add the vanilla extract, icing sugar and peanut butter and beat until all combined.
- Stir through the chopped Snickers bars and pour over top the the Oreo Base.
- Use ¼ of a cup of the chocolate ganache and ¼ of a cup of caramel sauce and pour them both over the cheesecake.
- Using the end of a spoon, swirl the two sauces through the cheesecake to create a ripple effect.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes. The middle should still be slightly wobbly.
- Turn off the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature before placing it in the fridge for 4-8 hours.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
Nutrition
Calories: 396kcal