Cheesecake Snickers by Angel

posted by Angel 04-29-99 3:07 PM

Snickers Bar Cheesecake


Ingredients:

9 inch unbaked pie shell
675 grams cream cheese, cubed
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs, divided
6 Snickers bars, regular size
50 grams caramels
1 tablespoon whipping cream
50 grams semisweet chocolate morsels
3 tablespoons whipping cream
peanuts, chopped for garnish

Instructions:
Using a 9 inch pie shell, remove fluted rim (reserve for another use) and place pie shell in bottom of 9 inch springform pan.

Bake in 350 F oven until golden brown. Allow pan to cool, grease sides of pan; set aside.

In a mixing bowl, place cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and 1 egg. With flat beater, mix until smooth.

Scrape down sides of bowl with spatula and add 2 eggs. Mix until smooth and completely blended.

Cut each Snickers candy bars length-wise once, then cut crosswise into 14 to 16 pieces.

Fold Snickers chunks into cream cheese batter with rubber spatula. Pour batter into prepared crust in spring-form pan. Bake in 275 F oven for 2 hours.

Cool completely in refrigerator.

Remove from springform pan and place on service plate. Melt caramels with 1 tablespoon whipping cream in microwave oven.

Remove from microwave and blend completely with whisk.

Spread caramel on top of cheesecake to within 1 inch of the edge.

Melt semisweet chocolate morsels with 3 tablespoons of whipping cream in microwave oven for 30 seconds on high setting.

Remove from microwave, blend completely with whisk. Spread on top of cheesecake over caramel to 1/2 inch of the edge.

Sprinkle top of cheesecake with chopped peanuts.

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