Chocolate Peanut Butter CheesecakeRecipe preview on Faxo
Recipe

Description
Your family and guests will thank you endlessly for making this decadent dessert. It's the ultimate cheesecake for chocolate and peanut butter lovers.
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 15 chocolate graham crackers
- 3 T. sugar
- 1/8 t. kosher salt
- 4 T. butter, melted
- Cheesecake:
- 4 - 8 oz. packages cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 c. packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 t. kosher salt
- 1 T. pure vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 c. creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 c. heavy cream
- 1/2 c. sour cream
- chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, for garnish
- Chocolate Ganache:
- 6 oz. bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 3/4 c. heavy cream
- 1/8 t. kosher salt
Steps
- Crust:
- Butter a 9 inch springform pan; wrap bottom and sides of pan in a double layer of aluminum foil. Place oven rack in middle of oven. Preheat to 350 degrees.
- In a food processor or blender, grind chocolate graham crackers into fine crumbs; add sugar and salt; pulse to combine. Transfer to a medium bowl; add butter; use fork or fingers to blend mixture until crumbs are evenly moist. Press into the bottom and about a third of the way up the sides of springform pan. Freeze 10 minutes.
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