Description

This decadent dessert starts with an Oreo cookie crust, with a Snickers candy cheesecake that's then drizzled with melted caramel and chocolate and finished with salty, chopped peanuts.

Ingredients

• 35 Oreo cookies with centers
• 6 T. butter, melted, slightly cooled
• 24 oz. cream cheese (3 - 8 oz. packages), at room temperature
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1 T. pure vanilla extract
• 12 oz. package Fun-Sized Snickers, chopped (about 20, or 2 1/4 c. chopped)
• 1/2 c. chocolate chips, (milk chocolate or semi-sweet)
• 1/2 c. caramel sauce
• 1/2 c. roasted salted peanuts, chopped

Steps

1. Adjust an oven rack to the center position of the oven; preheat to 325 degrees. Line a 9x13 inch baking pan with aluminum foil, with foil overhanging over the sides.
2. Crust:
3. Place cookies with their creamy centers in a large food processor (if using a blender, you may have to divide Oreos into a couple of batches). Process until cookies are fine crumbs. Transfer crumbs to a medium bowl; pour in melted butter; stir until crumbs are evenly moistened. Add crumb mixture to the prepared pan; press into an even layer on the bottom and slightly up the sides. Bake for 10 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Prepare the filling while cooling.