Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Cheesecake

Submitted by Katrina

"Peanut butter, chocolate and cheesecake...need I say more???"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• CRUST

• 1 cup graham cracker
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted

• FILLING

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 2⁄3 cups peanut butter chips (10-oz. pkg.)
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE

• 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon shortening

directions

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Stir together crust ingredients in a small bowl.
3. Press mixture onto bottom of a 9-in.
4. springform pan.
5. Bake 10 minutes.
6. Remove from oven.
7. Turn oven temp up to 450 degrees F.
8. Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl on med.
9. speed w/a mixer until smooth.
10. Place peanut butter chips and milk in a small microwave-safe bowl.
11. Microwave at high for 1 minute.
12. Stir.
13. If necessary microwave at High for an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred.
14. Add peanut butter mixture to cream cheese mixture, beating until blended.
15. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
16. Stir in vanilla.
17. Pour mixture into prepared graham cracker crust.
18. Bake 10 minutes.
19. Reuce oven temp.
20. to 250 degrees F; continue baking 40 minutes.
21. Remove from oven to wire rack, with a knife loosen cake from side of pan.
22. Cool completely; remove side of pan.
23. Prepare Chocolate drizzle-Place ch.
24. chips and shortening (do not use butter or margarine) in a microwave-safe bowl.
25. Microwave on High for 30 sec, stir.
26. Microwave longer if necessary.
27. Drizzle ch.
28. drizzle over cheesecake.
29. Refrigerate before serving, at least 1 hour.
30. Cover and refrigerate leftover cheesecake-- if there is any.

Reviews

[Chef shapeweaver]

katrina, this was so good and rich. i really enjoyed it.very creamy,i will make it again. the only thing i changed was the semi-sweet chips,all i had had was milk chocolate,other than that that's all i changed.

 

[ClintNeufeld]

Great cake! I modified it by just using 2 cups of peanut butter instead of chips (perhaps a little too much), and then used chocolate ganache instead of the drizzle. And I used gluten free chocolate cookie crumbs instead of graham craker crumbs. My first baked cheesecake though, and it turned out great! Thanks!

 

[Mimosas for Mr and]

Perfect! First time baking a cheesecake and although I was disappointed that it came out cracked,I just covered it with a mixture of peanut butter and chocolate thick drizzles, and then cut big Reese's cups in half and stuck them on the sides. I forgot to take a picture of the whole cake before it began being eaten...but have a piece left that I will take a pic of and upload. Thank you for the recipe!!

 

[jagerbaby17]

The cheesecake filling was absoultely amazing! I added a few xtras to the cake: I melted some peanut butter and spread it on the bottom of the crust, then poured the batter. And drizzled more peanut butter ontop of the chocolate. Took it to work the next day and let me tell you...it was a hit! A customer even asked to take a slice home! Thanks again shapeweaver!

 

[amylou2]

This is a great cheesecake! Made it with a friend exactly as the recipe said and it was enjoyed by all! The chocolate/peanut butter combo is super, yet it wasn't so rich that you felt like you couldn't finish a slice -- fantastic, thanks for sharing Katrina! **Updating: you can also make this with crushed Oreo cookies for the crust -- I would use about 2 cups of crushed Oreo cookie crumbs -- yum!!**