Mocha Crumb Crust for Cheesecake

Submitted by Roxanne J.R.

"I saw a cheesecake recipe on the Hershey's website which had a separate recipe for a mocha crumb crust. I haven't tried it yet but I think it would be a great change from a regular graham crust or chocolate crust on a plain cheesecake."

 

• Ready In: 13mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 1 9 inch crust

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 40 wafers, crushed)
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup hershey's cocoa
• 1 teaspoon powdered instant espresso or 1 teaspoon coffee
• 1⁄3 cup butter, melted

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F
2. Stir together crumbs, sugar, cocoa and instant espresso in medium bowl.
3. Add butter; stir until well blended.
4. Press mixture firmly onto bottom and 1-inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.
5. Bake 8 minutes; cool slightly.

Reviews

[Schooter]

This was fantastic made as is. I actually used it as the crust for a tiramisu pie. I imagine it would also be pretty good made with graham crackers instead of the vanilla wafers.