Snickers Cheesecake

If you buy extra Snickers, you get to eat them!

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 8

Prep Time: 15 minutes   Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes  

Ingredients

Crust
2 cups crushed Oreo cookies
1/4 cup butter, melted

Filling
2 large Snickers bars
3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
8 ounces sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

Topping
chocolate or caramel syrup

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Place cookie crumbs in the bottom of the pan. Drizzle melted butter over crumbs; toss with fork until well combined. Firmly press mixture in bottom and up sides of pan to form crust. Cut each candy bar in half lengthwise; cut each half into 8 pieces. Set aside. In large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in sour cream, vanilla and eggs until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl once. Stir in candy pieces. Pour mixture into crust-lined pan. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until knife inserted slightly off center comes out clean (center will be slightly jiggly). Cool completely in pan on wire rack, about 1 hour. Carefully remove sides of pan. Refrigerate until chilled before serving, at least 2 hours. Drizzle slices with chocolate syrup.

Optional: You could use a third Snickers bar to chop up and decorate on top. Or just eat the third Snickers bar. Up to you!

Categories: Cheesecakes, Desserts, Entertaining, Kid-Friendly

Submitted by: suzanne-mcminn on October 31, 2011