Seven Days of Valentine Sweets: Peanut Butter Cheesecake from The Girl Who Ate Everything

I knew I could count on Christy, The Girl Who Ate Everything (and my sister-in-law), to make something rich, decadent and loaded with peanut butter for my week of Valentine Sweets. She knows me so well and knows that I just can’t resist peanut butter and chocolate! (But then again, neither can she;). I’m in big trouble with this cheesecake! Thanks Christy for being here today!!

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Hi guys, I’m Christy, The Girl Who Ate Everything. I rarely meet a food I don’t like and I believe that life is meant for eating! I’m excited to be at Kristy’s place today for a week filled with sweets and decadence.

And speaking of decadence, I literally have been wanting to make this cheesecake for over two years but couldn’t justify making an entire cheesecake that is so sinful without a good reason. Valentine’s day is totally enough justification and the perfect reason to make this creamy peanut butter and chocolate cheesecake.

This cheesecake starts with an Oreo crust and then a layer of chocolate cheesecake topped by a layer of peanut butter cheesecake. And if that wasn’t enough, we’re finishing it off with chocolate ganache and peanut butter cups on top. Can you hear your treadmill calling you? It can wait.

The chocolate ganache is pretty thin going on but it sets up nice and thick in the fridge.

Better use a cookie sheet to catch the extra chocolate.

Peanut Butter Cheesecake

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups crushed Oreo cookies (about 15 cookies)

4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Reese Peanut Butter cups, optional garnish

Directions
Preheat oven to 350

Press crushed Oreo cookies into bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan. Bake 5-6 minutes or until set. Do not burn! Cool on wire rack while preparing cake. Reduce oven heat to 300 degrees.

Beat softened cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy; add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Divide batter equally between two bowls.

Melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; stir into one of the bowls of cheesecake batter; pour batter into crust prepared pan. Microwave peanut butter until soft, about 20-25 seconds; stir into other bowl of cheesecake batter and pour on top of the chocolate layer.

Bake cheesecake at 300 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until center is almost set (not jiggly). Do not overbake. Don’t worry if there are a couple of cracks. They will come together when refrigerated and were covering it in chocolate anywhere.

Place pan on cooling rack; cool approximately 1 hour. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan and remove sides of pan. Place cream in a microwave safe bowl and heat for one minute or boiling. Pour chocolate chips into cream and let sit until soft. Stir until chips are melted and mixture is smooth and creamy. Pour chocolate over top and sides of cheesecake. You may want to place your cheesecake on a cookie sheet to catch the run off. Refrigerate overnight; cut optional Reese Peanut Butter cups into quarters and garnish top of cheesecake. Refrigerate leftovers.

Adapted from KSL.com

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