Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake
- 2-1/4 lb. cream cheese, softened
- 1-1/2 cup sugar
- 6 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cup heavy cream
- 10 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted
- 1 cup peanut butter, smooth
- crunchy
- Your favorite crust (see comments)
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Add vanilla, beat untill smooth.
- Add heavy cream, beat till well blended.
- Transfer 1/3 of batter to another bowl and set aside.
- Beat melted chocolate into remaining batter.
- Pour into crust.
- With mixer on medium speed, beat peanut butter into remaining 1/3 batter until thoroughly mixed.
- Carefully spoon peanut butter mixture on top of chocolate cheese mixture in pan.
- Using the long handle of a wooden spoon, swirl the two flavors together.
- Bake about 1 hour, or until cheesecake is set around edges and puffed but still jiggles slightly in the center.
- Let cake cool 2 hours, then refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, heavy cream, semisweet chocolate, peanut butter, crunchy, favorite crust
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/1902 (may not work)