Oh, this recipe is a heavenly combination of chocolate and peanut butter, and in cheesecake form! This dessert is a real flavor explosion, rich, creamy and perfect for peanut butter fans.
It is best to make a no-bake version, which is less work and guaranteed to be creamy!
🥜🍫 Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake (No Bake)
This recipe is made for a 20−22 cm diameter cake pan.
I. Basic Ingredients
200 g Oreo cookies (or chocolate, cocoa cookies)
80 g melted butter
II. Ingredients for the Creamy Filling
400 g cream cheese (e.g. Philadelphia, full fat, room temperature)
200 g peanut butter (creamy, unsweetened or lightly sweetened)
100 g powdered sugar (or to taste)
100 g granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
250 ml cream (cold, at least 30% fat)
III. Ingredients for the Chocolate Topping
100 g dark chocolate (or milk chocolate)
50 ml cream (or milk)
👩🍳 Preparation
- The Base
Crushing: Crush the Oreo cookies (or chocolate cookies) into fine crumbs.
Mixing: Mix the cookie crumbs with the melted butter.
Shaping: Press the mixture into the base of a 20-22 cm springform cake tin lined with baking paper (or greased). Refrigerate while you prepare the cream. - Peanut Butter Cream
Mascarpone Mixture: In a large bowl, mix (or whip with a stand mixer) the room temperature cream cheese with the peanut butter, powdered sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy.
Whipped Cream: In another bowl, whip the cold cream to stiff peaks.
Swirl: Gently fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter cream with a wooden spoon or spatula until smooth. - Assemble
Filling: Spoon the peanut butter cream onto the prepared, cold biscuit base. Smooth the top.
Cooling 1: Refrigerate the cheesecake for at least 4 hours, but ideally overnight, to set. - Chocolate Ganache
Heating: Heat the cream (or milk) in a small saucepan (do not boil!).
Melting: Break in the chocolate and stir until the chocolate is completely melted and a smooth, shiny ganache is formed.
Decorating: Pour the ganache over the frozen cheesecake.
Cooling 2: Refrigerate again until the ganache is set.
You can decorate with peanut butter pieces or whole peanuts before serving! Enjoy!
Want another recipe that combines peanut butter and chocolate, such as Peanut Butter Creamy Brownies?