Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

By srumbel

This Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake is the ultimate peanut butter/chocolate lover’s dessert! This peanut butter cup cheesecake called for an extra special crust. Enter: Nutter Butter cookies and butter. Next: the cheesecake. Plain, you might guess? No, no. Peanut butter cheesecake, kids. Oh yeah. Rich and creamy with a layer of peanut butter cups nestled in the center.

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Ingredients

• Crust
• 1 1/2 cup Nutter Butter cookie crumbs
• 4 tablespoons butter (melted)
• Cheesecake
• 32 Ounces cream cheese (softened)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 3 eggs
• 20 mini peanut butter cups (quartered)
• Topping
• 1/3 cup peanut butter (melted)
• 20 mini peanut butter cups
• Ganache
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup whole milk

Preparation

Step 1

Step 1
Preheat oven to 300
In a food processor, pulse together cookies until they are fine crumbs. Add in melted butter and pulse again until well combined. Press into the bottom and 1 1/2" up the sides of a greased 9" springform pan. Bake 8 min.
Cheesecake
Step 2
Beat together cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and sour cream until very smooth. Add vanilla and eggs one at a time on low speed mixing just until blended.
Pour half of the batter into the cooked crust and sprinkle with 1/2 of the chopped peanut butter cups. cover with remaining batter. Bake for 45 - 55 minutes or until is is set on the edges but still wiggles slightly when shaken gently. Sprinkle remaining peanut butter cups over cheesecake.
Let cool before adding topping.
Topping
Step 3
Melt peanut butter and drizzle over cheesecake.
Ganache - Heat milk in the microwave for about 1 minute then add chocolate chips and just let it sit for 2 minutes. Stir until melted and smooth. Drizzle over cheesecake.
Store covered cheesecake in the refrigerator.