Ingredients
- Crust:
- 1 ¼ cups dry-roasted, salted peanuts
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- Filling:
- 9 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 large eggs
- Topping:
- 3 egg whites
- Pinch of salt
- 1 7 ounce jar Kraft marshmallow cream
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
For Crust – Pulse peanuts, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small food processor until it is the texture of coarse sand. Pulse in the melted butter. Press nut mixture evenly in the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake until set, about 15 minutes and cool while making the filling.
For filling – Melt chocolate in the microwave ( stir every 30 seconds until fully melted and smooth, about 2 minutes) or in the top of a double boiler set over barely simmering water stirring until melted and smooth.
Combine cream cheese, sugar and salt in a food processor and process until smooth. With the motor running, pour in the whipping cream through the feed tube and process until just blended. With motor still running add the melted chocolate and the eggs, one at a time, blending and scraping down the sides after each addition until smooth and well blended. Pour over prepared crust.
Bake until the outer edge is slightly puffed up and the cake is just barely set in the center, about 55 minutes. Put pan on a rack to cool. Run a small knife around the edges of the cake to loosen. Chill cake, uncovered, for at least 8 hours or overnight. Can be made 2 days ahead.
For topping – Beat egg whites and salt until soft peaks form. Add the marshmallow crème and beat until stiff peaks form.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spread topping over cheesecake, sealing the edges and bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned. You can also quick cook under the broiler if desired – just watch it and cook only until lightly browned.
Let cool for about 15 minutes then release from springform pan and serve.
Serves 10.