Cheesecake Factory Snickers Cheesecake Clone

By SuzyHomemakerGoneBad

Ingredients

• 1 pkg (9oz) chocolate wafers not oreo cookies (found at Big Lots)
• 4 Tbsp butter, melted
• 3 8-oz pkgs of cream cheese
• 1 c sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 c heavy cream
• 1 1/2 lb snicker candy bars, cut into slices
• 1 jar of fudge ice cream topping. If you choose to garnish with homemade whipping cream you will need to buy a larger size container.

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 115mins
Adapted from justapinch.com

Preparation

Step 1

1.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2.
Grind cookies into fine crumbs in a food proceesor
3.
Add butter and mix until blended
4.
Press into bottom and about 1 inch up the sides of a 9 1/2 or 10-inch spring form pan
5.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar with mixer on medium speed until smooth
6.
Beat in eggs one at a time
7.
Beat in vanilla and cream, beat 3 to 4 minutes
8.
Fold in 1 1/2 cup of candy bars
9.
Bake 1 hour and 15 to 25 minutes, or until cheesecake is almost set but center still jiggles slightly
10.
let cool to room temperature...I open my oven to cool
11.
Sprinkle remaining candy bars over top of cake
12.
Refrigerate for 4 to 5 hrs before serving
13.
Remove springform pan
14.
Just before serving, drizzle fudge topping over cheesecake, and top with whipped cream