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Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars

  • Author: Sylvie Taylor
  • Prep Time: 40 minutes
  • Total Time: + chill time 2 hours 40 minutes
  • Yield: Makes 16 bars
  • Category: Bars & Slices

Description

No bake peanut butter cheesecake bars with an Oreo base, creamy peanut filling and topped with light layer of chocolate. These will make people naturally grab another slice, even those who say they don't like peanut butter or cheesecake!!


Ingredients

Base
205 grams / 7.2 ounces Oreo's (1 1/2 packets), creamy center’s removed and crushed
50 grams / 2 ounces butter, melted
7 grams / 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Peanut Butter Cheesecake
240 grams / 1 cup plain peanut butter, smooth or crunchy (your preference)
250 grams / 9.5 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
60 milliliters / 1/4 cup heavy cream
60 grams / 1/3 cup superfine/caster sugar
Chocolate Glaze
50 grams / 1.7 ounces dark chocolate
5 grams / 1 teaspoon coconut oil


Instructions

Base

  1. Line a baking tin with greaseproof paper.
  2. Place the crushed Oreo's and cocoa powder into a bowl and pour in the melted butter, stirring to combine until it holds together.
  3. Spoon into the baking tin, pressing firmly into the tin and smoothing out with an offset spatula and place in the refrigerator.

Peanut butter cheesecake

  1. Meanwhile, mix the peanut butter, cream cheese, cream and sugar in a bowl and whip until smooth and well combined.
  2. Spoon into the tin and spread as evenly as possible and set aside.

Chocolate glaze

  1. Place the chocolate either into a microwave or double boiler and melt. Stir the coconut oil through until melted and smooth.
  2. Pour the warm chocolate over the peanut butter and spread the thin mixture over the entire top ensuring no sections remain uncovered.
  3. Tap the tin to allow the chocolate to smooth out a little from your spreading and refrigerate to set for at least 2 hours.
  4. Slice carefully into bars with a warm knife to ensure the chocolate doesn't crack.
  5. Serve, keep refrigerated when not serving.
  6. Dig in!

Notes

Adding more sugar: Due to the crushed cookie base lending enough sweetness, there is actually very little sugar added to these bars, but cheesecake is one of those dishes that shouldn't be overly sweet anyhow, making it perfect in my opinion (I have quite a sweet tooth), however, if you lean more towards a sweeter filling you could definitely up the sugar.

Recipe by Roamingtaste


Nutrition

  • Calories: 258 calories per serve