| 2 1/4 | pounds | cream cheese | softened |
| 1 1/2 | cups |
sugar |
|
| 6 | large |
eggs |
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
vanilla extract |
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| 1 1/2 | cups | heavy whipping cream | |
| 10 | ounces | chocolate (semi-sweet) | semi-sweet, melted |
| 1 | cup | peanut butter | smooth or crunchy |
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Add vanilla, beat untill smooth.
Add heavy cream, beat till well blended.
Transfer 1/3 of batter to another bowl and set aside.
Beat melted chocolate into remaining batter.
Pour into crust.
With mixer on medium speed, beat peanut butter into remaining 1/3 batter until thoroughly mixed.
Carefully spoon peanut butter mixture on top of chocolate cheese mixture in pan.
Using the long handle of a wooden spoon, swirl the two flavors together.
Bake about 1 hour, or until cheesecake is set around edges and puffed but still jiggles slightly in the center.
Let cake cool 2 hours, then refrigerate until well chilled, 8 hours or overnight.
For a crust, I use Oreo cookie crumbs and make a crust using their recipe.
First published: 1996-01-27 last updated: 2012-03-31





