VIDEO RECIPE: Pumpkin Cheesecake with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl

VIDEO RECIPE: Pumpkin Cheesecake with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl


Liven up a classic pumpkin cheesecake with a Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter swirl! 


This recipe is made with a chocolate crumb base, smooth, velvety pumpkin cheesecake, and dollops of Peanut Butter & Co Dark Chocolatey Dreams batter swirled throughout the cake before baking. The peanut butter keeps the cake creamy and its peanuty chocolate flavor complements the earthy notes of the pumpkin. 

  • Yield:12 Servings
  • Prep Time:20 Minutes
  • Cook Time:1 Hour (plus 2 hours resting in oven)
  • Total Time:3 Hours and 20 Minutes (plus cooling time)

Ingredients

For the Crust 

1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (about 3/4 of a 9-ounce package) 

1/4 cup sugar 

1 stick (8 tablespoons) melted unsalted butter 

1/4 kosher salt 


For the Cake 

3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature 

1 (8-ounce) container sour cream 

1 1/2 cups sugar 

2 tsp. pure vanilla extract 

4 large eggs, at room temperature 

1 cup pumpkin puree 

1/4 cup all-purpose flour 

1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice 

2/3 cup Peanut Butter & Co Dark Chocolatey Dreams

Directions

  1. Stir all crust ingredients in a medium bowl until combined; press into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven until browned around the edges, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool completely. 

  2. Meanwhile, in the bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, combine cream cheese and sour cream. With the mixer on low, beat the cheeses and sour cream until well combined. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until the mixture is silky and the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, then pumpkin puree. Whisk the flour and remaining dry ingredients together in a medium bowl; gradually add flour, with mixer still on lowest setting. Mix until just combined. Pour 2 cups of filling into a liquid measure and reserve; pour remaining filling into prepared crust. Transfer reserved filling to mixer bowl and add peanut butter; beat on low speed, about 1 minute, until combined. Spoon remaining batter into pan, and use a knife or skewer to swirl batters together. 

  3. Place cheesecake in oven; reduce temperature to 300°F. Bake 45 minutes; turn off oven and let cheesecake sit in oven, without opening it, for 2 hours. Let cool completely on wire rack. 

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