Sweet Cheesecake Recipes
Oh Henry! Baby Cakes
Miniature cheesecakes filled with cream cheese, peanut butter and Oh Henry! Candy Bars, then topped with a ganache made with chocolate chips.
Prep: 25 min | Cook: 45 min | Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer cookie crumbs (about 33 cookies)
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons Nestlé® Nesquik Chocolate Flavor Powder
- 12 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 teaspoon caramel or vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 (1.8 ounce) Nestlé® Oh Henry! Candy Bars, chopped (1 bar reserved for garnish)
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup Nestlé® Toll House® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
- 1/4 cup chopped salted peanuts
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with 12 paper baking cups.
- Combine cookie crumbs, melted butter and Nesquik in small bowl; mix well. Divide crumbs among 12 muffin cups and gently pat down to form a crust.
- Beat cream cheese and peanut butter in large mixer bowl until fluffy.
- Beat in extract and sugar until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in half of chopped candy bars.
- Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over the cookie crust in each cup.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until just set.
- Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.
- Remove papers from cheesecakes and place on a large serving tray or individual dessert plates.
- Prepare the ganache.
- Bring whipping cream to a gentle boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat; stir in morsels. Use a wire whisk to whisk until completely combined and smooth.
- Et the ganache cool for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Spoon ganache over the cheesecakes. Sprinkle with crushed peanuts. Top each with a piece of the remaining chopped candy bar.
- Return cheesecakes to the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes or until the ganache is firm.
- Remove from refrigerator and serve.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestlé and meals.com