Candy Bar Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/2 cups finely crushed vanilla wafer cookies (, 38 cookies)
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
• 1/3 cup margarine or 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3 (2 ounce) packages snickers candy bars, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325 dgrees fahrenheit.
• 2 mix cookie crumbs, peanuts and margarine (or butter).
• 3 press evenly in bottom of springform pan, 9 x 3 inches.
• 4 with an electric mixer, beat cream cheese with and brown sugars until smooth, about 6-7 minutes.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time.
• 6 mix well again.
• 7 beat in 1/4 cup whipping cream.
• 8 pour over crust.
• 9 bake 1 1/4 hours, turn off oven, leave oven door open, let cheesecake cool in oven for 15 minutes to prevent cheesecake from cracking.
• 10 carefully remove from oven, put in place away from drafts.
• 11 after 45 minutes, run metal spatula along side of cheesecake to loosen.
• 12 cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate cheesecake overnight or longer to allow flavors to mingle.
• 13 melt the snickers bars in 1 quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally.
• 14 stir in 1/2 cup whipping cream, stir until smooth.
• 15 transfer to refrigerator to cool.
• 16 remove cheesecake from pan and transfer to serving plate.
• 17 serve sauce with cheesecake.
• 18 variation: use crushed chocolate wafers if you prefer a chocolate crumb crust.