Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake On A Brownie Crust

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake On A Brownie Crust

Reese’s peanut butter cup cheesecake on a brownie crust is as dreamy as it sounds. Sinful, rich, scrumptious and perfect for any occasion! Make sure you use a deep enough springform. Mine fit perfectly in a 9×3 inch! Some have had trouble with overflow so make sure yours sides are 3 inch thick to avoid that messy issue. You should show up at your next party with this beauty and watch everyone rush the dessert table. You may also love Over the top Reeses cookies and Peanut Butter Marshmallow Brownies.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake On A Brownie Crust

You’ll Need:

9 inch Springform

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake On A Brownie Crust

This is a decadent dessert peanut butter lovers will go crazy over!

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Ingredients

  

Brownie Crust:

• 6 Tablespoons Butter melted plus 1 T. butter to grease pan
• 1-¼ cup Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
• 2 Eggs
• 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons Flour
• ⅓ cup Unsweetened Cocoa
• ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
• ½ teaspoons Salt
• 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup Peanut Butter Chips
• 6 whole Peanut Butter Cups Cut Into Quarters

Cheesecake Batter:

• 2 pounds Cream Cheese Soft
• 5 eggs
• 1 ½ cups Brown Sugar Firmly Packed
• 1 cup creamy Peanut Butter
• ½ cups Heavy Cream
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla

Topping:

• ¼ cup Heavy Cream
• 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 7 Peanut Butter Cups Cut In Half

Instructions

 

brownie

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter a 9-inch springform pan (must be about 3" tall or overflow problems!), line with a parchment round and butter the parchment. *Note, some people had trouble with a 9inch pan so you may want to try a 10 inch but mine worked perfectly in the 9 inch and many commented it worked fine for them, too. Just a heads up!
• Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
• Add eggs.
• Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
• Spread in prepared pan. Bake about 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle on choc chips, peanut butter chips and the peanut butter cups. Lower oven to 325!!!!! Pour the cheesecake batter right on top (directions below)

cheesecake

• Beat cream cheese in bowl of mixer until smooth.
• Add eggs, one at a time.
• Add sugar, peanut butter and cream. Mix until smooth.
• Add vanilla.
• Pour filling into pan. Make sure you lowered oven to 325 at this point
• Wrap foil around springform sides and set in large roasting pan. Add hot water to roasting pan so it comes up 1 inch the sides of the pan. (You are making a water bath) Place entire roasting pan in the oven.
• Bake at 325 for 90 minutes.
• Let cool 1 hour.
• Run knife around edge and chill at least 4 hours.

Topping

• Microwave cream till hot. Add chips and let sit a minute. Whisk chips until melted and smooth. Drizzle all over the top reserving some. Use the reserved chocolate to dip the peanut butter cup halves into and stick them on the cake. Keep chilled!

Creator of the recipe—> mmmm, brains

Recipe found and adapted from Christine’s Kitchen