This cheesecake is for serious peanut butter lovers. We are talking about peanut butter cheesecake, peanut butter frosting and REESE”S peanut butter cups. Need I say more? Well, I suppose I should mention the delicious brownie bottom, too! Be sure your springform pan has 3 inch sides before making this. Then, it is a perfect fit! Enjoy!
You’ll Need:
9 inch springform
Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Cheesecake
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
- Peanut Butter Frosting:
- ⅔ cup creamy peanut butter
- 8 tbsp butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 5 peanut butter cups (4 of them cut in half)
Instructions
- brownie
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Butter a 9-inch spring form 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. Pour over the top of the cake. Chill.
- Frosting:
- Cream peanut butter and butter together in stand mixer with whisk attachment. Gradually add powdered sugar. Whip on high speed until light and fluffy.
- Transfer icing to a piping bag and pipe swirls around and one in the center. Top each with ½ a peanut butter cup.
Creator of the recipe—> mmmm, brains
Recipe found and adapted from Christine’s Kitchen
Peanut Butter Frosting recipe from Sprinkle Bakes
marian smith peek says
this looks so good
Becky says
Question: When making the hot water bath, it says, “Add hot water to roasting pan so it comes up 1 inch the sides of the pan.” – I’m confused…. Is the water supposed to be 1″ deep, or come to 1″ from the top of the spring form pan?
The pic looks incredible!!!! MMMMMMMMMM!
danielle says
I just add enough water that it creeps up the sides a bit.
Teresa says
This looks so good except I do not like cheesecake. I will have to make this for the family, they would love it. Thanks for sharing!
L. Lagerquist says
And the water doesn’t seep through to the crust…right..
danielle says
no because u r wrapping the pan with foil
L. Lagerquist says
Wrapping the bottom and the sides…right..
Joan F. says
HI you don’t happen to sell these cakes do you? I can’t bake to save my life and this one looks absolutely delicious!!! If you do please send me an email at the email address I left. Thank you!!!
danielle says
sorry, I don’t
paula says
Do you put tje cheesecake batter on top of the brownie and then bake. Or bake seperate and assemble?
Jenny says
Looks amazing… in the oven right now!! I feel like I should have done it in a 10 inch pan because I have so much cheesecake mix left over!! It was going to overflow!
Jenny says
So far so good!! The topping is really excellent!! I’m afraid my crust is a little hard 🙁 I think I should have undercooked it.
Tami says
After it bakes for 90 minutes in 325 oven do you turn oven off and leave it in the oven for one hour or take it out?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
take it out to cool
Elizabeth says
Could you make this cheesecake and then freeze it for later?
Jennifer says
I was wondering the same- how far in advance of a party could you make this ?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Definitely the day before!
Brenda says
Did I read that correctly? 2 POUNDS of cream cheese?? As in 4 8 ounce packages?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
yup!