Butterfinger® Cheesecake
Butterfinger® Cheesecake
This appetizing cheesecake recipe will make your day. It takes everything good about a classic cheesecake and everything good about a Butterfinger candy bar and combines them into this wonderful masterpiece.Recipe courtesy of Ferrero USA
Prep Time
15
minutes
Cook Time
45
minutes
Servings
8
Total time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs, fine grind
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, melted, warm
- 1 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 6 each eggs, whole
- 36 each butterfinger® bites
- 1/2 cup chocolate sauce, warm
Directions
- Preheat oven to 275ºF.
- In a food processor, blend graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter to a fine grain.
- Press crumb into a 12” cheesecake form sprayed with food release spray.
- In a mixer and using a paddle, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, vanilla and lemon extracts on medium-high until smooth.
- Switch to low speed and mix in eggs one by one until there are no lumps in the batter.
- Pour mixture into form and place in a water bath.
- Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until the top of the cheesecake has puffed slightly.
- Remove cheesecakes from the oven and cool in the fridge until solid to the touch.
- Unmold cheesecake and spread a thin layer of chocolate sauce evenly over the top, and apply the Butterfinger® Bites.
- Lightly dust with powdered sugar and serve.