Description
One of the main ingredients you'll need to make this Crunchie cheesecake are Crunchie chocolate bars.
Ingredients
Scale
Biscuit Base
- 400g (1lb) dark chocolate digestive biscuits
- 200g (1/2lb) butter
Cheesecake Filling
- 325g (11 1/2oz) milk chocolate
- 750g (1 2/3lbs) cream cheese
- 175g (8oz) icing sugar
- 7.5ml (1 1/2 tsp) vanilla paste
- 400ml (2/3 pt) double cream
- 210g (7oz) Crunchie bars, chopped
Topping
- 175g (6oz) milk chocolate
- 100ml (4oz) double cream
- 3 Crunchies, chopped
Instructions
- For the Biscuit Base: Crush the biscuits in a sealable plastic bag with a rolling pin until everything turns into crumbs.
- Mix the butter with the crumbs.
- Spoon the mixture into the base of a 23cm (9in) springform cake tin and level with the back of a spoon.
- For the Cheesecake Filling: Melt the chocolate. See Notes.
- Whisk the cream cheese, vanilla and sugar until combined.
- Continue to whisk until all the cream is gradually poured in.
- Continue whisking while slowly pouring in the melted chocolate.
- Fold in the Crunchies.
- Transfer the filling to the tin and spread evenly over the biscuit base.
- Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
- For the Chocolate Topping: Heat the cream in the pan, then stir in the chocolate until smooth.
- Let the chocolate sauce cool down a bit before pouring it evenly over the cheesecake filling layer. Smooth the surface.
- Chill the cheesecake for at least 6 hours, but preferably overnight.
- Top with Crunchies and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
- There are two ways you can melt the chocolate for the cheesecake filling. Firstly, you can do it in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Or, you can give it short zaps in the microwave until everything is melted, giving it a stir in between.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chill
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 525
- Sugar: 32.5 g
- Sodium: 161.5 mg
- Fat: 40.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 24.9 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 37.3 g
- Fiber: 2.7 g
- Protein: 6.3 g
- Cholesterol: 85.8 mg