Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

Maren's Chocolate 

Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

I missed blogging in the months of June and July due to my working at scout camp for the summer. (Not that I write anything regularly anyways....) 

But, I'm back!

While thinking about how I need to be doing homework and getting my internship portfolio done so that I can actually receive my diploma, I decided that I needed to create something of the chocolate variety. After putting some thought into it, I decided to make a recipe for chocolate peanut butter cheesecake. Three of my favorite things in one place!

Delicious!

Because of how delicious it was, I've decided to share the recipe with you.

Ingredient List:

2 - 8oz. blocks of cream cheese (I used fat-free for less calories, and it still tasted pretty great!)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
3/4 cup peanut butter (you can add more or less depending on what you like)
16-18 Reese's peanut butter cups, smashed
9" chocolate graham cracker crust (I used store bought for the sake of time, but you can also make this at home. One recipe can be found here.)
1/4 cup milk chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°F
Mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with beaters until well blended.
Add eggs and blend smooth.
Add the milk and peanut butter and beat until smooth.
Add 12 crushed peanut butter cups and mix in until they are evenly spread throughout mixture.
Pour mixture carefully into the crust.
Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes or until center is almost set.
Refrigerate 3+ hours.
Garnish with remaining crushed peanut butter cups.
Melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Drizzle over entire cheesecake.

Enjoy!