Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake

This Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake recipe is full of the classic chocolate cheesecake you love and bursting with peppermint flavor throughout.

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Cheesecake is Christmas to me. You might say family, or faith, or charitable giving, but I say cheesecake. I’m kidding!

But if we’re making lists here, cheesecake would definitely make the top 10 holiday foods for our family. Making mini cheesecakes with my mom and proudly bringing them to and holiday gathering is such a fond memory for me.

Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake

Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake truly is a simple, showstopper dessert.

I especially like that there is basically NO DECORATING. Bash some candy canes on the countertop and throw them in the general direction of the cheesecake. Done.

Place the 9-inch cheesecake pan into a 10×10 square cake pan and bake it for 45-55 minutes. Then, turn the oven off and let the cheesecake remain in the oven for 1 more hour before removing to let cool completely. Finally, let it set up overnight in the refrigerator.

Give Gallons

This year’s partnership with The American Dairy Association Mideast couldn’t come to a more fitting close than this dairy-filled Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake. Not only is it full of tart cream cheese, but I also like to serve it with fresh whipped cream and a tall glass of ice-cold milk. Can we talk about milk?

Milk is the No. 1 nutritious product requested by food bank clients, but it is rarely donated. The Great American Milk Drive is delivering thousands of gallons of milk to families who would otherwise go without.

Food Banks

I love working with the ADA Mideast because they truly make a difference. Of the pounds of food available in food banks, only 5.3 percent is dairy, and 95 percent of food banks say they don’t receive enough milk to meet their clients’ needs.

Without milk, families miss out on high-quality protein and milk’s 9 essential nutrients that kids need to grow up healthy.

Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake

Yield: 8

Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 1 hour hr

Chill Time: 5 hours hrs

Total Time: 6 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

This Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake recipe is full of the classic chocolate cheesecake you love and bursting with peppermint flavor throughout.

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cups Oreo cookies, crushed (24 cookies)
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
• ▢ 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ▢ 24 ounces cream cheese, softened (three 8 oz bricks)
• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• ▢ 3 eggs
• ▢ crushed candy canes or peppermint chocolates for garnish, optional

Instructions

 

Crust:

• PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Wrap the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan in heavy-duty foil. Spray with nonstick cooking spray. 
• MIX graham crackers and melted butter and press into the bottom of your prepared pan and up the sides. Bake for 7 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Cheesecake:

• Using a microwave-safe bowl, MELT chocolate until smooth (30 second increments, stirring in between). Let cool.
• In the bowl of your mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, COMBINE the cream cheese and sugar. Beat together until smooth.
• ADD in the cooled, melted chocolate and mix until combined. One at a time, ADD peppermint and eggs, making sure to scrape down the bowl in between each egg.
• DROP batter into prepared crust. FILL a larger pan (10x10 cake pan or roasting pan) with water halfway for a water bath. PLACE the cheesecake pan into the water bath.
• BAKE 45 to 55 minutes until the edges appear to be set. The center will still have some jiggle to it. Close the oven door, turn the heat off, and let rest in the cooling oven for 1 hour.
• After 1 hour has passed, REMOVE the cheesecake from the water bath and place on a cooling rack to cool completely. Once the cake is completely cooled, CHILL for at least 5 hours or overnight.

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 756kcal, Carbohydrates: 69g, Protein: 11g, Fat: 50g, Saturated Fat: 26g, Cholesterol: 164mg, Sugar: 52g, Calcium: 115mg

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Author: Katrina Bahl

Keyword: candy canes, cheesecake, chocolate, christmas, peppermint

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