Snickers Cheesecake

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Snickers Cheesecake is a vanilla cheesecake full of chopped Snickers bars, layered with chocolate & caramel sauce and nestled in an Oreo crust. It’s an amazing thick, creamy and gooey treat!

Snickers Cheesecake on a white plate

Snickers Cheesecake slice on a white plate

Snickers Cheesecake

I am completely in love with this cheesecake. It is all of my Snickers dreams come true. And it’s also the perfect way to celebrate National Cheesecake Day!

Did you know that National Cheesecake Day is actually a thing? Well it is! There’s actually a bajillion holidays dedicated to different foods. Clearly these are the kind of holidays we should get a day off for. How else will we overindulge in cheesecake?

Of course if overindulgence is your thing, you’re in the right place. I pretty much love anything that is over the top. And to celebrate today, a bunch of us bloggers are posting cheesecake, so if you want to check them out, scroll to the bottom of the post. There’s quite a few, which equals some serious indulgence.

Snickers Cheesecake on a white plate

So as of Monday, the hubs has started working with a personal trainer. They have decided to trade personal training for tennis lessons.

The hubs wants to really work on building his strength and this trainer is going to work not on making him bulky, but on making him lean and strong. Certainly there’s no body fat on him to lose.

In fact, back in the day (high school) I worked at a women’s gym for a short while with my mom. The hubs (who wasn’t the hubs yet, we were 17) came to visit and my mom thought it’d be fun to see what his body fat percentage was with the little contraption we had.

Snickers Cheesecake slice on a white plate
Overhead view of Snickers Cheesecake slice on a white plate

So she put in all the things it asked for like height, weight, etc and gave him the thingy to hold onto. It did it’s thing and then gave us his reading:

“ERR”

The guy has so little body fat, the machine thing thought it was an error. And he hasn’t changed a bit.

I guess I’m going to have to get motivated. He’s really going to make me look bad. I mean, he literally worked so hard the first day that he threw up. Twice.

I think the only kind of workout I’d do that might make me throw up is the one required to lift cake to my mouth. And even then, getting to the point of throwing up…no. Just…no.

Overhead view of a Snickers Cheesecake
Snickers Cheesecake with a couple slices removed

However, he has been making breakfast in the mornings to make sure he’s ready for his workouts. I’ve been getting in on that action and I’m kinda diggin’ it.

Just like I dug my fork right into this cheesecake.

You guys.

This cheesecake tops the ridiculousness scale for me. So stinkin’ good.

Snickers Cheesecake slice on a white plate

The way the chocolate and caramel sauce gets baked into it leaves a pretty spectacular gooeyness throughout most of the cheesecake. The texture of it with the creamy, thick cheesecake is pure heaven.

Add to that the crunch from the peanuts in the chopped Snickers and you might as well admit defeat. This cheesecake will win you over.

I brought a good bit of it home with me last weekend and I thought my brother was going to fight anyone that tried to take a few bites from him.

As we were packing up to leave, he was shoveling into his mouth like he couldn’t breathe without it. Once I told him I wasn’t taking it with me and he didn’t have to eat it all at once, he relaxed. But it’s that good.

Snickers Cheesecake slice on a white plate

I started with my same cheesecake base that I’ve used in my other recipes, so if you’ve made those, this one will be a breeze.

I’ve actually come to love making cheesecake. I’ve always loved eating it, but making it seemed scary. Once I played around with it while making my Banana Pudding Cheesecake, I got hooked. Once you get past the fear of it and using a water bath, it really is so simple to make. And so easy to change up and make fun variations.

So get ready. There’ll be more coming your way. But in the meantime, make this one. You won’t regret it.

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Recipe

Snickers Cheesecake

  • Author: Lindsay
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
  • Yield: 12-14 Slices
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Description

Snickers Cheesecake is a vanilla cheesecake full of chopped Snickers bars, layered with chocolate & caramel sauce and nestled in an Oreo crust. It’s an amazing thick, creamy and gooey treat!


Ingredients

CRUST

  • 2 cups Oreo crumbs
  • 4 tbsp butter, melted

CHEESECAKE FILLING 

  • 24 ounces packages of cream cheese, room temperature (three 8 ounce packages)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3035 mini snickers bars, chopped
  • 1/4 cup chocolate sauce
  • 1/4 cup caramel sauce

TOPPING


Instructions

CRUST

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine crust ingredients and mix well.
3. Press mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper in the bottom.
4. Bake crust for 10 minutes then remove.
5. Cover the outsides of the pan with aluminum foil so that water from the water bath cannot get in, and set aside.

CHEESECAKE FILLING

1. Reduce oven to 300 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, blend the cream cheese, sugar and flour with an electric mixer until combined (Use low speed to keep less air from getting into the batter, which can cause cracks). Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating slowly and scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition.
4. Add the sour cream and vanilla extract. Beat on low speed until well combined.
5. Gently stir in the chopped Snickers.
6. Add about half of the filling to the springform pan.
7. Pour the chocolate and caramel sauce on top of the filling. Then, use an offset spatula to swirl the sauces into the filling.
7. Pour the remaining cheesecake filling into the pan and again use the offset spatula to swirl around the chocolate and caramel sauces.
8. Drop the cheesecake on the counter a few times to release air bubbles that can cause cracks.
9. Place springform pan inside another pan. Fill outside pan with enough warm water to go about halfway up the sides of the springform pan. The water should not go above the top edge of the aluminum foil on the springform pan.
10. Bake for 1 hour and 35-40 minutes.
11. Turn off heat and leave cheesecake in oven with door closed for 20 minutes.
12. Crack oven door and leave the cheesecake in the oven for another 20 minutes or until set. This cooling process helps the cheesecake cool slowly to prevent cracks.
13. Remove cheesecake from oven and chill.
14. Remove springform pan sides from cheesecake and top with additional chocolate and caramel sauce, chopped mini Snickers and whipped cream.

Notes

I used an entire 19.50 oz bag of mini Snickers. After adding about 35 chopped mini Snickers to the cheesecake, I used the remainder for the top of the cheesecake. You could get by with less Snickers if you don’t add as much to the top.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Slice
  • Calories: 1014
  • Sugar: 55.4 g
  • Sodium: 726 mg
  • Fat: 74.4 g
  • Carbohydrates: 73.7 g
  • Protein: 16.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 241.7 mg

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Enjoy!

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156 Comments
  1. Anam Khalid

    I just wanted to ask, do the Oreos go in whole or you scrape the cream off? Planning on making this for my son’s birthday in two days. Got an 8 inch springform pan, I should be fine using the same amounts and time guidelines right? I first discovered your page years ago and then somehow lost it. So glad to be here again! This is going to be my first attempt at trying one of your recipes. Hope it turns out well! Thanks very much!

  2. Sally

    What is the best way to slice this cheesecake? It seems to me that with the chunks of Snickers candy inside and on top, the slices would not cut cleanly for a professional looking presentation.

    1. Lindsay

      Yes, you can see in my photos that the slices aren’t as clean as some of my other cheesecakes. I would just use a very sharp knife. I’m not sure that there’s much more you can do.

  3. Elizabeth

    I made this today for Mother’s Day for desert. It didn’t really say in your descriptions or in the recipe instructions but how long are you supposed to let the cheesecake chill after you take it out of the oven. This cheesecake looks like it came out really good though.

  4. Cindy

    Hi Lindsay! This was such a hit that I’ve been asked to make 6 for an upcoming seniors church dinner that my parents attend! This is the 2nd cheesecake I’ve made from your recipes so thank you! Since I have minimal cheesecake experience so I’m wondering if I can bake 3 cheesecakes at a time? I’m now on the hunt for people who can lend me springform pans 🤣
    Thanks again!!!






    1. Lindsay

      I’m so glad it was a hit! I wouldn’t really recommend baking three at a time. They probably won’t fit very well in the oven and may end up baking unevenly. Plus, with that many in the oven, the bake time may be quite a bit longer.

  5. Nicole

    Hi! I tried to scroll through the comments to see if the question was already asked, so I apologize if it was. What do you suggest I do if I want to convert this to mini cheesecakes? Would I just reduce the cooking time? I’ve made this cheesecake several times and it’s great EVERY SINGLE TIME! I have bakery-sized cupcake liners, so slightly taller than a standard cupcake liner.

  6. Kate

    I have made this before and it was delicious! How would one go about this using cupcake molds? I want to make individual serving sizes for a potluck.

  7. GabbieM

    Made this for Halloween this year and oh my goodness, it was amazing! Definitely my favorite cheesecake recipe I’ve made so far! It came out perfect






  8. Robin Santobuono

    What is the idea behind the water bath? What do you do if you aren’t able to do the water bath? I’m planning on making this today for Christmas dinner tomorrow…
    Merry Christmas

    1. Lindsay

      The water bath keeps more moisture in the oven while the cheesecake bakes and it helps it not crack, keeps it from over browning and helps it not fall in the center after it cools. Some people will just put a separate pan of water below the cheesecake in the oven and say that works just fine too.

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