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Home » Type » Desserts » Cheesecakes » A Sad Story & Some Double Crusted Chocolate Covered Sweet Surprise Cheesecake to Cheer You Up

A Sad Story & Some Double Crusted Chocolate Covered Sweet Surprise Cheesecake to Cheer You Up

August 19, 2009 by Faith 31 Comments

I have a very sad story for you (you’re probably wondering how sad a story it can be if cheesecake is involved, and I suppose to that you’re right).  Anyway, Delish is hosting a chocolate recipe contest that ends today, with a chance to win a $500 Williams-Sonoma gift card (and I do love Williams-Sonoma!). 

 

I just happened to have two blocks of Neufchatel cheese in my fridge and an idea for double crusted chocolate covered cheesecake.  So I made this fabulous potentially-would-be-award-winning-recipe and I tried to submit it to the contest.  I got an error message saying something like Your recipe can’t be submitted at this time, please try again later.  So I did try again later with no luck.  So I tried again even later.  I even emailed Delish to let them know about my technical difficulties, but they never responded.  It was no use, my cheesecake was unwanted by Delish’s recipe contest.  The upside to this unfortunate event is that I get to post the recipe for this tantalizing cheesecake (and I did get to console myself with some cheesecake!).

 

The crust is one of my favorite things about this cheesecake.  It’s sweet (from a little brown sugar), salty (from crushed pretzels), and slightly nutty (from rolled oats).  This crust is so good I had to make this cheesecake double crusted.  The sweet surprise is chopped up candy bar inside the cheesecake filling; I used Snickers Almond (because it’s a favorite of my husband’s) but feel free to use your favorite. 

 

A note on the sweetness:  For the cheesecake filling I used ¾ c of white sugar and it was perfect for me (I don’t like my sweets overly sweet).  On the other hand, my husband (who leans more toward the almost-too-sweet preference) said he thought the cheesecake filling could have used a little more sugar.  That being said, feel free to increase the sugar to 1 c. 

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Double Crusted Chocolate Covered Sweet Surprise Cheesecake

 

Oatmeal-Pretzel Crust:

½ c lightly packed brown sugar

1 ½ c all purpose flour

1 ½ c rolled oats

1 ½ c salted pretzels, crushed (I crush them coarsely and leave some larger pretzel pieces, but you can crush them finely if you prefer)

1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, melted

 

Filling:

2 (8 oz) blocks Neufchatel cheese, at room temperature

1 ½ c low-fat Greek yogurt

3 eggs

¾ c white sugar

2 tsp Madagascar Pure Vanilla Extract

1 (10 oz) bag miniature Snickers Almond bars (~15 mini bars), chopped

 

Ganache Topping: 

12 oz Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 c heavy cream

2 TB unsalted butter

1 TB Madagascar Pure Vanilla Extract

1/4 tsp instant coffee

 

Butter, to grease the pan

 

A springform pan

 

To make the ganache, put the chocolate chips in a glass or steel bowl.  In a small saucepan, bring the cream and butter to a boil and pour it over the chocolate chips.  Leave the chocolate and cream alone for 5 minutes, then stir to combine; mix in the vanilla and coffee.  At room temperature the ganache is the perfect consistency to “frost” the cheesecake.

 

Preheat the oven to 375F.  Use a fork to combine all the ingredients for the crust.  Lightly grease the bottom and sides of the springform pan with butter.  Pour half the crust mixture into the greased cheesecake pan and reserve the other half of the crust mixture for later.  Use a glass to help you firmly press the mixture down evenly.  Bake the crust for 8 minutes.  Once the crust is out of the oven, turn the oven down to 325F. 

 

Use a mixer to blend together the Neufchatel cheese and Greek yogurt; once they’re fully incorporated, mix in one egg at a time; add the sugar and vanilla and mix until everything is just incorporated.  Fold in the chopped candy and pour the mixture into the pre-baked crust.  Bake for 40 minutes, then remove the cheesecake from the oven and evenly sprinkle the remaining crust mixture on the top; bake for another 20 minutes.  Allow the cheesecake to cool completely to room temperature and then refrigerate it for 2 hours.  Pour the room-temperature ganache over the cheesecake and spread it out in an even layer (some chocolate will drip down the sides of the cheesecake, but don’t worry about spreading it evenly over the sides).  Refrigerate for another 2 hours before cutting and serving.

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Yes, This Cheesecake Would be Fabulous Left Like This...But Why Stop Here When You Can Add Ganache?
Yes, This Cheesecake Would be Fabulous Left Like This…But Why Stop Here When You Can Add Ganache?

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Filed Under: Cheesecakes, Chocolate Tagged: Cheesecake, Chocolate, Oats, Pretzels, Recipes

Comments

  1. Corri H says

    September 23, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    Your recipe made it into the contest. That’s where I found it. I’ve made it and love it! My preference is without coffee…

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  2. sandra742 says

    September 9, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

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  3. Madelin @ What is for breakfast? says

    August 23, 2009 at 4:35 am

    OMG that looks so good!!!

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  4. [email protected] says

    August 22, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Oh my, this looks absolutely heavenly. I think you’d win any contest you entered this in.

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  5. yinkoon says

    August 22, 2009 at 3:41 am

    this blog never failed to cheer me up with beautiful food. =)

    Reply
  6. Jamie says

    August 21, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    Oh, those kind of things seem to happen to me all the time! Sorry about that, but it’s their loss because this chocolate drenched cheesecake is outrageous! Wow! Sinful and decandent and luscious and I normally do not like cheesecake. This is like one huge candy bar! Yum!

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  7. Sophia says

    August 21, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    oh I’m so sorry! It must have been SO frustrating, esp since this is CLEARLY a winner. They must be kicking themselves for not responding now!

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  8. Natasha - 5 Star Foodie says

    August 21, 2009 at 7:21 am

    I’m so glad you were able to enter the contest! The cheesecake is fabulous, definitely a winner!

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  9. Priti says

    August 21, 2009 at 4:53 am

    Oh my that is to die for…looks delicious…wonderful clicks

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  10. Donna says

    August 21, 2009 at 4:07 am

    Yay! I am glad this deliciousness was able to be entered into the contest. This looks like a winner to me. Absolutely gorgeous and what great tastes going on here!

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  11. Selba says

    August 21, 2009 at 2:13 am

    Wow! It really looks heavenly!

    Ah.. what a sad story…

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  12. Nutmeg Nanny says

    August 20, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    I’m sorry you did not get to submit your recipe…it looks really tasty! BTW did you get my email back to you?

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  13. Lele says

    August 20, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    That pretzel crust is GENIUS! Now I have to make something with pretzel crust!

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  14. theungourmet says

    August 20, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    That is very sad! This kind of almost happened to me for the Iron Cupcake challenge.

    Your cheesecake is perfect! I give it 5 stars, a blue ribbon, and a gold medal!

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  15. Fitness Surfer says

    August 20, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    And, I thought my chocolate covered strawberries looked good. Wow! Now if I’m going to eat something good that would be it. Seriously drooling right now. Happy Friday!

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  16. admin says

    August 20, 2009 at 11:16 am

    A Happy Update: First I want to thank you all for your sweet words! AND, I wanted to tell you all that the wonderful people at Delish emailed me and let me enter my recipe through email even though the contest deadline passed! I guess there is a sweet ending (corny pun, I know) to this sad cheesecake story! ;)

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  17. Candy says

    August 20, 2009 at 9:15 am

    The only word I can think of to describe your cheesecake is SINFUL. And it’s their loss that you couldn’t enter the contest.
    If it makes you feel any better…I missed the deadline for a mac n cheese contest. I missed it by one day :(

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  18. Celynnda says

    August 20, 2009 at 9:05 am

    I am making it this weekend, it sounds absolutly fabulous!!!!

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  19. Chiara says

    August 20, 2009 at 8:17 am

    I hate it when it happens, I had the same thing happening to me a while ago… but you have some wonderful cheesecake to eat at least!

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  20. foodnfit says

    August 20, 2009 at 7:31 am

    OMG what a bummer! I think it’s totally worthy of winning the Williams-Sonoma GC too :( Eh next time! At least you got to enjoy this amazing delicious looking cake!

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  21. [email protected] says

    August 20, 2009 at 4:50 am

    faith m so sorry to hear the sad story. still ye cake sound delish.. mouth watering!! yummm!! stupid tech probs huh? dn worry ull try again in some other contest nd m sure u will win :)
    cheers!!

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  22. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    August 20, 2009 at 3:41 am

    Aww boo to Delish but YAY for you and for us for having the recipe for this! :D I love a good dripping photo and that looks grand :)

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  23. peachkins says

    August 19, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    I love cheesecakes! You just made me crave with your photos… *drool*

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  24. Actors Diet says

    August 19, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    i heart the word ganache

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  25. Anh says

    August 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    I love this recipe! And you know, the fact that you love it is a winner! Yum!

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  26. Reeni says

    August 19, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    That’s too bad about not being able to submit it! It’s a winner for sure! My mouth is watering at the sight of it!

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  27. She-Fit says

    August 19, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    OMG! This looks amazing. I’m so sorry that you had problems submitting your recipe.

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  28. Karyn (French Charming says

    August 19, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Drool! Too bad for delish and yay for us! Fabulous recipe and if it’s any consolation…I thank you 500 times! Yeah, I know…not the same!!
    Sorry you couldn’t get it submitted. :0(

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  29. Rosa says

    August 19, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Very sad indeed ;-P!

    That cheesecake looks so mouthwatering! I’m drooling…

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
  30. Krista says

    August 19, 2009 at 11:42 am

    FABULOUS! Sorry you couldn’t get it submitted, but now we have the recipe and Delsih doesn’t!!!

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  31. Heavenly Housewife says

    August 19, 2009 at 11:50 am

    WOW, this looks heavenly. The perfect thing to drown your sorrows in! Im drooling.
    Sorry about the $500 WS gift certificate, that would undoubtedly have been awesome!

    Reply

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