chocolate peanut butter cheesecake

How To Make chocolate peanut butter cheesecake

• 1

  Mix crumbs and butter and put crumb mixture onto bottom of greased 9 inch spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees, and cool crust on a wire rack.
• 2

  In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and peanut butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed after each addition. Add sour cream and vanilla. Add the mini chocolate chips.
• 3

  Pour cheesecake mixture into prepared cookie crust. Place cheesecake in 350 degree oven on middle oven rack. Position a baking pan filled halfway with hot water on lower rack. Bake 15 minutes; then lower temperature to 300 degrees and bake 70 minutes.
• 4

  Turn oven off. Let cake stand in oven with door ajar, 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack.
• 5

  In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, melted chocolate chips and powdered sugar for topping. Spread chocolate topping over cooled cheesecake. Let topping cool and set. Cool cheesecake completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate 12-24 hours.
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