Smores Cheesecake
It’s 4th of July. While I was tempted to make apple pie, because what’s more American than apple pie? But we are making apple turnovers tomorrow for Sunday dessert, and I didn’t want to do two similar desserts back to back.
What to do, what to do?
When I think 4th of July, I think BBQ and smoke and smores. Our weather has been terrible today so making smores over the fire pit didn’t seem like it would happen. Instead I decided to make a Smores Cheesecake.
I invented this recipe, so it may need some future tweaking. Feel free to try it and share your tips and tricks.
I used a pre-made Oreo crust because that is what I had on hand and yum, extra chocolate, but graham crackers would be more in keeping with the theme.
If you want to make your own crumb crust, it is essentially 1 1/2 cups crushed graham crackers, 1/3 cup sugar, 6 tbsp melted butter combined and pressed into a pie pan, baked for about 8-10 min. at 350.
Filling Ingredients:
- 1 pckg cream cheese
- 1 bag marshmallows – large (what I had)
- half bag of chocolate chunks (or more if you want)
- graham crackers or graham cracker cookies -enough to cover the bottom crust.
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- scant 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream (milk should work) Just dampen marshmallows
- lemon juice – 5 drops
Place half the bag of marshmallows on a plate and into the freezer while you prep the rest. Carefully separate. You want them frozen enough that you can cut through them easily, and the freezing will help them not overcook.
Put the other half of the marshmallows into a microwave safe bowl, pour whipping cream over the marshmallows and add cream cheese. Microwave for a minute. Add 30 seconds increments until mostly melted. Add eggs and sugar. Use hand mixer to thoroughly incorporate, adding lemon juice drop by drop and blending. You don’t want to taste the lemon, just a hint of acid to cut the sweetness of marshmallows and richness of cheesecake.
Layer bottom of cooled crust with graham crackers and chocolate chunks. Pour cheesecake filling into crust. Place cut, frozen marshmallows gently around the top of cheesecake. Sprinkle remaining graham crackers crumbs and some chocolate chunks over the top as desired.
Bake 40-50 minutes at 350. My marshmallows expanded and overflowed onto the baking sheet under my pie pan. Next time, I’ll probably try cooking it for a few minutes before placing the marshmallows into the mixture.
Easy ganache – Use other half of bag of chocolate chunks and a splash of whipping cream or milk to melt and create an easy chocolate drizzle if you want. Just microwave by 30 second increments and stir. Add more milk to create desired thickness.
If you try this, let me know how it turns out!
19 Comments
Chari
I know some people who would LOVE this!!! A yummy desert!
Jerusha (TheDisneyChef.com)
What a fantastic idea! I’m stealing this for my party in a few weeks… It’ll be such a huge hit! – Jerusha, TheDisneyChef.com
Jennifer
Play with it a first. My marshmallows expanded and overflowed so I’m going to try to add them closer to the end next time and add a strip of fudge in the middle too.
Emerald
This recipe makes my heart sing lol it looks oh so good!!
Kandi
This sounds amazing! I love smores!
Marie
wow! Cheesecake is among my favorites and this looks amazing!!
Andi
this looks amazing – i could probably have this for breakfast 😀
Brandi @ penguinsinpink.com
Yum! This sounds so good. I’ll have to try it out. I’ve been wanting smores but we haven’t had them. This should fix that craving!
Angie
Unfortunately, I would have to find a way to tweak your recipe further. I have an egg allergic child. Otherwise looks scrumptious!
Jennifer
You can probably use an egg substitute of some sort.
Andi
Hi, Angie – you can DEFINITELY use an egg substitute on this one – just watch the proportions (i have allergies, too… 😀 )
seymourds12
This looks yummy! If I wasn’t on a diet I would try it 😉
Jennifer
It is definitely not a daily thing for me either. It was about 450 calories for 1/8 of the dessert. But I used Greek cream cheese so it was lower in fat and calories with more protein.
Susan Gay Jeffries
Oh my goodness I love cheese cake and this sounds delicious! Next time my family comes in I may try it! I will need someone to help me eat it or I might be tempted to eat too much! lol
Jennifer
It is really rich! One slice was plenty.
Alex
Wow this looks amazing!
Jennifer
It was really good and fun to make
Kate @ Did That Just Happen?
Sounds yummy!!
Jennifer
It was really good! If I had a spring form pan, I would double the cream cheese and put a stripe of fudge in he middle.