Twix Cheesecakes
June 30, 2011 57 Comments
In my humble opinion, desserts and candy belong together. Butterfingers make cupcakes a little more intriguing, blondies filled with peanut butter cups are even more irresistible, gummy worms taste better when they’re coming out of a cupcake and Twix in cheesecake….well that just makes me drool. How can I not drool when one of my favorite desserts, mini cheesecakes, are combined with my #3 favorite candy in the entire universe? Yes my friends, Twix are my #3 favorite candy. By the way if you’re curious, Butterfingers are #1 and Baby Ruth’s are #2. Now on with this candy filled recipe!
First make the crust for the mini cheesecakes. In a food processor, grind up 1/2 package of Oreos. I love Oreos just in case it wasn’t completely obvious. :)
Add 1 Tablespoon of sugar and mix it up.
Pour in 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter and stir to coat all of the cookie crumbs with butter. Butter makes everything better.
Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Scoop 1 Tablespoon of cookie crumbs into each cupcake liner.
Press the crumbs down firmly with your hands. Set the cupcake pan aside while you make the cheesecake batter.
In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix 1 pound of softened cream cheese until smooth. Then pour in 1/2 cup sugar. Mix on medium low speed.
Add in 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Mix mix!
Whisk 2 eggs and slowly pour them in while the mixer is on low speed. Then add in 1/2 cup sour cream and mix.
Set the bowl aside while you chop up the Twix bars. Mmm Twix how I love you.
Take 12 mini Twix bars and chop each one up into small pieces like so.
Throw them into the bowl.
Carefully fold them in. I could just bathe in that cheesecake batter. Actually I could bathe in all cheesecake batter.
Take an ice cream scooper and scoop the cheesecake batter into each cupcake liner.
Bake the cheesecakes at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. Now here comes the hard part, chill the cheesecakes in the refrigerator overnight. Yes we must wait overnight. A shame isn’t it? But oh so worth it.
Then devour the cheesecakes and eat some extra Twix bars on the side.
Twix Cheesecakes
Crust
1/2 package Oreos
1 Tablespoon sugar
1/4 unsalted butter, melted
Cheesecake Batter
1 pound cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
12 mini Twix bars, chopped into small pieces
In a food processor, grind up the Oreos into fine crumbs. Put the crumbs into a large bowl and add in the sugar. Mix to combine. Then pour in the melted butter and mix to coat all of the crumbs with butter.
Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Scoop a Tablespoon of the cookie crumbs into each cupcake liner. Using your hand, press the crumbs down firmly. Set the cupcake pan aside while you work the cheesecake filling.
(Sometimes I have some cookie crumb mixture left over. So if you do too, don’t worry.)
In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix the cream cheese until smooth on medium low speed, about 3 minutes. With the mixer on medium low speed, add in the sugar and mix to combine. Then add in the vanilla extract and mix. Slowly pour in the lightly beaten eggs and mix until the eggs are incorporated. Add in the sour cream and combine.
Chop the mini Twix bars into small pieces. Add them into the cheesecake batter and gently fold them in.
Using an ice cream scooper, scoop the cheesecake batter into each cupcake liner. Bake the cheesecakes at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. Chill the cheesecakes overnight in the refrigerator. Then enjoy!
This is what I use when I make cheesecake. It works wonderfully.
