Snickers No-Bake Cheesecake
A creamy no-bake cheesecake is full of chopped Snickers bars, then nestled upon an Oreo crust topped with caramel and peanuts. The perfect dessert for Snickers lovers everywhere.
Servings: 10
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 pkg Oreo Cookies
- 8 tbsp butter {melted}
Filling
- 8 oz. cream cheese {softened}
- 1/2 cup caramel sauce {split between filling and crust}
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 16 oz Cool Whip
- 3 Snickers bars {chopped}
- 1/4 cup lightly salted peanuts {chopped}
Instructions
Crust
- Grind the Oreo cookies into a fine crumb using a food processor or blender. {If you don't have a food processor or blender than add cookies to a Ziploc bag and crush with a rolling pin} Mix together Oreo crumbs and melted butter until crumbs are completely coated. Pour crumbs into a greased 9" spring form pan and press into the bottom and half way up the sides of pan. Refrigerate the crust for at least 15 minutes. Before adding the filling, spread 1/4 cup of caramel over the crust, followed by chopped peanuts.
Cheesecake fillling
- In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and half of caramel sauce until combined. Add Cool Whip to mixture and gently stir. Fold Snickers pieces into the cheesecake mixture by hand. Pour cheesecake mixture into prepared crust. OPTIONAL: Add chocolate sauce and chopped peanuts to top of cheesecake. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours.