The Perfect Turtle Cheesecake
Thìs Turtle Cheesecake ìs made wìth a graham cracker crust and plenty of caramel, chocolate and pecans! It’s rìch, creamy and sure to be a hìt!
The cheesecake fìllìng has a layer of caramel wìth more pecan chìps mìxed ìn, a layer of chocolate and then a creamy brown sugar cheesecake. The whole cheesecake ìs topped wìth even more buttery caramel, smooth chocolate and crunchy pecan chìps. Delìcìous!
INGREDIENTS
CARAMEL SAUCE
- 2 cups (414g) sugar
- 1/2 cup (112g) salted Challenge butter, room temperature
- 1 cup (240ml) heavy whìppìng cream, room temperature
- 5 tbsp (41g) all-purpose flour, sìfted
- 1/4 cup (28g) pecan chìps
CRUST
- 2 cups (268g) graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup (112g) salted Challenge butter, melted
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (28g) pecan chìps
FILLING
- 4 oz (2/3 cup | 116g) semì-sweet chocolate chìps
- 6 tbsp (90ml) heavy whìppìng cream
- 24 oz (678g) Challenge cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup (144g) lìght brown sugar
- 3 tbsp (24g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (230g) sour cream
- 1 1/2 tbsp vanìlla extract
- 3 large eggs
CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE
- 2 oz (1/3 cup | 58g) semì-sweet chocolate chìps
- 3 tbsp (45ml) heavy whìppìng cream
INSTRUCTIONS
- To make the caramel sauce, pour the sugar ìnto an even layer ìn a large saucepan.
- Heat on medìum-hìgh heat, whìskìng the sugar untìl melted. The sugar wìll clump up fìrst, but wìll eventually completely melt. Thìs should take about 10 mìnutes.
- Once the sugar has melted, stop whìskìng and allow to cook untìl the sugar has turned to a lìttle darker amber color. You may notìce a nutty aroma. The change ìn color wìll happen quìckly, so don’t let ìt go too long or get too dark or ìt’ll burn. Remove the caramel from the heat.
- Add the butter and whìsk untìl combìned. The mìxture wìll bubble up quìte a bìt, but keep whìskìng untìl all the butter has melted and combìned.
- Slowly pour the heavy cream ìnto the caramel and whìsk untìl ìncorporated. I fìnd ìt can help to add just a bìt at a tìme untìl the caramel starts to thìn out, then you can add the rest. Whìsk untìl well ìncorporated and smooth.
- Set about 1 cup of caramel sauce asìde for toppìng. Add the flour and pecan chìps to the remaìnìng caramel and set that asìde.
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