S’mores Cheesecake (2nd Place) by Patricia Lapiezo, La Mesa, CA
Posted by Malt-O-Meal on January 7th 2009 in State Fair Recipes 2008
Crust:
- 2 cups finely ground Malt-O-Meal Honey Graham Squares
- 3 tbsp melted butter
Cheesecake:
- 4 – 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 6 oz semisweet chocolate chips, melted
- ¾ cup mocha marshmallow coffee creamer or milk
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup marshmallow creme
Garnish:
- 1 cup finely ground Malt-O-Meal Honey Graham Squares
- ½ cup coarsely chopped Malt-O-Meal Honey Graham Squares
- Marshmallow creme
- Melted chocolate
- Miniature marshmallows
- 24 whole Malt-O-Meal Honey Graham Squares
- Hersheys milk chocolate candy bar
- Sweetened whipped cream
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 9” cheesecake pan with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, mix cereal crumbs and butter. Press into bottom of pan. Set aside while preparing the filling. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in melted chocolate, blend in coffee creamer or milk. Mix in eggs, one at a time, just until incorporated. Blend in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour in half the filling over the prepared crust. Heat the marshmallow cream in microwave until slightly melted (15 – 20 seconds). Using half, drop spoonfuls over filling; swirl with knife. Repeat.
- Wrap pan with foil and place in water bath. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Turn oven off and leave in for 2 hours. Remove from oven and cool. Refrigerate overnight.
- Remove from pan. Press finely ground cereal onto sides of cheesecake. Place the coarsely chopped cereal in center of cheesecake. Drizzle with marshmallow creme and melted chocolate / using wooden skewer, heat miniature marshmallow over flame until toasted. Cut a small square of chocolate to fit onto cereal square. Top with toasted marshmallow and then another cereal square to make miniature s’mores. Decorate edge of cheesecake with sweetened whipped cream and top with miniature s’mores.
