Recipe: Perfect Smores cheesecake

Smores cheesecake.

You can have Smores cheesecake using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Smores cheesecake

1. You need of for the ganache.
2. Prepare 1 1/2 c. of chocolate chips.
3. It's 3/4 c. of heavy cream.
4. Prepare of for the crust.
5. It's 1 of sleeve graham crackers, crushed.
6. It's 5 tbsp of melted butter.
7. It's 1/4 c of sugar.
8. You need Pinch of kosher salt.
9. You need 1 of sleeve of graham crackers, separated into sticks.
10. You need of for the cheesecake.
11. It's 16 oz. (2 blocks) of cream cheese, softened.
12. It's 3/4 c. of powdered sugar.
13. You need 1 1/2 c. of cold heavy cream.
14. You need 1 tsp. of pure vanilla extract.
15. Prepare 1/4 tsp. of kosher salt.
16. Prepare of mini marshmallows.

Smores cheesecake step by step

1. Make ganache: Place chocolate chips in a medium, heatproof bowl and set aside. Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat. When bubbles begin to break the surface around the edges of the pan, turn off the heat..
2. Pour the hot cream over chocolate chips, whisking constantly until the sauce is smooth. Let cool slightly..
3. Make crust: In a large bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sugar and salt. Grease an 8” springform pan with cooking spray and press mixture into pan.
4. Pour about half of the ganache over the crust, then line the graham cracker sticks around the edges of the pan standing up to form a wall.
5. Make the cheesecake: In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Add sugar to combine, then gradually add cream and beat on high speed until stiff peaks form. Add vanilla and stir until combined..
6. Pour cheesecake mixture over the ganache and smooth out with a spatula. Pour remaining ganache over the cheesecake then top with mini marshmallows.
7. Freeze until firm, at least 5 hours and up to overnight..
8. Right before serving, broil until the marshmallows are golden, about 2 minutes..