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    Published: Apr 7, 2015 by Helen S Fletcher · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

    No Bake Rocky Road Cheesecake

    No Bake Rocky Road CheesecakeToday was KMOV TV Great Day St. Louis day and here's the recipe for this easy to make no bake cheesecake.

    Ummmm cheesecake – everyone's favorite. But getting it to come out is another matter. Do you use a water bath or not? How do you prevent it from cracking? Or do you just give up and buy one? What if you could make a great cheesecake and not have to worry about the baking part? We're not talking about just any cheesecake, but rocky road with chocolate, salted peanuts and marshmallows finished with a gravel top of peanuts and chocolate and caramel sauce? Now there's no reason not to make one. Oh, and you can tell everyone you baked this perfect cheesecake and soak in all the compliments. No one will know this was a no bake cheesecake except you and me!! And I'm not tellin'!!

    Chocolate Crumb Crust
    1 ⅓ cups graham cracker crumbs (buy them in crumbs or run the crackers through a food processor (170 grams or 6 ounces)
    ¼ cup cocoa (25 grams or 1 scant ounce)
    ½ cup unsifted powdered sugar (55 grams or 2 ounces)
    8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (114 grams or 4 ounces)

    Spray a 9" cheesecake pan or springform mold. Set aside.

    Sift the cocoa and powdered sugar together in a bowl. Add the crumbs, mixing well. Add the butter and toss with a fork until the crumbs are completely coated. Place the crumbs in the bottom of the pan and press them in firmly. Set aside.

    Rocky Road Cheesecake
    ⅔ cup semisweet chocolate chips (100 grams or 3 ⅓ ounces)
    ½ cup roasted and salted peanuts (58 grams or 2 ounces)
    ⅓ cup semisweet chocolate chips (85 grams or 3 ounces
    1 cup 40% or heavy cream
    2 – 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
    1 – 12 ounce can condensed milk (Not Evaporated)
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    1 cup mini marshmallows (45 grams or 1 ½ ounces)

    Melt the ⅔ cup chocolate on half power in the microwave or in a double boiler and set aside.

    Chop the peanuts and remaining chocolate chips coarsely. Set aside.

    Whip the cream to fairly stiff peaks. Remove from the bowl and set aside.

    Place the cream cheese in the mixing bowl and beat until soft and light. Slowly add the condensed milk in about 4 additions, scraping often. Add the melted chocolate and vanilla.

    Fold in the whipping cream and then the chopped chocolate, peanuts and marshmallows.

    Pour over the chocolate crumb crust. Smooth the top.

    Gravel Topping – optional but really, really good!
    ½ cup peanuts (58 grams or 2 ounces)
    ½ cup chocolate chips (75 grams or 2 ½ ounces)
    Caramel Ice Cream Sauce

    Place the peanuts and chocolate chips in a food processor and pulse until they are cut in resembling gravel. Spread over the top evenly.

    Freeze the cheesecake 6 hours or overnight.

    Remove from the pan. This is easily done if using either pan by using a hair blower on high to go around the sides of the cake. If you are using a cheesecake pan place the cheesecake on a can such as a 28 ounce can of tomatoes and slide the side down. Go under the crust with a log straight spatula and transfer to a serving plate. For how to photos go to https://pastrieslikeapro.com/2013/10/apple-crisp-cheesecake.

    Let it sit at room temperature about 30 minutes to make cutting easier. Serve drizzled with caramel ice cream sauce.

    Serves 12 to 14

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8JDOP6uaSs

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    Comments

    1. sylvieamesee says

      April 16, 2015 at 12:22 am

      Yum! Having a cream cheese cake is something unusual for me (I'm of French origin...) but this decadent cake will obsess me until I eat it!

      Reply
      • hfletcher says

        April 16, 2015 at 8:35 am

        Thanks Sylvie. The fact that it is easy makes it even better.

        Reply
    2. Kimberly Richards says

      April 09, 2015 at 9:24 am

      I don't understand where the confusion is with this, every step is very clearly written out?

      Reply
      • hfletcher says

        April 09, 2015 at 11:54 am

        I agree. I wonder if it is how KMOV wrote it on their end. No, they did a great job and they have the video of us making it. So I'm not sure. Hope she could figure it out because she seemed so frustrated.

        Reply
    3. Nancy Cripps says

      April 07, 2015 at 10:56 am

      Rocky road cheesecake recipe EXTREMELY confusing and unorganized!!! If I hadn't seen this on great day I would have no idea what ingredients went where.

      Reply
      • hfletcher says

        April 07, 2015 at 12:22 pm

        Well after almost two years, someone had to not like something. I am not sure why you find this as a problem. It clearly states the ingredients for the the crust, the ingredients for the filling and the the ingredients for the finish and then what to do with them. So I am not sure why you don't know where they go. Not sure what you like in a recipe but it is true you can't please everyone.

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