No Bake Rocky Road Cheesecake

Please welcome back Jess from Sweetest Menu as she shares another delightful recipe, No Bake Rocky Road Cheesecake! Be sure to visit her mouthwatering blog today. -Tessa

I LOVE rocky road. Do you? Here in Australia, rocky road is usually made with chocolate, marshmallows and peanuts. So today, I’ve taken that mouth-watering combo and made it into a gorgeous No Bake Rocky Road Cheesecake!

Aren’t no bake desserts just the greatest? I love using my oven, but sometimes, especially in summer, turning on the oven just isn’t ideal. And even though it’s technically winter here, I’m still living in t-shirts and shorts because we really don’t have much of a winter. It’s either hot, really hot or I can’t be bother to get off the couch and walk to the fridge its so hot. So since dessert is a good idea all year round – no bake desserts often come to my rescue.

You’re going to LOVE this No Bake Rocky Road Cheesecake. It has a super fluffy texture and a soft chocolate flavour, with the added crunch of roasted peanuts and melt-in-your-mouth marshmallows. Plus there’s Oreos! #winning

More chocolate, peanuts and marshmallows are scattered on top because, well, why not, right? This dessert is sure to impress your dinner guests! And they never have to know JUST how easy it is to make. Thanks to the stiffness of the whipped cream, you don’t even need to bother with any gelatine!

Also you can use whatever nuts you like. I know in America, rocky road is often made with almonds or walnuts, so you could easily use those instead of the peanuts. Or even pecans or macadamias! The choice is yours.

All I know, is no matter what, you will end up with one sweet cheesecake. So what are you waiting for? Get out those Oreos and get baking!

How to make

No Bake Rocky Road Cheesecake

Yield: 1 9 inch cake

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Inactive Time 3 hours hours

Total Time: 3 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

A creamy no bake chocolate cheesecake filled to the brim with roasted peanuts and mini marshmallows, all on top of a sweet Oreo cookie crust!

Ingredients

• Approximately 20 (200 grams) Oreo cookies
• 1/4 cup (60 grams) unsalted butter
• 2 and 1/2 cups (500 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated or caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/2 cup (360 ml) thickened or heavy cream
• 1 cup (150 grams) good quality semi-sweet or dark chocolate
• 3/4 cup (105 grams) roasted peanuts
• 2 cups (110 grams) mini marshmallows
• 1/2 cup (75 grams) semi-sweet or dark chocolate, for decorating

Directions

1. Lightly grease a 9 inch (23 cm) springform baking tin with a little butter and set aside. Add your Oreo cookies (cream and all) to a food processor and blend until they resemble fine crumbs. If you don’t have a food processor, place them in a sandwich bag and bash with a rolling pin. Melt your butter in the microwave and add it to your crushed Oreos and whiz again (or stir well) until the mixture resembles wet sand. Pour your Oreo mixture into your prepared tin and press down gently to form an even layer. Pop in the fridge.
2. Add your softened cream cheese,  sugar and vanilla to a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. In a separate bowl, add your cream and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Finally, melt your dark chocolate in the microwave until it is just melted – give it a good stir. Then add your chocolate to your cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth. Then gently fold through the whipped cream. Add 1 cup (55 grams) of mini marshmallows and 1/2 cup (35 grams) of roasted peanuts and stir through. Pour your cheesecake over the top of your Oreo cookie base, cover loosely with alfoil and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.
3. When you are ready to serve, scatter the remaining 1/2 cup (35 grams) of roasted peanuts and 1 cup (55 grams) of mini marshmallows and lightly press them into the top of the cheesecake. Melt your extra chocolate in the microwave and then use a spoon to drizzle the melted chocolate all over the cheesecake. Cut and serve!

Course : Dessert

Cuisine : American

Recipe by Jess Holmes

Author: Jess Holmes

Jess loves to create, bake and shoot American-inspired recipes from her Australian kitchen at sweetestmenu.com. With a background in advertising, she is a copywriter by day and a recipe creator/dessert taste-tester by night (and on the weekends). Even at her work desk, you will find her daydreaming about calorie-laden sweets and counting down the days to her next trip to the USA.