Snickers Cheese Cake W/caramel-use Up That Halloween Candy!

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons peanut butter (optional)
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crusts (oreo or plain)
• 2 snickers candy bars, sliced, divided
• 3 tablespoons caramel topping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and peanut butter (if using) until creamy; add eggs, one at a time, and beat.
• 3 incorporate sour cream into cream cheese mixture; add slices of snicker bar; (save some slices to put on top of the cheese cake), mix in by hand.
• 4 swirl 1 tablespoon caramel in bottom of pie crust, and pour batter into pie shell. top with remaining 2 tablespoons of caramel topping and swirl into cheese cake batter; scatter remaining snickers on top.
• 5 bake for 40 minutes. after baking, open the oven door and let cheesecake remain in the oven for 40 more minutes.
• 6 chill for at least 2 hours or overnight.