Snickers Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Halloween is right around the corner and I am celebrating in advance with this snickers peanut butter cheesecake recipe! Wait maybe I should ask first if you celebrate Halloween because not everyone does. I don’t like Halloween mainly because I am not a fan of scary things (horror movies, zombies, vampires, haunted hay rides etc) but I do LOVE the candy that goes with Halloween celebrations so I am in full support of this holiday. Clearly I couldn’t wait to dig into the candy.
At this time of the year, the candy aisle becomes a mini-happy place for me where I can pick up my favorite packs of snickers, M&Ms, Twix and Milky Way all on sale. But sometimes I feel greedy grabbing 4 or 5 or 6 individual bags (or is it just me?). Which is why I love the Mars candy variety packs- one bag including all my favorites! I picked up two of these last week for the kids that will be knocking come Thursday night. Unfortunately, when they arrive there will be no Snickers. I fished them out to make this snickers peanut butter cheesecake.
It’s a peanut butter cheesecake filled with chunks of snickers bars folded into the cheesecake and topped with homemade brown sugar salted caramel sauce and more snickers!! The cheesecake is oh so creamy, sweet, salty and crunchy at times when you get a bite of a snickers chunk. The salted caramel drizzle was just the right amount of salty to give you that reminiscent classic snickers candy we all love.
Snickers is my all-time favorite candy bar and piling it high on this cheesecake was the BEST idea ever. Although, I was told the extra snickers on top were not necessary. Uhmmm, yeah it is! The said complaint came from the one who didn’t complain when I piled this chocolate peanut butter cake high with his candy of choice. Please! It’s not like it stopped him from enjoying a few slices.
To complete my spooky celebration, I made a ‘spooktacular drink’, by combining Hawaiian Fruit Punch (Juicy Red) with 7UP and dressed it up with some edible worms and spiders!
You have to use your candy now or after Halloween to make this snickers peanut butter cheesecake!!
Happy Spooky Celebration my friends 🙂

Snickers Peanut Butter Cheesecake
A creamy snickers peanut butter cheesecake recipe with a chocolate oreo crust and brown sugar salted caramel drizzle. Perfect for Halloween!
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 30 Oreo cookies (I used Halloween Oreos!)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
For the Filling:
- 24 ounces (3 blocks) cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 12 fun size snickers, finely chopped
For the Toppings:
- 5-6 fun size snickers, chopped
- Salted caramel sauce, for drizzling
Instructions
To make the crust:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Double wrap the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- In the bowl of a food processor, pulse the cookies and salt until fine crumbs. With the processor on, drizzle in the melted butter. Pulse until combined.
- Transfer to the prepared pan and press evenly into the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until crust is set. Let cool while you prepare filling.
To make filling:
- Beat the cream cheese, peanut butter and sugar on medium-high speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low and add in the condensed milk. Mix until combined.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add in the vanilla and salt and beat for an additional minute.
- Using a rubber spatula, fold in the snickers by hand into the batter.
- Transfer the filling into the cooled crust and smooth the top. Gently give the pan a tap to release any air bubbles.
- Place the springform pan on a roasting pan and pour hot water into the roasting pan (NOT YOUR CHEESECAKE), making sure the water comes halfway up the sides of the pan.
- Bake for 60- 70 minutes or until the center is just set.
- Turn off oven and leave cheesecake in oven for another hour.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least an hour at room temperature before chilling for 3-4 hours or overnight.
- When ready to serve, run a knife through the edges of the pan and remove the sides of the pan.
- Top with additional snickers and drizzle with caramel sauce.
- Store leftovers refrigerated for up to one week.
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I’m fairly certain this is my ideal cheesecake! It is SUCH a show-stopper.
Thanks Joanne!
Oh sweet gloriousness look at how thick that is! I want to cuddle with it.
Hhaha I am with you on this. Cuddling is appropriate here 🙂
I’m not a fan of costume parties and scary stuff, but I love Halloween for Jack o lanterns, cute trick or treaters, and candy like Snickers! This looks so decadent, Zainab — just irresistible!
I’m glad we are on the same page Marcie. I love the cute trick or treaters and all their ‘wild’ costumes. Thanks!
Wow, I love how thick that cheesecake is! SCM is the secret to the creamiest cheesecakes and Snickers makes everything good. I want to celebrate with you if this is being served! 🙂 And your straws are SO cute!
You are very welcome to any celebration over here!!
Oh lordy lordy this is my kind of cheesecake!! HEAVEN!
I agree. SO freaking good! But I will not torture you during your challenge.
I cannot get over how thick and decadent this cheesecake is! And yes, those extra Snickers bars are completely necessary!
Thanks Meghan. I agree they are a MUST. This man is silly sometimes :p
I need to put a piece of this in my mouth as soon as possible: it looks stellar. SO HEAVENLY… the more snickers the merrier, and the salted caramel sauce? I’m sure it’s lovely there too (and thanks for trying my recipe and linking to it, love <3). I . Want. This.
Thanks Consuelo! Your salted caramel is rocking my world…and it was amazing here. I will always use brown sugar now 🙂
Wow – this looks outstanding!!! The extra snickers on top are totally necessary. I can never have enough Snickers!!
Nothing like too much Snickers indeed!! Thanks Cate :). Did you get my email reply??
If it were possible to eat something through a picture.. this would be it! The snickers and the cheesecake is such a good combination! I love it!
Thanks Ally! I wish I can eat through a picture too…someone needs to get on that lol!
This cheesecake looks AMAZING. Hopefully we’ll have enough leftover snickers from Halloween to make this!
Deanna, you just have to make sure there are left overs…you know what I mean? Hhahah! Thanks 🙂
This came out really lovely! The texture of the cheesecake looks awesome!!
Thanks Renee! The calculations you saw earlier were a little off (wet crust at first) but I had to readjust…bad math skills lol!
This looks “stupid good”!
Thanks Nicole! This is a accurate description 🙂
Holy wowza! This looks amazing, Z! I would probably have an internal battle with myself about whether or not to eat the entire thing! Pinned! PS, I love the spooktacular drink you made. How groovy!
Hope you have a fantastic week!
Julie thank you so much!! I am lucky I have a sweet lover that makes that internal battle easy. if I don’t act fast, most things are made go quick. Thanks for sharing too! Hope this week is starting off well 🙂
What a decadent cheesecake! I might have to pick out all the Snickers from my children’s Halloween basket 🙂
Yes!! Mommy will be saving it for later 🙂
Oh my goodness. I am going to need a big slice of this beauty and some alone time. A glass of milk might come in handy too. So decadent!
Thanks Erin! Some quality time is indeed needed here 🙂
Oh wow — this cheesecake looks amazing! I love salty-sweet combos in dessert, so I’m sure I would scarf this down. And I love that Mars variety pack too — so many great choices in one bag (Milk Way Midnights) are my absolute favorite!
Thanks Jamie!! That variety pack is evil good. The peanut butter MMs are gone :0. I’m seriously in trouble with it lying around the house.
Wow…how do your desserts look so freakin’ delicious? I want to eat my computer screen when I see your posts. every. single. morning. Nice work!
Thanks David! But eating one’s computer screen is not recommended first thing in the day …maybe later perhaps :p
Zainab, my heart just stopped with the wonder of this beauty! Warren would go nuts over this cheesecake. Just beautiful!
Thanks Amy! Revive and make this for Warren please! He will love you even more (if that’s possible!)
The cheesecake looks amazing as usual, Zainab! I don’t think have seen anything of yours that doesn’t look good! The drink and the cheesecake are such a neat way to use up left over hallowen candy!
Thank you so much Ciara!! I loved this cheesecake too. And of course all the candy on top 🙂
Holy cow, that is one beautiful cheesecake!!
Thanks Jennifer!
Whoa, this is one amazing cheesecake!!! Truly a decadent delight!
Thank you Liz!!
Seriously amazing! Snickers is my favorite Halloween candy and what better way to top it then with cheesecake.
Thanks Ashley! I am still drooling over your deep dish snickers pies!!
wow this is one amazing cheesecake!
Thanks dear!!
Oh goodness, that looks super yummy!
Thanks Terra! It was very decadent 🙂
Okay WHY did you make this?! I’m seriously sitting here with my jaw dropped and drool dribbling down my chin. This looks DIVINE.
I did ask myself that Graham as soon as I tasted it. Was so rich. But I then proceeded to share with all my friends 🙂
WOW!! I totally have Halloween party envy! I’m obsessed with Snickers and I want to be friends with this pie.
You are very welcome to be friends with this cheesecake!! Actually let’s be friends and I will bring you a piece 🙂
That’s even better!! BTW, I’ll be using this cheesecake in my cake & pie round up going live tonight!
Oh my Gawd! Your desserts are amazing! I just wanna lick the caramel and that crust, oh that crust looks so so good. I could eat the whole thing to myself. Beautiful and definitely pinning.
Thank you so much Connie! This caramel sauce is special…I used brown sugar and it made all the difference. Thanks for sharing on Pinterest 🙂
Oh my goodness, this looks more wonderful than I can stand! I’m so drooling. Thanks for sharing at Wake Up Wednesdays.
Thank you Teresa!!
This has got to be the most incredible cheesecake I’ve ever laid eyes on. It’s got everything you could want and then some! Peanuts, chocolate, caramel, omg I’m dying over here. Not to mention it’s gorgeous! I love all the crumpled Snickers wrappers in the background 😉
Thank you so much Allie!! You are too kind 🙂
I don’t like scary movies either. I am, however, a huge fan of this awesome looking cheesecake. I’m speechless. All I know is that it’s beautiful and looks mad tasty and I want. 🙂
Thanks Tina! The leftover candies make Halloween bearable 🙂
Wow! This looks like it is straight from the Cheesecake Factory! I was just looking for a good cheesecake recipe and this looks like it!
Thank you so much Renee for your sweet compliment!!
Dear Zainab, This cake looks absolutely heavenly…This is perfect recipe to all that leftover candy! And I love the drink…it all goes together perfectly. I’m the same way, I’ve been eating all my favorite candies for the last week, I feel so guilty now! I hope you had a very happy halloween. Blessings, Catherine
P.S.
I’m hosting a sugar cookie cookbook giveaway and would love for you to be a part of it! xo
Thanks Catherine. Sugar overload is going on over here. I’m heading over now to enter the giveaway!
Oh my goodness, Zainab, this cheesecake looks absolutely over the top awesome!! I’m pulling out all of the Snickers from our left-over candy pronto! 🙂 Thank you SO much for sharing this and joining us at Best of the Weekend – pinning and sharing! Have a happy Saturday and weekend!
Thank you very much Cindy for sharing! Hope you had a great weekend.
Snickers, peanut butter, and cheesecake…you just combined 3 of my favorites into one decadent dessert! love this!!!!
Thank you so much Jocelyn!!
It’s a HEAVENLY cake !!
It looks scrumptious and all I can say is – pleassssssssssssssssssssssssse send me a slice 🙂
Thanks dear!! I wish I could send u a piece :p
I need to use up some of those left over snickers bars and this is perfect! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Oh, my, gosh! This is just fab and is so needing to be pinned for later. So I pinned.
Thank you for sharing! I found you on Marvelous Monday Link Up.
Also, love your blog design!
Thanks Carla! It’s nice to meet you. I love your blog design too. It looks like we both have a thing for polka dots.
This looks out of this world! Can you send some my way? 🙂
Of course!! Two slices? 🙂
Snickers oh Snickers, never enough Snickers. After seeing this I knew there was a really good reason to sneak them all out of the bag!!!!
OMG! CANNOT wait to try this. Thanks for sharing this goodness. I love Snickers & cheesecake & often get Cheesecake Factory’s version, but this looks better. Thanks for sharing & these pics are AWESOME!!!!!! 🙂
What size spring pan do you use?
My springform pan is a little over 9 inches. I think 9.25 it says.
Are you sure it’s suppose to be 6 Table spoons of butter for the crust? I’m current making this crust for the 2nd time and it’s way to buttery I bake it and it comes out as a mushy buttery pool 🙁
Christine, I am so sorry to hear that the crust isn’t working. I used 6 tablespoons butter (a little less than a stick) and it was a little buttery but I liked that in my crust but it wasn’t mushy and once baked held up nicely. But I think you should reduce the amount, maybe to 3?? That will make the crust less mushy since that’s not your preference. Again, I am so sorry for the mess. Thanks for letting me know and I hope the cheesecake makes this trouble all worth it.
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i’ve just tried it and i’m pretty sure it wasn’t the last time, can’t even describe how delicious it is! thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Nora, I am so happy to hear that you loved this cheesecake!! It’s one of my favorite recipes.