Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
With a chocolate biscuit base and a light and fluffy white chocolate cheesecake filling, swirled with dark chocolate, these Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Bars are everything you want in a dessert!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Chilling3 hours hrs
Total Time3 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Australian, English
Servings: 16
Biscuit Base
- 250 g Chocolate Ripple biscuits Arnotts, 1 packet
- 100 g Unsalted butter melted
- 2 tbsp Brown sugar
Filling
- 500 g Cream cheese 2 x blocks, room temp
- 170 g Caster sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 tsp Gelatin powder
- ¼ cup Boiling water
- 200 g White chocolate melted and cooled *see notes
- 1 cup Cream whipped
- 50 g Dark chocolate melted and cooled
Biscuit Base
Pre heat oven to 180°C
In a food processor, crush the biscuits
Add the melted butter and sugar, then process to combine
Press mixture into a lined 20cm x 20cm pan and smooth over
Bake for 10 minutes, then allow to cool while you make the filling
Filling
In a stand mixer, beat the cream cheese, caster sugar and vanilla extract until smooth
In a small bowl, mix together the gelatin powder and boiling water, then add to the cream cheese mixture and combine
Fold the melted white chocolate and whipped cream into the mixture
Pour mixture over the cooled biscuit base
Drizzle the melted dark chocolate over the top, then use a chopstick to make a swirled pattern
Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight
Once set, remove from pan and cut into 16 squares
NO BAKE OPTION:
- You can make this a no-bake cheesecake slice by simply crushing a packet of Chocolate Ripple biscuits and mixing in 75g of melted butter. Press this into the pan, then top with the filling.
MELTING THE CHOCOLATE:
- You can use a double boiler, or melt it in the microwave. If using the microwave, start with 30 seconds, then use 10 second bursts, stirring between each burst.