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No Bake Peppermint Cheesecake

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Course: Florida Kitchen, Holiday Baking, Sweet Tooth
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cheesecake
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 10
Author: Meggen

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of crushed chocolate wafer cookies
  • ¼ cup butter melted
  • 1 unit package cream cheese softened
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tsp peppermint extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • red food gel or coloring optional
  • ¼ cup fresh pomegranate juice optional
  • 8 oz. Creme Fraiche whipped
  • 10-12 unit peppermint candy canes
  • 1 TBSP sugar plus 1 tsp divided
  • 2 pints heavy whipping cream divided
  • white chocolate peppermint bark for a garnish

Instructions

For the Crust:

  • Pre heat oven to 300 degrees. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
  • In a food processor, pulverize the cookies into crumbs- about 5-7 pulses. You can also use a plastic bag and crush cookies with a rolling pin. Add melted butter. Press crumbs into prepared pan using the back of a measuring cup to have an even crust.
  • Bake for 10 minutes in a 300 degree oven. Let cool completely. Pop into freezer while preparing filling.

Filling:

  • In a plastic bag with a rolling pin, crush candy canes into fine crumbs. It is okay to have a few larger pieces. Set candy crumbs aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, whip cream cheese until fluffy. Add in sweetened condensed milk, 1 tsp peppermint extract, 2/3's of the crushed candy cane crumbs and EITHER red food coloring OR 1/4 pomegranate juice. Set aside in another bowl. Save the remaining candy for the topping.
  • Whip 1 pint of heavy cream until fluffy and stiff peaks appear. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture gently so as not to deflate. Fill the spring-form pan with the cream cheese mixture. Cover well with plastic wrap and freeze at least 8 hours or overnight.

For the Topping:

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, whip Créme Fraîche, vanilla extract and 1 TBSP sugar until smooth and lightened. Remove cheese cake from freezer and uncover. Spread whipped Créme Fraîche over frozen cheesecake. Pop back into freezer.
  • Whip remaining 1 pint heavy cream and 1 tsp sugar.
  • Top cheesecake with whipped cream, sprinkle with remaining candy cane dust and top with chocolate bark snowflakes or other holiday candy bark.