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No-Bake Chocolatey Cocoa Puffs® Cheesecake

No-Bake Chocolatey Cocoa Puffs® Cheesecake
This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 964 calories, 12g of protein, and 69g of fat. A mixture of bittersweet chocolate, cereal, vanillan extract, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours.

Instructions

1
Finely crush 5 cups Cocoa Puffs® cereal in food processor.
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Place in bowl with salt, and stir with butter until moistened. Firmly press into bottom and about 2 inches up sides of 9-inch springform pan.
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Beat ½ cream in mixer fitted with whip attachment on medium high speed to soft peak.
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4
Transfer to small bowl and keep chilled.
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5
Place cream cheese in unwashed mixer bowl on mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Beat on medium low speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Turn off mixer, add sugar and vanilla, then beat on medium speed until fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl.
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6
Add melted bittersweet chocolate and beat until combined.
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Transfer to large bowl and fold in whipped cream.
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8
Spread ½ of the cheesecake batter into pan. Scatter 1 ½ cups Cocoa Puffs® cereal over batter and then spread remaining cheesecake batter into pan. Smooth top and chill 1 hour.
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9
In heatproof bowl set over pan of simmering water, heat semi-sweet chocolate with remaining ¼ cream, whisking gently, until mixture is smooth.
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Spread over top of cheesecake and scatter with remaining 2 cups Cocoa Puffs® cereal. Continue to chill until firm, about 3 more hours.©2013 and ®/™ of General Mills
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In4 hrs
Servings8
Health Score21
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