Description
This no-bake cheesecake is a fun dessert everyone will love. Its main ingredient is the beloved Mazapan. Mexico’s favorite peanut candy.
Ingredients
40 Maria cookies, finely crushed
½ cup butter, melted
2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup milk
½ cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup granulated sugar
10 mazapanes, divided
2 (.25 ounce each) gelatin envelopes, dissolved in ¼ cup hot water
Instructions
Spray a 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
Stir together crushed cookies, butter and peanut butter in a large bowl. Mixture should resemble wet sand. Place cookie crumb mixture in springform pan and press, covering bottom of mold and a ½-inch way up. Refrigerate while filling is prepared.
Combine cream cheese, milk, heavy cream, vanilla sugar and 8 mazapanes in a large bowl. Mix on low speed for 5-8 minutes or until all ingredients have mixed well and there are no visible clumps. Add gelatin and mix for another 5 minutes.
Pour mixture in prepared spring form pan. Refrigerate for 4 hours to overnight or until cheesecake is firm enough to slice.
Crumble remaining mazapanes and sprinkle over cheesecake. Run a knife around edge of cheesecake and unmold. Slice and serve.