A Weekend Dessert:: S'mores Cheesecake

So... Handsome wants to be sorta healthy.  And there's a part of my that agrees with him.  However, the winingest part me wants to exercise my butt off so that I can eat whatever I want.  

I haven't been exercising my butt off.  AIMM, remember?  But I may or may not still be eating whatever I want... yes, most definitely.  And what I want to eat is this delicious cheesecake.  S'mores cheesecake.  Trust me.  You want to eat this, too.

I used this recipe for the filling, which is fantastic because its no-bake!  You do need about 3 hours for it to chill, and if you (hypothetically) start making your cheesecake only 1 1/2 hours before you need to have it somewhere, and you (hypothetically) stick it in your freeze to try and slow time down, you (hypothetically) might end up with a softer-than-its-supposed-to-be cake.  Hypothetically.

For the crust, I used this fabulous brown sugar-sugar cookie recipe (leaving out the eggs).  Yes, it makes it even better, but it's also extremely helpful if your springform pan leaks.  Put a nice crust down, and bake it for as long as you think it needs to be baked.  Mine still looked super soft and a little under cooked, but since there's no eggs, under cooked is not a big deal.  In fact, under cooked translates to "nice & chewy" when cooled.  Do it.

After you bake the crust, pour some chocolate on that baby!
Every good s'more has a good chocolate base.

After you've cooled the cake (do cool it, don't be like me), throw a little more chocolate on top.  If you're feeling frisky, toast some marshmallows and throw those on top, too.  It doesn't taste exactly like a s'more, but its nice and fluffy and delicious-o!  Oh, and the only reason I got the chance to make this?  Because my little bambina was jumping her pretty (not so) little legs off in her Merry Muscles exerciser!

This girl LOVES to jump.
Loves it.
Sort of like the way I love this cheesecake.

<3 M.