Step-by-step method

At a glance

This spooky Halloween cheesecake starts with a chocolate cookie crust that gets a quick pre-bake, then you'll whip together a smooth cream cheese filling and pour it over for a long, slow bake that's surprisingly hands-off. The trickiest part is resisting the urge to open the oven door—and the best part is letting it cool overnight so the flavors set perfectly before you top it with a blood-red strawberry glaze and creepy worm decorations.

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Make the crust

Crush the cookies with a rolling pin or in a food processor and tip them into a bowl. Add the sugar, cocoa and melted butter, then mix well.

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140 gram
Plain Biscuits

30 gram
Granulated Sugar

10 gram
Cocoa

70 gram
Unsalted Butter
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Press into the pan

Line the base of the pan with baking paper and close the springform ring around it. Fill with the cookie mixture and press down firmly – a glass with a flat bottom works well for this. Press a low rim up the sides. Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C for about 15 minutes (160°C fan).
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Whip the cream cheese with sugar

Whisk the Philadelphia cream cheese first to loosen and lighten it, then mix in the sugar and whisk again.

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600 gram
Cream Cheese Spread

150 gram
Granulated Sugar

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Add the rest and whisk together

Add the eggs and whisk in. Pour in the cream and whisk, then add the vanilla essence and the melted baking chocolate (mixed with butter and sugar), and give it one final whisk.

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3 gram
Chicken Eggs

100 milliliter
Whipping Cream 33%

5 gram
Vanilla Extract

60 gram
70% Dark Chocolate

10 gram
Unsalted Butter

10 gram
Granulated Sugar
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Bake

Pour the mixture over the pre-baked crust and smooth the top. Bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at 175°C, then lower the temperature and continue baking at 140°C for another hour. In a fan oven, bake at 160°C for 15 minutes, then at 130°C for 1 hour.
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Let it cool

As soon as you take the cheesecake out of the oven, run a knife around the edge. Let it cool completely and set well, ideally overnight.
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Blood glaze and decoration

Simmer the strawberries with sugar, then blend with a hand blender. Simply pour the glaze over the cake and finish with worm decorations.

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100 gram
Strawberries

20 gram
Vanilla Sugar

100 gram
Jelly

Halloween Cheesecake

Name: Spooky Halloween Cheesecake
Prep time: 23 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 608 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 80 gram Unsalted Butter; 100 gram Strawberries; 600 gram Cream Cheese Spread; 100 gram Jelly; 100 milliliter Whipping Cream 33%; 60 gram 70% Dark Chocolate; 140 gram Plain Biscuits; 190 gram Granulated Sugar; 10 gram Cocoa; 3 gram Chicken Eggs; 20 gram Vanilla Sugar; 5 gram Vanilla Extract

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Prep 23 min Cook 1 h 45 min

Plus overnight of resting (not counted in active time)

12 Ingredients

7 Steps

Medium Difficulty

What's in it?

439 kcal

Calories

32 g

Carbohydrates

35 g

Fats

8 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

It's Halloween today. Some people celebrate it, others don't. But in our house, we definitely never miss out. And what would Halloween be without good food? Get a 24 cm springform pan ready.

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Step-by-step method

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Make the crust

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Press into the pan

Whip the cream cheese with sugar

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Add the rest and whisk together

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Bake

Let it cool

Blood glaze and decoration

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Halloween Cheesecake

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