It’s that time of year again, Thanksgiving in Canada. I traditionally bake apple and pumpkin pies but since my son’s birthday falls around the Thanksgiving period, I thought I’d try baking something different for him to celebrate his birthday. I asked him what was his favourite chocolate and quickly he replied “Ferrero Rocher”. So I did a little web searching for great recipe containing Ferrero Rocher Chocolate and came across this very easy recipe for a Cheesecake and the extra bonus of this recipe was that it didn’t require any baking.
The Cheesecake was amazing the Ferrero Rocher chocolate just made it even more scrumptious. Go ahead, try it out. I’m sure it will be a smash hit.
Ingredients (Crust):
2 cups crushed Oreo
3 tbsp unsalted butter (melted)
Ingredients (Cheesecake):
3 packs cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup powdered sugar
3 cups thickened cream or whipped cream, chilled (I used Cool Whip)
4 tsp unflavoured gelatine
½ cup hot water
6 pcs Ferrero Rocher, roughly chopped
Ingredients (Topping):
4 heaping tbsp Nutella
2-3 tbsp milk
3 tbsp confectioners (icing) sugar
8 pcs Ferrero Rocher
Chocolate shavings
Direction (Crust):
1. Combine all ingredients and make sure it’s mixed well and butter is evenly spread throughout the crushed Oreo. Press it in a 9” spring form pie pan.
2. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 10-15 mins (this makes the crust more firm, but you can omit this process if you wanted to).
3. Chill in fridge for around 20 minutes.
(Cheesecake):
1. Place softened cream cheese and sugar in a bowl together; using an electric mixer beat the cheese until thoroughly mixed and creamy.
2. Dissolve gelatine in hot water then let it cool for a while. Once cooled down add into cream mixture, continue to beat until mixture becomes fluffy.
3. Now add thickened whipping cream and chopped Ferrero Rocher then fold until it’s evenly mixed.
4. Pour over the prepared crust.
5. Top it with the Ferrero Rocher (8 pcs) and chocolate shavings. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours before serving.
6. Before serving drizzle melted Nutella on top then serve. I drizzled Nutella way before serving, chills well.
Direction (Topping):
1. Place Nutella, confectioners (icing) sugar and milk in a double boiler, stir until sauce becomes runny. Add more milk if required. Drizzle over Cheesecake.
