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Mint Oreo Cheesecake | Life, Love and Sugar

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This Mint Oreo Cheesecake has a mint Oreo crust with a creamy, minty cheesecake filling loaded with mint Oreos and chocolate sauce. The entire thing is topped with wealthy chocolate ganache and chocolate whipped cream. It’s a mint-chocolate lover’s dream.

A slice of mint Oreo cheesecake.

Decadent Mint Oreo Cheesecake Recipe

Cheesecake has at all times been a favourite of mine. I like the thick and creamy texture of it. And making numerous flavors of cheesecake can be a favourite. This mint chocolate model is such a beautiful solution to take pleasure in these flavors. You’ve obtained the crunchy chocolate Oreo crust, the wealthy, creamy mint cheesecake filling layered with mint Oreos and gooey chocolate sauce, after which lastly the chocolate ganache and chocolate whipped cream. Each chunk is filled with taste and texture and must be savored.

And mint and chocolate are simply probably the most basic taste combos. You will discover it in lots of varieties on my website from recipes like my Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes and Mint Chocolate Layer Cake, to my Mint Oreo Icebox Cake. I also have a mini model of this cheesecake with these Mini Mint Oreo Cheesecakes. Each one is great and value your consideration, however this Mint Oreo Cheesecake is the star at this time.

Mint Oreo cheesecake with a slice taken out of it.

Why You’ll Love This Oreo Mint Cheesecake

Nonetheless want a bit convincing? Listed below are a number of the causes I like this recipe, and I do know you’ll adore it too.

  • Texture. I like the way in which the chocolate sauce mingles with the mint Oreos between layers of cheesecake filling. It makes them splendidly tender and gooey whereas nonetheless sustaining a few of their crunch. Mixed with the thick, creamy cheesecake filling, the feel of this dessert is unbeatable.
  • Chocolate-mint combo. Ahh the universally beloved basic taste combo. This cheesecake captures it superbly. I made positive to include a number of minty taste into the filling itself and to layer it not solely with minty, chocolaty Oreo cookies but additionally with wealthy chocolate sauce and chocolate ganache. Delish!
  • Not too minty. The cheesecake filling accommodates a mixture of mint extract and vanilla extract. The mint shines by way of loud and clear however the vanilla helps to chop down the virtually toothpaste-like style that you simply usually discover in mint-flavored desserts.

What You’ll Want

Right here’s what you’ll must make this stunning and scrumptious Oreo mint cheesecake. Don’t overlook to scroll to the recipe card under for precise measurements.

Ingredients for mint Oreo cheesecake.

Oreo Crust

  • Mint Oreo crumbs – I used Mint Oreos to hold the mint taste during, however be happy to swap them out for normal Oreos.
  • Butter – You should use unsalted or salted butter. I used unsalted.

Mint Oreo Filling

  • Cream cheese – The cream cheese must be at room temperature. Chilly cream cheese won’t combine easily and simply with the opposite components. Additionally remember to use brick-style cream cheese that’s full fats. Tub-style cream cheese and diminished fats cream cheese aren’t as thick.
  • Sugar – For some sweetness.
  • All-purpose flour – The starch prevents the egg proteins from over-coagulating, giving a creamier texture and serving to forestall any cracks. Should you’re in search of a gluten free possibility, gluten free all-purpose flour or cornstarch will work, simply use half the quantity if utilizing cornstarch.
  • Bitter cream – It’s finest if the bitter cream is at room temperature. It would combine extra easily and simply with the opposite components, serving to forestall over-mixing. Should you want an alternate, heavy cream would additionally work, you simply might have a couple of minutes extra bake time.
  • Extracts – Mint and vanilla extract are wanted right here. The vanilla helps soften the mint a bit, in order that it doesn’t style too toothpaste-like.
  • Eggs – Ensure that the eggs are at room temperature. If they’re too chilly, they gained’t combine simply with the opposite components. They need to be massive in dimension, not medium or further massive.
  • Chopped Mint Oreos – For extra taste and a little bit of texture.
  • Chocolate sauce – The chocolate sauce is elective however I’m an enormous fan. It doesn’t get agency, so it’s type of oozy and yummy and it softens the Oreos within the middle of the filling simply the correct amount whereas nonetheless permitting them to take care of their crunch. I used Smucker’s Chocolate Sundae Syrup.
  • Inexperienced gel icing coloration – That is elective nevertheless it actually provides to the visible attraction of the dessert.

Chocolate Ganache Topping

  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips – Darkish chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips would additionally work right here, however remember that darkish chocolate chips will likely be a contact thicker and milk chocolate will likely be a contact thinner.
  • Heavy whipping cream – To skinny out the chocolate and create the spreadable ganache consistency.

Chocolate whipped cream

  • Heavy whipping cream – Ensure your heavy whipping cream is good and chilly. In any other case, it gained’t whip up and maintain quantity correctly.
  • Powdered sugar – The powdered sugar sweetens the whipped cream a bit, however extra importantly, it stabilizes it so that it’s going to by no means wilt.
  • Pure unsweetened cocoa powder – For taste.
  • Vanilla extract – To assist soften the cocoa a bit.
  • Mint Oreos – For adorning.

Make Mint Oreo Cheesecake

Right here’s a common overview of make this minty chocolaty dessert. Remember to scroll to the recipe card under for extra detailed directions.

Make the Crust

  • Prep. Preheat oven to 325°F, line the underside of a 9-inch (23cm) springform pan with parchment paper, and grease the edges.
  • Type the crust. Mix the crust components and press the combination into the underside and up the edges of the pan.
  • Bake. Bake for 10 minutes.
  • Waterproof your springform pan. Wrap the outsides of the pan with aluminum foil.
Mixing together butter and mint Oreo crumbs to make mint Oreo crust.
Mint Oreo crust in a springform pan.

Make the Filling & Assemble Cheesecake

  • Prep. Scale back oven temperature to 300°F.
  • Make the cheesecake filling. Beat collectively the cream cheese, sugar and flour on low velocity till easy. Combine within the bitter cream, mint extract and vanilla extract.
  • Add the eggs. Combine within the eggs, one after the other adopted by the inexperienced gel icing.
Beating together cream cheese, sugar, and flour for cheesecake.
Mixing sour cream and extracts into mint cheesecake filling.
Mixing the eggs and the green gel icing into mint cheesecake batter.
  • Layer. Pour a 3rd of the cheesecake filling into the crust, high with the chopped Oreos, and drizzle with chocolate sauce. Add the remaining cheesecake filling and unfold evenly.
  • Bake. Place the springform pan in a water bathtub and bake for 1 hour 10-20 minutes.
Layering mint Oreo crumbs and chocolate sauce over mint cheesecake filling.
Pouring the remaining mint cheesecake filling over the mint Oreo-chocolate sauce layer to make mint Oreo cheesecake.
Mint Oreo cheesecake baked in a springform pan.
  • Cool slowly. Flip off the oven and permit the cheesecake to chill within the closed oven for half-hour. Crack the door and go away the cheesecake inside for an extra half-hour.
  • Chill. Take away the cheesecake from the oven and water bathtub wrapping and refrigerate for 5-6 hours.
  • Put together to brighten. Take away from the springform pan and place on a serving platter.

Add the Topping and End Cheesecake

Whisking chocolate ganache in a mixing bowl.
Chocolate ganache spread over mint Oreo cheesecake.
  • Make the chocolate ganache. Microwave the heavy cream till it simply begins to boil, pour it over the chocolate chips, enable the combination to sit down for 2-3 minutes, then whisk till easy.
  • Unfold. Permit the ganache to chill for five minutes, then unfold it excessive of the cheesecake.
  • Make the whipped cream. Whip heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla extract collectively on excessive velocity till stiff peaks kind.
  • Adorn. Pipe the swirls of whipped cream onto the highest outer fringe of the cake and place Oreo halves between every swirl.
  • Chill. Return the cheesecake to the fridge till you’re able to serve.
Overhead image of mint Oreo cheesecake.

Ideas for the Finest Cheesecake

I wish to enable you make the very best cheesecake doable. Take note of the following pointers and ticks and also you’ll be in your method. Need extra? Take a look at my submit on Make a Good Cheesecake: 10 Ideas and Tips.

  • Room temperature components. Chilly cream cheese, bitter cream, and/or eggs won’t incorporate as simply with the opposite components, which may result in undesirable over-mixing.
  • Don’t over-mix. Over-mixing cheesecake batter or mixing at too excessive a velocity can incorporate extra air into the cheesecake which may trigger air bubbles and, thus, a cracked cheesecake.
  • Scrape down the edges of the bowl. Whereas including and mixing components into the cheesecake batter, it’s a good suggestion to scrape down the edges of the bowl intermittently to make sure all the components make it into the filling and also you don’t find yourself with lumps of components that weren’t totally combined..
  • Sub-surface Oreos. The Oreos generally tend to drift to the floor of the cheesecake, particularly should you jostle it an excessive amount of. Floor Oreos will trigger cracks within the completed product, so use a toothpick to poke them again down.
  • Knock out the air bubbles. The Oreos in the midst of this cheesecake will seemingly create air pockets within the batter, which may trigger cracks within the cheesecake. I counsel dropping the crammed pan on the counter just a few instances to knock out a number of the air bubbles earlier than baking.
  • Use a water bathtub. I do know they could be a ache however they actually aren’t that unhealthy and they’ll assist maintain your cheesecake from falling within the middle and growing cracks on the floor. Remember to try my submit on bake a cheesecake in a water bathtub earlier than getting began. There are methods to make it a very simple course of.
  • Don’t over-bake. There’ll nonetheless be a couple of 3-inch ring within the middle of the cheesecake that appears jiggly and undercooked on the finish of the baking time. That’s completely high-quality. Don’t bake it previous this level. It would proceed to prepare dinner a bit and agency up because it cools.
  • Cool slowly. Permit the cheesecake to chill within the closed oven (after you’ve turned it off) for half-hour earlier than cracking the door and permitting it to chill for an extra half-hour. The cheesecake will proceed to prepare dinner and agency up throughout this course of and the gradual cooling will assist forestall cracks.
  • Chilly heavy cream. The heavy cream used within the chocolate whipped cream should be chilly. It won’t maintain quantity correctly if it’s not correctly chilled.
A slice of mint Oreo cheesecake with a bite taken out of it.

How Do You Know When Your Cheesecake Is Achieved Baking?

Nice query! I encourage you to take a look at my submit on How To Inform When Your Cheesecake Is Achieved however let’s undergo the fundamentals right here. When the baking time is up, give it a fast jiggle. The outer 2-3 inches ought to seem agency and set whereas the middle ought to jiggle a bit. Not slosh. Jiggle. As soon as the cheesecake reaches this level, enable it to undergo the gradual cooling course of (half-hour within the closed oven, half-hour within the cracked oven) earlier than chilling it within the fridge.

You may also use an instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle of the filling. As soon as it reads 150 levels F, you may start the gradual cooling course of. I don’t love this technique as a result of it’s important to poke a gap in your cheesecake.

A slice of mint Oreo cheesecake on a plate.

Retailer

  • Fridge. Seal the dessert in an hermetic cake provider or wrap it in a double layer of plastic wrap. I counsel utilizing toothpicks to prop the plastic away from the beautiful whipped cream swirls. Should you already sliced the cake, prepare the slices in a single layer in an hermetic container. Retailer the cheesecake within the fridge for as much as 5 days.
  • Freezer. Pop the cheesecake within the freezer for a few hours to agency up earlier than wrapping it in a layer of plastic wrap and a layer of foil. You would additionally prepare slices in a single layer in an hermetic container. You may retailer Oreo mint cheesecake within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Permit it to thaw within the fridge earlier than serving.

For a extra in-depth take a look at the very best practices for storing cheesecakes, try my submit on How To Retailer Cheesecake.

Extra Oreo Cheesecake Recipes

Oreos and cheesecake? Two of my favourite issues! Good factor there are about one million methods you may mix the 2 to make an excellent dessert. Listed below are a few of my favorites.

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A slice of mint Oreo cheesecake.