Mars Bar Cheesecake

A Mars Bar Cheesecake is not for the faint-hearted.  It is rich.  It is sweet.  It is even better the next day.  It is everything your body doesnt need, but we all deserve a treat every now and then, so spoil youself!  This recipe comes from a great cookbook published by the Australian Women's Weekly called Food We Love:

INGREDIENTS:

250g plain chocolate biscuits

150g butter, melted

2 tbsp brown sugar

20g butter, extra

300ml thickened cream

50g milk chocolate, chopped finely

3 tsp gelatine

60ml water

500g cream cheese

110g caster sugar

3x60g Mars bars, chopped

METHOD:

Crush the biscuits and mix with the melted butter. Press the mixture evenly over base and side of a 20cm springform tin. Cover and refrigerate for about 30min. 

 Combine brown sugar, extra butter and 2 tbsp of the cream in a small pan, stir over a low heat until the sugar dissolves to make butterscotch sauce. 

 Melt chocolate and another 2 tbsp of the cream in another small pan over a low heat or in a dish in the microwave.

Sprinkle gelatine over the water in a small heatproof jug; stand jug in small saucepan of simmering water. Stir until gelatine dissolves; cool 5 min.

Beat cheese and caster sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Beat remaining cream in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form. Stir slightly warm gelatine mixture into cheese mixture with mars bars; fold in cream.

Pour half of the cheese mixture into prepared tin; drizzle half of the butterscotch and chocolate sauces over cheese mixture. Use skewer to create marbled effect. Repeat process with the remaining cheese mixture and sauces. Cover and put in fridge for at least 3 hrs.