my kitchen world tour: Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares

The classic combination of creme de cacao as well as creme de menthe alongside cream {a.k.a. a Grasshopper cocktail} is turned into a beautifully layered cheesecake process inward these delectably delicious Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares.
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The classic combination of creme de cacao as well as creme de menthe alongside cream Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares

I of late discovered grasshoppers. The minty-chocolatey imbibe sort of grasshoppers ... non the piddling greenish things that hop some your yard.

I wishing I'd known well-nigh the imbibe sort of grasshoppers much sooner.
Why had I non discovered the delicious combination of creme de menthe as well as creme de cacao before? Why did it receive got a friend of mine maxim "Oh, I made the most fabulous grasshopper cheesecake this past times weekend," for me to clue inward to how absolutely tasty these ii liquors are together?

Goodness exclusively knows!

But I'm therefore glad I receive got been enlightened.

When my reply to my friend was, "You made what kind of cheesecake?" ... {envisioning some sort of chocolate-covered yard-hoppy icky-ness} ... my eyes were opened to the spirited imbibe concoction know equally the Grasshopper.

Naturally, non exclusively did I require to elbow grease this drink, I needed to elbow grease my friend's cheesecake, too.

Except I decided to plough her grasshopper cheesecake into these extra-gorgeous, beautifully-layered Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares.

I went for the squares consider because I consider Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares would live easier to serve as well as swallow at a political party than a regular cheesecake. And I was making these for a green-themed St. Patrick's Day get-together. They were a huge hit, past times the way!

Isn't it pretty how the two-toned cheesecake layers await together? Especially the means they're contrasted alongside the black brownish chocolate cookie crumb crust ...

... as well as chocolate drizzle topping.

So if you're a fan of the Grasshopper ... the minty-chocolatey spirited imbibe sort ... as well as then give these Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares a whirl. They're an amazing means to taste the flavors of the classic cocktail inward a beautiful sweetness treat!

Or, hey, ... larn ahead as well as taste these squares with a classic Grasshopper cocktail. I won't judge. I promise.

Thank y'all for stopping past times . We'd dearest to receive got y'all dorsum soon!

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Yield: 9 squares

Author: Tracey |

Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares

prep time: xx Mcook time: fifty Mtotal time: seventy M

ingredients:

1 1/2 c. chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
1/4 c. butter, melted
3 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/4 c. granulated sugar
3 eggs, at room temperature
4 T. white creme de cacao
1/4 c. + 2 T. greenish creme de menthe
2 drops greenish nutrient coloring (optional)
2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate squares (baking chocolate)

instructions:

How to laid upwards Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares

Combine chocolate cookie crumbs as well as melted butter, mixing well. Press into the bottom of a nine x 9" baking dish coated alongside nonstick cooking spray; laid aside.
Beat cream cheese at medium speed alongside an electrical mixer until calorie-free as well as fluffy, well-nigh 1 minute. Gradually add together sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating afterwards each addition. Stir inward creme de cacoa.
Scoop out 2 as well as a 1/2 cups of the cheesecake batter as well as pour it over the cookie crumb crust, spreading evenly alongside a spatula.
Stir creme de menthe into remaining cheesecake batter. Using a spoon or small-scale mensuration loving cup to move alongside small-scale amounts of batter at a time, gently pour the greenish cheesecake batter on overstep of the white cheesecake batter inward the baking dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 - 55 minutes. Cool to room temperature as well as and then chill over night.
Cut cheesecake into small-scale bars.
Place semi-sweet chocolate inward a zip-top plastic bag; seal. Submerge inward hot H2O until the chocolate melts, kneading until smoothen (or, microwave inward xx 2nd intervals until melted, kneading afterwards each interval). Snip a really tiny hole inward 1 corner of the handbag as well as drizzle the chocolate over the bars.
Store covered inward the refrigerator.

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