INGREDIENTS
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1 Chocolate Cake Mix any brand....baked in 2 9inch round cake pans per package directions.
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Crustless Cheesecake portion:
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30 mini peanut butter cups, CUT IN FOURTHS
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2 sticks softened butter
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1 cup granulated sugar
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4- 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
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1- 3 oz. package cook and serve vanilla pudding
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4 eggs
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2 tsp baking powder
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease two 9? pans with shortening, line the pans with
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parchment and then grease the parchment. Lightly flour the pans and tap out excess over the sink.
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Cream butter and sugar. Add cream cheese until smooth. Add remaining ingredients except peanut butter cups. Mix again until smooth. Fold in peanut butter cups. Divide batter evenly between 2 pans. Bake 55- 1 hour. Once out of the oven, place immediat
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Reline the pan they were in with enough parchment to hang over the sides of the pan.
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Place the cheesecakes back in the pans and return to freezer.
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Make the caramel
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TWO -14 ounce cans of Eagle sweetened condensed milk
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10 T. butter
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80 KRAFT caramels
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Make the caramel in 2 batches dividing above ingredients. Put 1 can sweetened condensed milk, 5 tbsp. butter and 40 caramels in a bowl. Microwave about 3 mins. until smooth-stir as you go.
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Pour caramel evenly over center of frozen cheesecakes. Return cheesecake layers to freezer.
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Layer cakes: chocolate, cheesecake and repeat
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Frosting Recipe
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1 2/3 cup Nestle chocolate chips
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1 1/2 cups heavy cream
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1/2 T. light Karo corn syrup
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Put chocolate chips in a bowl. Heat cream in microwave. Pour hot cream over chips and stir. Remove 2/3 cup chocolate mixture into a bowl and add corn syrup to it. Pour this over top of cake for a shiny look. Return cake to freezer.
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Pour rest of the ganache into the mixer bowl and whip on high for about 8 mins. until fluffy!! Frost sides of cake with this!
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Peanut Butter decorations:
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2/3 c. Skippy peanut butter-creamy!
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8 T. soft butter
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1 c. powdered sugar
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Beat pb and butter and slowly add sugar. Beat till smooth. Pipe onto cake using pastry bag or ziploc bag with cut corner. Stick mini Peanut Butter up into decoration.