Candy Cane Swirl Cheesecake

by Feels Like Home Blog™ on December 13, 2009

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I am a chocolate fiend. Most of the time, I can resist the temptation, but Easter and Christmas candy are more tempting than the rest.

I bought some Christmas candy last week. Joe ate it all.

{cough, cough}

That was me choking on my lie.

I didn’t feel all that guilty about buying the candy though, because I bought Hershey’s kisses. Every Hershey’s purchase contributes to the Milton Hershey School where I was a student teacher.

If you don’t know about the Milton Hershey School, you should check out the Hershey Legacy website. The Milton Hershey School gives kids a chance to break the cycle of poverty by providing them with an excellent education. It is an amazing opportunity, and I loved the kids I worked with there.

I bought Hershey’s kisses, so it was really more of a charitable contribution than a highly caloric indulgence for myself, right?

Allow me to believe my rationalization, okay?

Anyway, I got Candy Cane Kisses and Cherry Cordial Kisses, and both of them had amazing-looking cheesecake recipes on the back.

Cheesecake is Joe’s favorite, so I’m going to pick up another bag of Candy Cane kisses to make the Candy Cane Swirl Cheesecake for his birthday next week.

candy candy swirl cheesecake

Candy Cane Swirl Cheesecake
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Ingredients
    Cookie Crumb Crust

  • 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 45 cookies) – This is a great place to get kids involved. Put the cookies into a large zip top bag and let the whack it or smoosh it or roll over it with a rolling pin. They’ll love it.
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • Candy Swirl Cheesecake Filling

  • 3 packages (8 ounces each) of cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 42 Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses (that’s a whole 8 ounce bag, give or take a couple of Kisses)
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • Sweetened whipped cream
Instructions
    Cookie Crumb Crust

  1. Heat oven to 350.
  2. Stir together cookie crumbs and sugar. Blend in melted butter.
  3. Press crust mixture into bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
  4. Bake 8 minutes; cool.
  5. Candy Swirl Cheesecake

  6. It’s important that you don’t overbeat the cheesecake batter. If you do, it will raise too much in the oven and then become totally hideous when it falls. It will still taste good, certainly, but it will be much less impressive to serve.
  7. Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, completely incorporating each before adding another.
  8. Set aside 1/4 cup butter; pour remaining batter into crust.
  9. Unwrap Kisses. Place 30 candies and milk in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 50% power for one minute, stir. If necessary, microwave in 15 second increments at 50% power until candies are melted and mixture is well blended when stirred.
  10. Gradually blend reserved cheesecake batter with melted candies. Drop mixture by tablespoonfuls on top of plain cheesecake batter in crust. Gently swirl with knife for a marbled effect.
  11. Bake 45 to 50 minutes until center is almost set. Remove from oven to wire rack. Separate pan from edges using a scraper or knife, but allow cheesecake to rest in pan until completely cool.
  12. When cheesecake is cool, remove sides of pan. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled.
  13. Garnish with whipped cream and remaining Kisses.
  14. Refrigerate leftovers.

Photo courtesy of Hershey’s

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Heather December 13, 2009 at 6:13 pm

I love those candy cane swirl kisses! Now I'm going to have to come up with an excuse to make this. I had already planned on making red velvet cake balls for Christmas Day. :-)

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food76 December 13, 2009 at 7:53 pm

ohhh can you share the red velvet cake ball recipe.

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a49erfangirl December 13, 2009 at 8:56 pm

This sounds really good! I love cheese cake.

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Blessedwithgrace December 14, 2009 at 11:59 am

Oh how wonderful!!! Tara, I discovered these Candy Cane kisses last week. I am IN LOVE!!! I was so busy tearing open the bag, I am ashamed to say, I never saw the recipe. LOL!!!!! This cheesecake looks awesome!! Wishing for a piece of it, right now. Oh well, I will just have to be satisfied with a Candy Cane Kiss instead.

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FeelsLikeHomeBlog December 14, 2009 at 12:15 pm

Definitely! I'll be right over. :)

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Jenna @ Newlyweds December 14, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Oh girl wow, this looks amazing!!!

Just wanted to let you know I am hosting a Holiday Treats week this week and will be posting a new recipe everyday, hope you stop by to check it out and maybe link up some of your holiday treats like this!

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Danielle December 15, 2009 at 7:40 am

Wow, this looks amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. It will definitely be gracing my dessert table with it's presence at Christmas.

Feel free to visit me at http://www.thedanidaily.blogspot.com

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shopannies December 15, 2009 at 6:28 pm

this sounds so delicous and if i find the time I will definetly make for my son in law

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SnoWhite December 16, 2009 at 4:57 am

wow… that looks wonderful.

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kayellen December 18, 2009 at 10:05 pm

OHHH~~~~ my~~~~ calorie free~~~ right? lol
Looks like a yummy treat :)

Merry Christmas and I will write down this great recipe down~~~
Merci!

Smiles,
Kay Ellen

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kayellen December 19, 2009 at 6:05 am

OHHH~~~~ my~~~~ calorie free~~~ right? lol
Looks like a yummy treat :)

Merry Christmas and I will write down this great recipe ~~~
Merci!

Smiles,
Kay Ellen

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Tiffany Eat at Home November 27, 2010 at 12:34 pm

That’s so pretty for the holidays! I’ve never made a cheesecake before, but I need to give it a try.

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Jenny November 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm

I am not a huge cheesecake fan, but this looks delish. I might add this to our holiday menu. Thanks for sharing.

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sedwig sarah November 21, 2011 at 6:01 pm

thnks 4 replying on my b-day and delishiososo

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