Dairy-Free Frat Party Cheezecake
 
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Serves: 1 cheezecake
Ingredients
Potato Chip Crust
  • 1 10-ounce bag regular salted potato chips (not Kettle Cooked - Talia uses Whole Foods Brand rippled sea salt potato chips), reserve a few chips for garnish
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour or gluten-free all-purpose flour blend
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 5 tablespoons dairy-free buttery spread, melted
Dairy-Free Cheezecake Filling
  • 2 6-ounce containers dairy-free Greek-style yogurt
  • 1 8-ounce container dairy-free cream cheese alternative (Talia uses non-hydrogenated Tofutti)
  • 2 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
  • ¾ cup beer (Talia uses Bard’s gluten free)
  • 1 cup dairy-free chocolate chips, melted (plus extra for garnish)
  • ½ cup + 2 tablespoons agave nectar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon instant coffee
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
Peanut Butter Ganache
  • ⅓ cup creamy natural peanut butter
  • 6 tablespoons plain dairy-free creamer
  • 5 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Gluten-Free Potato Chip Crust
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare a 9” springform pan for a water bath by covering the outside of the pan with foil, up and around the sides (but not into the inside of the pan), to ensure no water will leak into the dairy-free cheezecake. Line the bottom of the springform pan with parchment paper. Lightly grease the sides of the pan.
  2. Crush chips in a food processor or grinder until it turns into fine crumbs.
  3. Combine chip crumbs, flour, salt, and melted margarine in a bowl and mix very well. Press mixture into the bottom of your springform pan.
  4. Bake crust for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. While the crust is baking, prepare your filling.
Dairy-Free Cheezecake Filling
  1. Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
  2. Pour onto prepared crust.
  3. Place springform pan in a larger baking dish (like a roasting pan), and fill the large pan up with water, about halfway up the springform pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. A toothpick will not come out completely clean, but the cheezecake will continue to set as it cools.
  4. Once the dairy-free cheezecake filling has cooled, prepare the peanut butter ganache.
Peanut Butter Ganache
  1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl, and stir until smooth.
  2. Pour ganache over cheezecake, and spread with a spoon to the edges of the cake.
  3. Refrigerate the cheezecake overnight.
  4. When ready to serve, remove dairy-free cheezecake from springform pan, and top with crumbled reserved potato chips and dairy-free chocolate chips.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/frat-party-dairy-free-cheezecake