Turtle Cheesecake is a dessert with an Oreo cookie and toasted pecans crust, filled with a chocolate-swirled cheesecake filling and topped with caramel, hot fudge, and more pecans.Try my Turtle Cheesecake Bars for the same great flavors in a dessert bar.Turtle Cheesecake The combination of chocolate, caramel, and pecans means it’s a turtle dessert.

I love the flavor combinations, and besides the cheesecake, I have used them in my Turtle Thumbprint Cookies and Texas Turtle Sheet Cake.In this turtle dessert, you will get the crunch of toasted pecans in both the crust and topping.The chocolate is in the Oreo cookie crust, melted chocolate chips, and hot fudge, with the caramel drizzled over top.

Turtle Cheesecake Ingredients There are three parts to this turtle cheesecake dessert–the crust and crust topping, cheesecake filling, and the toppings.Crust: I used Oreo cookies for the crust.You could get by with a store-bought Oreo cookie crust if you don’t want to crush the cookies yourself.

Pecans: Before adding the pecans to the top of the crust and as a topping, I toasted them on the stovetop for extra crunch and flavor.Room Temperature Ingredients: It’s important to use room temperature ingredients.Make sure the cream cheese, sour cream, and eggs are all at room temperature before combining them for the cheesecake filling.

Superfine Sugar: Also known as caster sugar, the superfine crystals make a difference in this recipe.If you don’t have caster

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