Snickers Cheesecake Pie

Yay for birthdays on the weekend! They give you more time to make delicious food that you have every reason to eat! 😉 That and the fact that we ran a 20k this weekend, we figured we had a few extra calories that needed to be made up. So, when my husband asked me to make some sort of Snickers cheesecake for his birthday, I was only more than happy to oblige!

While the occasional indulging is fine, I still wanted to make it as healthy as possible and opted for making a no-bake cheesecake that incorporated Snickers and peanut butter (his favorite food!). I love doing no-bake desserts because they are usually super easy to throw together, and they don’t require heating up the house, which when it’s in the upper 80’s is always a good thing! 🙂 I used the same crust that I used for the No-Bake Mocha Cheesecake Bars and added a caramel drizzle to the top for more of the Snickers taste.

Using lighter options of the ingredients helped to pair down the calories and in no time we had a great dessert sitting in front of us!

Lots of peanut butter and Snickers goodness right there!! What are some of your favorite birthday desserts??

Snickers Cheesecake Pie
Yield: 8-10 pieces

Ingredients

• For the Crust
• 1 package of chocolate graham crackers (or about 7 whole crackers)
• 4 tbsp reduced-fat butter spread, melted
• 4 tbsp fat-free fudge topping
• 3 tbsp sugar-free caramel, for drizzle
• For the Filling
• 12 oz. 1/3 of the fat neufchatel cheese
• 1 C powdered sugar
• 1/2 C no-stir natural creamy peanut butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 full-size Snickers bars, chopped
• 1 8oz container reduced-fat or fat-free Cool Whip
• sugar-free caramel for topping, optional
• 1/2 full-size Snickers bar, chopped for topping, optional