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March 10, 2016

Chocolate Stout Cheesecake

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Drink your beer and eat it too! Pour yourself a pint of Guinness and grab a slice of this sweet and salty Chocolate Stout Cheesecake with a crushed pretzel crust.


Chocolate Stout Cheesecake with pretzel crust

With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, it’s time to break out the Guinness.

Guinness is often associated with Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day because it’s made in Dublin, although you certainly don’t need to wait for March every year to enjoy a pint.

In addition to drinking it, I love baking with beer, especially chocolate and stout beer< together because the stout enhances the chocolate taste, giving it an extra boost of flavor. Case in point - last year I made Chocolate Guinness Brownies, which I still can’t stop thinking about because the flavors really harmonized in one blissful bite without one flavor overpowering the other.

That’s the problem I often have when baking with beer – the beer flavor often gets lost after it bakes off.

Fortunately that’s not the case with this Chocolate Stout Cheesecake. You still have that fudgy, creamy texture of chocolate cheesecake with the added flavor of stout beer.

Its crushed pretzel crust balances out the sweet with salty.

The Guinness cheesecake is then topped with a generous helping of not-too-sweet homemade whipped cream.

Pour yourself a pint of beer (or a cup of coffee), grab a slice, and dig in.


Chocolate Stout Cheesecake with pretzel crust

I got the brilliant idea to make the pretzel crust at the last minute rather than a chocolate cookie crust like I had originally planned. Sweet and salty plus beer? Genius!

Since it wasn’t in my original grocery plans, that meant quickly running down to the lackluster grocery store down the street, hope they had pretzels (because most of the time they don’t have what I need), and quickly heading back for some crust action.

Except while I was quickly grabbing mini pretzels, I somehow missed the tiny label that said “artificial butter flavor.” Since when did they make regular mini pretzels in butter flavor?!

Fortunately butter flavored still worked for the crust. Thank goodness I wasn’t making chocolate covered pretzels with them. That would have been quite interesting.


Chocolate Stout Cheesecake with pretzel crust

Because of the additional liquid, this cheesecake may have some extra jiggle when you pull it out of the oven (make sure you’re using a springform pan!).

Don’t panic! As long as the top is firm to the touch, it’ll continue to cook more as it cools. If you leave it in the oven too long, it’ll crack on top (although whipped cream will cover that right up).


Chocolate Stout Cheesecake with pretzel crust

More Guinness Recipes

Got extra beer? Check out these recipes using stout beer:

  • Guinness Shepherd’s Pie For Two
  • Chocolate Stout Cake (8 Inch)
  • Mini Chocolate Guinness Cake
  • Chocolate Guinness Mousse Cups For Two

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Chocolate Stout Cheesecake

Chocolate Stout Cheesecake

Yield: 8-10 servings
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Drink your beer and eat it too! Pour yourself a pint of Guinness and grab a slice of this sweet and salty Chocolate Stout Cheesecake with a crushed pretzel crust.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted, 4 ounces or 8 tablespoons
  • 24 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
  • 3/4 cup stout beer
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Whipped Cream

  • 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Chocolate shavings, for garnish

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Have an 8.5 inch or 9 inch springform pan ready.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the crushed pretzels and melted butter. Pat into the bottom and roughly 2 inches up the side of the pan.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, for 1 minute each. Add the melted chocolate then add the beer and vanilla. Gradually beat in the flour.
  4. Pour the batter into the crust then bake 45 minutes or until the center is firm to the touch (the middle will still move when the pan is shaken). Remove from the oven and cool 1 hour in the pan.
  5. Carefully run a knife along the edge to loosen the cheesecake. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Top with whipped cream (recipe below). Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
  6. For the Whipped Cream: In a large mixing bowl (with whisk attachment if using a stand mixer), beat the heavy cream until thickened. Gradually beat in the sugar and vanilla then continue beating until stiff peaks form (when you pull the beater up, peaks will form and not fall over). Spread on top of cheesecake then garnish with chocolate shavings.

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© Carla Cardello
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Filed Under: Cheesecake Tagged With: baking chocolate, cream cheese, heavy cream, pretzel, St. Patrick's Day, stout beer

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Comments

  1. Victoria says

    March 11, 2016 at 9:43 PM

    look so delicious, i love cheesecake

    Reply
  2. Luci says

    February 22, 2019 at 1:19 AM

    This looks amazing. I love that you used pretzels for the crust.

    Reply
    • Carla says

      February 22, 2019 at 9:36 AM

      Thank you! Let me know if you try the recipe.

      Reply
  3. Christine says

    December 30, 2019 at 4:09 PM

    Does this need to cook in a water bath?

    Reply
    • Carla says

      December 30, 2019 at 5:43 PM

      No, it’ll be fine without a water bath as long as you don’t overbake it. For future reference, if a water bath is needed I’ll call for one in the recipe directions.

      Reply
  4. Christine says

    December 30, 2019 at 7:00 PM

    Thank you. Looking forward to making.

    Reply
  5. Rachel says

    August 13, 2020 at 10:21 PM

    Turned out amazing but I think I botched the pretzel crust because mine didn’t hold together on the sides, other than that it was phenomenal!

    Reply
    • Carla says

      August 14, 2020 at 3:14 PM

      Oh no! My guess is maybe you didn’t stir the crumbs and butter together enough? Glad you still enjoyed the cheesecake!

      Reply

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