Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake {low-carb, gluten-free, grain-free}

Peanut Butter Cheesecake {low carb, nut free, gluten free, keto, primal}

Woohoo, this is so good! Serve it as is, or take it over the top by adding the ganache at the end.

Chocolate Cheesecake Crust
1/3 c pork rinds
2/3 c coconut
3 Tbsp chia seeds
4 Tbsp coconut oil or butter
1/3 c cocoa powder
1/3 c xylitol or erythritol

Mix everything together with your hands in the bottom of a foil-wrapped springform pan, either 10 or 12 inch. Smush it down well and evenly. Set aside to make the filling.

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Filling
3 8oz packages of cream cheese
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/3 cup unsweetened yogurt
1/2 c erythritol (or xylitol or sugar)
1 tsp better stevia
1/2 tsp english toffee stevia
3 eggs
3 egg yolks
2 Tbsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 400, with an oven safe bowl filled with 2-3 cups of water in it. (This is the ghetto water bath…)

If you have a blender – throw everything in and blend until it’s smooth.
If you are using mixers – let your cream cheese come to room temp and then blend it until it’s smooth. Add remaining ingredients, blending well after each addition.

Pour batter into prepared crust and then drop it carefully on the counter a few times (from a few inches up) to allow the air bubbles to rise to the top.

Put cheesecake in 400 degree over and immediately and turn oven down to 325. Bake 1 hour, or until set. Turn oven off and leave cheesecake in for another 30 minutes. {Because you are using a ghetto water bath, the cheesecake will crack. This is ok, because we’re going to cover it up with ganache…) Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before adding the ganache. (below)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ganache
1/2 cup coconut oil or butter
1/4 cup peanut butter
20-30 drops vanilla stevia
3 Tbsp raw cacao powder or 2 Tbsp cocoa powder

Melt coconut oil and peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl. Add the stevia and cacao or cocoa. Stir until smooth. Pour on top of cheesecake and refrigerate to allow the ganache to set.

Serve on your finest china and savor the deliciousness!