Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

This Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake is truly show-stopping: rich and creamy, layered with two flavors of cheesecake on a crunchy Oreo cookie crust. With all the right tips, you’ll have a bakery-quality cheesecake perfect for any celebration!

There are over 20 cheesecake recipes on Bunsen Burner Bakery, but here’s the funny truth: I don’t actually like cheesecake. But making cheesecakes? That’s a different story! Cheesecakes are one of my favorite desserts to bake. They look impressive, feel fancy, but are surprisingly simple once you’ve cracked the code. And at this point, I have every step down to a science, from mixing techniques to water baths to cooling methods, and I love sharing them with you.

There’s something incredibly satisfying about pulling a smooth, crack-free cheesecake out of the oven. It feels like magic every time. Plus, cheesecakes are perfect for celebrations — they slice beautifully, can be made ahead of time, and just look special. And if you’ve got chocolate and peanut butter lovers in your life (who doesn’t?), this one is for you.

This recipe is built on one base cheesecake batter that gets divided in half. Melted chocolate goes into one half, peanut butter into the other, and they get layered on top of a crunchy Oreo crust. The whole recipe is straightforward and easy to follow and the end result is incredible (if you’re a cheesecake fan, that is!).