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a cookies and cream cheesecake dripping with golden salted caramel on a wide dark platter in a horizontal shot, a slice showing dark cookie pieces and a glossy caramel top, flaky salt and dessert forks nearby on a moody counter, warm natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Salted Caramel Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

A glossy salted caramel topping a creamy cookie cheesecake.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 24 chocolate sandwich cookies crushed
  • 5 tbsp butter melted
  • 32 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 chocolate sandwich cookies chopped
  • 1/2 cup salted caramel sauce

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 325F and press the cookie crust into a springform pan.
  2. Beat cream cheese and sugar smooth, then add eggs and vanilla.
  3. Fold in the chopped cookies and pour over the crust.
  4. Bake about 65 minutes until just set, then cool.
  5. Chill at least 6 hours before topping.
  6. Drizzle the salted caramel over the chilled cheesecake and sprinkle with flaky salt just before serving.

Notes

Warm the caramel slightly so it drips into pretty ribbons.