Chocoholic Anonymous

Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts and it is also one of my favorite recipes to play with.  I have made cheesecakes with apples, blueberries, chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, white chocolate, butterscotch, toffee…and the list goes on.  However, until today, I had not made a cheesecake with coffee.

As a general rule I’m not particularly fond of coffee – at least as a beverage.  When I do drink coffee it has so much cream, sugar and flavored syrup in it that I’m really not sure you could even call it coffee anymore.  That being said, it probably isn’t that strange that I love coffee ice cream, mocha ice cream, a little bit of coffee in my hot chocolate or even mocha flavored candy.  While I was growing up it wasn’t unusual for me to choose coffee milk even over chocolate milk as my beverage of choice.

So I got to thinking…why not a mocha cheesecake?  I can’t claim it is a completely original idea, but this recipe is my version so follow along and I’ll introduce you to my interpretation of mocha cheesecake…

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I originally created these brownies as a crust for my Triple Chocolate Mocha Cheesecake.  I wanted something that would add to the mocha flavor and, while I positively adore a good graham cracker crust I am not quite as fond of the chocolate cookie crumb crusts.  I have used a number of brownie recipes as crusts for various cheesecakes in the past but none of them seemed quite right for a mocha cheesecake.  So, after rummaging through my recipe boxes and books and then taking a quick surf around the internet I pieced together this recipe.  As it turns out, these stand quite well on their own – they have a deep chocolate flavor with a hint of coffee and a nice fudgy texture.

Are you ready to give them a try?  Click here for the full recipe and click “Read more” below to follow along!

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Since this is the very first post in this area I believe an explanation is in order.  The Chit Chat area of Chocoholic Anonymous is dedicated to exploring new recipes (and some old favorites) with you, my guests.

This is where I will describe my successes, my failures, and my trials and tribulations along the way to either.  Most of the posts here will include full recipes (unless I decide it is unethical to post them) and photographic evidence of my attempts to create culinary gems.

I encourage you to visit, and comment, frequently.  All I ask is that you keep the content of your comments appropriate (no vulgarity please!).  At this point in time I commit myself to reading all comments on this site and replying as frequently as I can (and I hope I never have to rescind that commitment).