Turtle Brownie Cheesecake | Pecan Caramel Cheesecake Recipe (2024)

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This Turtle Brownie Cheesecake has a brownie bottom, a caramel cheesecake middle and lots of pecans, caramel and chocolate sauce on top! It’s a delicious combination of flavors and textures that’s perfect for fall!

Tasty Turtle Brownie Cheesecake

Turtle candies are definitely one of my faves. I love pretty much anything with caramel and turtles do not lack in that department one bit. So naturally it’s a candy that I love turning into other desserts. I love how this cheesecake combines caramel in the creamy cheesecake with a dense, moist brownie and has the crunch from the pecans. It’s the perfect form to enjoy turtles as a dessert!

How to Make The Best Brownie Cheesecake

To start, you’ll want to make the brownie. I like to use melted butter in this brownie because it lends a lovely dense brownie. It’s also a quick and easy brownie to make, which is a plus. You really don’t even need to use a mixer. I usually just whisk everything together.

The brownie can be made right in your springform pan, if it doesn’t leak (mine always does!) or it can be made in a cake pan, then transferred to a springform pan later when you finish the cheesecake.

Once the brownie is made and cooled, it’s time to make the cheesecake. It’s a no bake cheesecake, so it’s going to be softer than a baked cheesecake which has the benefit of firming with the addition of eggs and baking. To help it firm up a bit more, you can add gelatin if you like. I tried it both ways and thought it was great either way. If you don’t feel like bothering with the gelatin, just leave it out. The gelatin will just firm it up a bit more.

The cheesecake is made with a mix of regular and brown sugar. The brown sugar is nice and helps bring out the great caramel flavor. I added homemade caramel sauce to the cheesecake and it’s definitely the one I’d recommend. There can be quite a variety of caramels out there and you’ll want to use a caramel sauce that gets fairly firm when cold so that your cheesecake firms up enough. A caramel sauce that’s used for ice cream, for example, might not work so well.

The homemade caramel sauce that I used is a great option and the recipe includes a video to help you see just how to make it! It’s definitely my favorite caramel sauce and is perfectly firm when cold.

The cheesecake mixture should be spread evenly on top of the brownie in a springform pan. I line the sides of my pan with parchment paper to keep it from sticking too much to the sides and to extend the sides of the pan, just in case there’s a little more cheesecake height than the pan has.

Once the cheesecake is firm, you can remove it from the pan. I’m a big fan of making this cheesecake a day ahead so that it can firm up overnight. When you remove the cheesecake from the pan, the sides often need a little “sprucing”. I like to run my offset spatula around the edges to smooth things out.

To finish off the cheesecake, there’s chocolate whipped cream, pecans and caramel and chocolate sauce! I LOVE the crunch of the chopped pecans on top and the gooey-ness of the caramel and chocolate sauces. It perfectly finishes off both the flavors and the textures of this cheesecake.

This Turtle Brownie Cheesecake was a BIG hit! The chewy, dense chocolate brownie, smooth and creamy caramel cheesecake, and crunchy pecans are pure heaven together! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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