ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups crushed Three Wishes unsweetened cereal
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 6 tbsp melted butter
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup Pistakio Creamy pistachio spread
• 3 8oz blocks of cream cheese, full fat + room temp
• ⅔ cup sour cream, full fat + room temp
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 eggs, room temp
• big splash of vanilla
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 jar Pistakio Crunchy Pistachio Spread

instructions:

1. preheat your oven to 325ºF and line your 9in springform pan with parchment paper.
2. to assemble the crust, combine melted butter, sugar, salt and crushed cereal. it should resemble sand. add more melted butter if needed. press into prepped springform pan and bake for 10-15mins until slightly golden. set aside to cool.
3. in a large bowl combine room temp cream cheese, sour cream and sugar. once creamy, add eggs one at a time followed by vanilla and salt. lastly, fold in 1 cup of creamy pistachio spread. be careful not to overmix! if you have some lumps you can run the mixture through a fine mesh sieve.
4. bake at 325ºF for 1 hour with a sheet tray with 1" water on the lower rack of the oven. once time is up, turn the oven off and crack the oven a few inches and leave the cheesecake to cool for 1 more hour.
5. let cool for 3-4 more hours or covered overnight. top your cheesecake with a hefty amount of crunchy pistachio spread and enjoy!