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    Turtle Cheesecake Pizza: Guest Post by Crumb

    Published: Sep 7, 2012 · Modified: Jan 24, 2022 by Kim Beaulieu · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Turtle Cheesecake Pizza {Guest Post from Crumb A Food Blog} on cravingsofalunatic.com - A wonderful dessert pizza with layers of cheesecake filling, chocolate, and caramel from Isabelle Boucher of Crumb!

    Hi folks.

    Okay so this is the last day of guest post mania. I asked my wonderful friend Isabelle of Crumb to make your jaws drop today. Let's just say the woman delivered in a big way.

    I adore Izz and had the good fortune to meet her in Toronto for Techmunch this summer. She is such an amazing individual. Izz is kind, thoughtful, generous and fall on your backside funny. This is a lady who sampled various pizza bases and spreads for me knowing I couldn't eat at the conference because of my belly issues. She gave honest and careful feedback helping me decide which one I should drop my hard earned cash on. I knew I could trust her judgement because anyone who takes that kind of care and time to help someone else pick out food is a total gem. I love her to bits and we're planning a second blogger rendezvous in Toronto in September if I don't come home bankrupt from this trip.

    Izz got assigned my blog for Secret Recipe Club one month and made Spicy Pizza Dough. She did me proud and I have to admit I was more than thrilled to have this award winning blogger make a recipe of mine. It's was a huge honour then and a huge honour today to be involved with this incredible blogger. I love everything she does from her jaw dropping Toffee Cinnamon Banana Bread, to her awe inspiring Multi Coloured Cheese Ravioli, to her spoon licking Nutella Banana Ice Cream, to her I must make it now Lemon Cherry Hot Cross Buns, to her lick your plate clean Smoked Brisket Burgers with Spicy Onion Jam. This lady delivers every single time. There's not one recipe on her blog that I wouldn't go back for doubles of, possibly even triples.

    I was also lucky enough to interview Isabelle for my Burning Down The Kitchen series so I was able to make her Chocolate Brownie Biscotti. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven people. Biscotti and brownies are rolled into one. Izz is a genius. I absolutely fell madly in love with her while getting to know her better. I cannot wait to hit the Toronto Farmers Markets together this fall. Until then I'm going to let her entertain and delight you today. You will most certainly adore her as much as I do. Please welcome Isabelle to the blog!

    Turtle Cheesecake Pizza {Guest Post from Crumb A Food Blog} on cravingsofalunatic.com - A wonderful dessert pizza with layers of cheesecake filling, chocolate, and caramel from Isabelle Boucher of Crumb!

    Hi folks! I’m so excited to be standing in for the one and only Kim Bee today. Not that I could ever fill her shoes, because she’s as unique and irreplaceable as it gets, but I promise to do my best to keep you all entertained today while she’s off gallivanting somewhere between Toronto and the Prairies.

    So here’s the score.  In honour of the fact that Kim and I bonded over her amazing Killer Spicy Pizza Dough, I decided to make her a pizza.  A dessert pizza, to be specific. And not just any ol’ dessert pizza, either, because that just wasn’t cool enough.

    Ladies and gentlemen, I made her a CHOCOLATE TURTLE CHEESECAKE pizza.

    (Pause for applause)

    Turtle Cheesecake Pizza {Guest Post from Crumb A Food Blog} on cravingsofalunatic.com - A wonderful dessert pizza with layers of cheesecake filling, chocolate, and caramel from Isabelle Boucher of Crumb!

     

    Yeah, I know. It’s a little crazy, but this is the Asylum after all, so I’m sure it’ll fit right in.  And besides, if there’s one thing Kim loves more than pizza, it’s Turtles… so it seemed like a shame that she didn’t have a recipe on her blog yet that let her have both at once.

    So I’m not going to lie to you.  There’s nothing healthy about this baby, and it probably contains more than your recommended daily intake of chocolate… but oh my, is it ever worth it – there’s a dark chocolate pizza crust, a tangy caramel cheesecake topping, a scattering of roughly chopped toasted pecans, and a drizzle of hot fudge and caramel sauce to finish things off. It’s a slice of pure heaven, topped off with chocolatey, carameley goodness.

    You could finish them off with a scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream, I suppose, but it was so good as it was that I didn’t want to push my luck. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, right?

    And speaking of too much of a good thing, each mini-pizza theoretically serves two, but I’d probably have finished off an entire pizza on my own if only we hadn’t had company. (So, in other words, I won’t judge if you actually do polish one off all by your lonesome if there’s no one around to guilt you into sharing. We’re all friends here, after all.)

    Turtle Cheesecake Pizza {Guest Post from Crumb A Food Blog} on cravingsofalunatic.com - A wonderful dessert pizza with layers of cheesecake filling, chocolate, and caramel from Isabelle Boucher of Crumb!

    Turtle Cheesecake Pizza {Guest Post from Crumb A Food Blog} on cravingsofalunatic.com - A wonderful dessert pizza with layers of cheesecake filling, chocolate, and caramel from Isabelle Boucher of Crumb!
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    An over the top decadent dessert pizza by Isabelle Boucher of Crumb. She made me a Turtle Cheesecake Pizza. Yup, you're reading that right!!
    Servings 8
    Author Isabelle Boucher (Crumb)

    Ingredients

    Chocolate Pizza Crust:

    • 1 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
    • 1 tbsp sugar
    • 1 cup warm water divided
    • 2 ½ cups flour
    • ½ cup cocoa powder
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1 tbsp canola oil

    Caramel Cheesecake Layer:

    • 1 package 340g cream cheese, softened
    • ½ cup sour cream
    • ½ cup packed brown sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • ½ tsp vanilla extract

    Toppings:

    • Toasted pecans roughly chopped
    • Caramel sauce
    • Hot fudge sauce

    Instructions

    Prepare the Dough:

    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine yeast and sugar with ¼ cup warm water. Stir until yeast is dissolved, then let stand to proof for 5 minutes or until foamy.
    • Stir in the remaining ¾ cup water, then add flour, cocoa powder, salt and oil. Mix on low speed until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl and forms a soft, elastic ball. (If the mixture looks too dry, add more water, a tablespoon or two at a time, until the dough comes together. If it's too wet, add more flour.)
    • Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface. Shape into a ball, then transfer to a lightly oiled mixing bowl and cover with a clean, damp towel. Set aside in a warm, draft-free spot to rise for about 2 hours or until almost doubled in size.
    • Divide the dough into 4 evenly-sized pieces. Gently knead each piece 3-4 times, then shape into a ball. Transfer to a large baking sheet, cover with a damp towel and let rise for another hour.

    Prepare the Cheesecake Layer:

    • In a mixing bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, brown sugar, egg and vanilla extract until smooth.

    Finish the Pizzas:

    • Once the dough is done rising, place pizza stone in oven and preheat to 450F.
    • Roll out one of the pieces of pizza dough into a ½" thick circle. Transfer to a pizza peel generously dusted with flour (or the back of a baking sheet, if you don't have a peel). Spoon â…“ cup cheesecake batter onto the crust, and smooth out into an even layer.
    • Using the peel, gently slide the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone. Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the pizza dough is cooked through, then switch on the broiler and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes or until the cheesecake layer is lightly golden. Set the finished pizza on a wire rack to cool for 15-20 minutes.
    • Repeat this process with the remaining pizza crusts, to make a total of four finished pizzas. (If you don't have a pizza stone, this can also be done by baking the pizzas in parchment-lined cookie sheets.)
    • Sprinkle each pizza with chopped pecans, pressing them down into the cheesecake layer, then drizzle with a generous amount of hot fudge and caramel sauce. Slice each pizza into quarters, and serve.

     

    Turtle Cheesecake Pizza {Guest Post from Crumb A Food Blog} on cravingsofalunatic.com - A wonderful dessert pizza with layers of cheesecake filling, chocolate, and caramel from Isabelle Boucher of Crumb!

    Okay seriously, that's chocolate dough up above. Chocolate freaking dough people. Chocolate freaking dough with cheesecake filling, then layered with freaking caramel and freaking chocolate and freaking pecans. Turtle Freaking Cheesecake Freaking Pizza people with Chocolate Freaking Dough! Okay so apparently I died on our vacation and this is heaven right. Cuz in my world heaven would be filled with Turtle Freaking Cheesecake Freaking Pizza with Chocolate Freaking Dough. Honestly don't worry about me at all. I'm in heaven with the a dessert only an angel could dream up. So it's all good. Go on without me. I'll just hang out up here eating my Turtle Freaking Cheesecake Freaking Pizza with Chocolate Freaking Dough. Ah, the good life. I wonder if I can convince someone to make me a Turtle Pepsi to wash it down with?

    Thank you so much to Isabelle for guest posting for me today. Have I told you lately that I love you. Have I told you that's there's no one else above you. Fill my heart with gladness. Take away all my sadness. Ease my troubles, that's what you do.

    To anyone who is not following Isabelle's blog, Crumb, what the heck is the matter with you people. Get your sorry freaking butts over there immediately and sign up for her email subscriptions. I mean who in their freaking right minds wouldn't want things like Turtle Cheesecake Pizza delivered right to their freaking inbox. You freaking fools, run, now, freaking get the lead out people! While you're there make sure you stalk her on freaking Twitter too.  You will freaking thank me.

    Right now I'm hoping against freaking hope we're back from Alberta and I'm in the freaking kitchen making Turtle Freaking Cheesecake Freaking Pizza with Chocolate Freaking Dough. Or I'm in heaven eating  a smorgasbord of Turtle Pizzas and drinking Turtle Pepsi's while I drop crumbs down on you all.

    Toodles and smoochies! xx

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    Comments

    1. Choc Chip Uru

      September 07, 2012 at 7:45 am

      This recipe I think has been my favourite featured yet my friend, definitely bookmarked 😀
      Wowza!

      Cheers
      Choc Chip Uru

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 10:42 pm

        Izzy blew my mind. I mean I fell off my chair when I saw this. It's above and beyond big time.

        Reply
    2. Isabelle @ Crumb

      September 07, 2012 at 9:09 am

      5 stars
      Kim, as always, you are the wind beneath my wings. That's right. The freakin' wind beneath my freakin' wings. Thanks for giving me the honour of closing off your awesome guest post series!
      PS: I still have chocolate pizza dough in the freezer - maybe I'll thaw it out when you come down for a visit, and we'll gobble up some Turtle Freakin' Cheesecake Freakin' Pizza together. It balances out all the healthiness of the farmers' market stuff.
      xo

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 10:46 pm

        I have wanted to be someone's wind my whole life Izzy so you made my day.

        Oh damn, is it still there? I cannot wait till I get the okay to travel again. I may need to rush my recovery so I can enjoy one or ten of these little beauties.

        Thank you so much for guesting for me. I am honoured and thrilled.

        Reply
    3. Aurora Importing

      September 07, 2012 at 9:44 am

      5 stars
      https://www.cravingsofalunatic.com/2012/09/turtle-cheesecake-pizza-guest-post-by-crumb.html

      Reply
    4. Aurora Importing

      September 07, 2012 at 9:44 am

      5 stars
      That is the craziest pizza I've seen, yet I can't wait to try it!! How does Isabelle come up with these recipes???

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 10:50 pm

        I have no idea, other than she is a cool pizza ninja. I love her to bits. I was so moved she took my fave things and combined them. So over the top and wonderful.

        Reply
    5. Tracey

      September 07, 2012 at 10:23 am

      Can you see my jaws hanging open? Got to give this an A for originality.

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 10:54 pm

        Ha, mine did too Tracey. Izzy really went above and beyond. I was so thrilled to see this.

        Reply
    6. kelly @ kellybakes

      September 07, 2012 at 10:31 am

      5 stars
      HOLY DESSERT, BATMAN! seriously, Izzbell. You've outdone yourself! This looks uh-maze-ing. I don't know why I've never thought to make pizza dough sweet, let alone chocolate-flavored! And cheesecake! gahh. so many favorites all in one dessert! My brain hurts from trying to process all the delicious! Perhaps the only medicine is turtle cheesecake pizza...

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 10:56 pm

        Lol Kelly, I felt the same way. it's just so over the top which is why I love it so dang much.

        Reply
    7. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love.

      September 07, 2012 at 2:13 pm

      Wowza!!! This is really impressive and it looks so decadent and amazing!

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 11:01 pm

        I know right. Amazing!

        Reply
    8. kitchenriffs

      September 07, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      Funny post and great recipe. I'm getting a sugar rush just reading it! Sounds terrific though - really, really good stuff. Great guest post - thanks.

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 11:03 pm

        I have to try this. Like yesterday.

        Reply
    9. Kayle (The Cooking Actress)

      September 07, 2012 at 4:34 pm

      5 stars
      She really embraced the asylum O_O

      Wowza

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 11:07 pm

        She did. I love her.

        Reply
    10. Valerie @ From Valerie's Kitchen

      September 07, 2012 at 7:03 pm

      I would be mobbed if I put this out late at night and my teenagers were anywhere in the vicinity. Kim sorta has a turtle thing going on so you really hit the nail on the head with this one!

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 11:10 pm

        I know right.

        Reply
    11. movita beaucoup

      September 08, 2012 at 9:10 am

      Isabelle has finished off this amazing round of guest posts with the perfect recipe! I want to plant my face in that pizza...

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 11:11 pm

        Me too. You take one side and I'll take the other.

        Reply
    12. Javelin Warrior

      September 14, 2012 at 10:12 am

      On Fridays, I share my favorite food finds in a series called Food Fetish Friday - and I love this post so I'm featuring it as part of today's roundup (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and thanks so much for inspiring me...

      Reply
      • Kim Bee

        September 19, 2012 at 11:12 pm

        Thanks so much for that. Hope all is well with you.

        Reply
    13. Debra

      September 24, 2012 at 1:58 pm

      5 stars
      dreamy

      Reply
    14. Tommy

      October 31, 2020 at 7:21 am

      Wow, this looks really awesome! must give it a try.

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        November 10, 2020 at 10:35 pm

        Thanks so much.

        Reply

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