First let me wish everyone on this board a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and if I don’t get back before the New Year HAVE A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR

Now on to my question: My dd asked me to make a mint chocolate cheesecake for a desert for Christmas, and after searching tons of them I came across this one:
http://www.recipezaar.com/101492 as it had the ingredients I knew I could find, as some called for liquor, or Crisco (which of the 2, I or dd would ever use again)

Now after reading the recipe on the filling ingredients, bought the bag of Andies mints candies (there were 28 pieces in the bag) as I couldn’t find the other one.

If I am reading this right for the filling the 28 pieces chopped should come to 1 cup
and on the topping ingredients I assume now I need another bag of Andies, (see #13)
does that mean I would use approximately 16 in the topping recipe.

My other thought was rather then running to the store to get more Andies (tired of shopping already) does anyone know if I could use mint extract and how much for the filling.

BTW I will have a very THIN sliver of this

I will be making this Monday, today I am going to make Rugalch

Thanks for any help

Carole,
I am not a baker by any means. I would use the mint extract, but I don't know for sure. That cheesecake sounds great. And again, I hate to bake and typically buy any desserts but sounds good and I hope it turns out well.

Jill

That's a lot of mint for the cheesecake, depending on how big it is. Why not put 2/3 of the mints in the cake and put about 10 pieces on top or one per slice, that's more than enough mint for any one person. Saves $$ and calories, too.

Good luck, sounds like a great refreshing dessert.

Carole, I would think that mint extract would be okay for the filling. If you can find peppermint oil (which is what I use when making my own peppermint patties), I think you'd get a flavor closer to that of the Andes mints.

You could probably get it at your local candy & cake supply store, which should be far less crowded than a grocery store.