Winning recipes: grasshopper cheesecake, choco cheesecake bars

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Two home bakers in Wisconsin have taken the top prizes in the Taste of Homes recipe contest, “Best-Ever Baking”. 

Sue Gronholz of Beaver Dam was awarded Grand Prize for her Grasshopper Cookies & Cream Cheesecake. Taking first place was Andrea Price of Grafton with her Triple-Chocolate Cheesecake Bars

Gronholz was inspired to put a fun spin on her mom’s classic grasshopper pie. Her minty cheesecake was created for the town high school’s annual fundraiser and sold for “a hefty price.”  

You can find her Grand Prize recipe here.

Price wanted to make a sweet treat to satisfy even the biggest chocolate lovers. Her cheesecake bars contain a chocolate brownie crust, chocolate cheesecake and chocolate ganache. The result is described as a “chocolate lover’s dream,” and the recipe is here.