(Serves 12)

• 300g Oreo biscuits (filling removed and set aside), plus a few to decorate
• 110g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 300ml double cream
• 3 tbsps icing sugar
• 360g full-fat cream cheese
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 tsp peppermint extract
• Green food colouring
• 100g dark or milk chocolate, chopped
• 2 tbsps golden syrup
• 25g unsalted butter, cubed

Preparation time:

30 minutes, plus setting time

Step 1: Grease and line the sides of a 20cm loose-based tin with greaseproof paper. 

Blitz the biscuits in a food processor or bash them with a rolling pin in a zip-lock bag for a good arm workout.

Step 2: Add the melted butter to the crushed biscuits and mix. I love Oreos and I love mint chocolate so why not combine the two? 

Spoon the mixture into the tin, flatten with the back of a spoon and leave to chill in the fridge for an hour.

Step 3: Meanwhile, to make the filling, whip the cream until it starts to thicken. 

Fold in the icing sugar, cream cheese and vanilla and whizz together. Remove a third of the mixture and place it in a separate bowl.

Step 4: In the second bowl, add the peppermint extract and food colouring, and mix well. 

Don’t go too in with the mint flavouring because you don’t want to feel like you’re brushing your teeth as you eat the cake.

Step 5: Remove the Oreo biscuit base from the fridge and spoon the green mint mixture on top. Spread it so it covers the base then level it off into a thin layer.

I could eat the mixture like this, it’s just so good.

Step 6: Put the remaining two thirds of the mix onto the mint layer and smooth the surface. Set aside in the fridge. I like to listen to the new Solange album in the kitchen. She’s got a really soothing voice that doesn’t make me feel frantic.

Step 7: Melt the chocolate, syrup, butter and 60ml water in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Mix until smooth, then leave to cool and thicken slightly. 

Pour onto the cheesecake and spread to the edges so it drips down the sides.

Step 8: Decorate with the leftover Oreo filling, halves of Oreo biscuits and crumbs. Leave in the fridge for at least three hours before serving. 

I would serve this at a birthday party or, to be honest, I’d probably just make it for my damn self.