Wendyelf's Crockpot Marbled Cheesecake

I love the idea of crockpot cheesecakes in mason jars. I tried the original recipe I found online, and even though I goofed and forgot to add the milk to the recipe, they turned out great! But I couldn't resist tinkering with the recipe a bit...
(Also, I was out of regular sugar, and wanted to try adding ricotta, and chocolate, because everything is better with chocolate)

Before you start - figure out how many mason-type jelly jars fit in your crock pot!! My crockpot has 2 sections, and can hold SEVEN jars.

I'd run out of granulated sugar, so I used confectioner's sugar. We found it has cornstarch in it, and Google told us that you need to use MORE than the amount of sugar, and that it may affect puddings, so I cut back on the original amount of cornstarch.

The recipe may make slightly more filing than your jars will hold - you will just have to eat the batter raw. So sorry. 

Filling

For the filling, I put the following in my Kitchenaid stand mixer:

16 oz cream cheese, room temperature (cut into pieces, because it was a huge chunk, from Costco)
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 cups turbinado sugar (yay Trader Joe's!)
2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
dash almond extract
1/8 cup cornstarch

Using the beater that looks like a birdcage, I let that blend for a while. For how long? I dunno - I was cooking dinner, also...

Next I added:
4 room-temperature eggs (yay chickens!)
3/4 cup whole milk (cold - oops, not staying with the room-temp theme)

I let that run for a bit.

Crust

For the crust:

3 Tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
3/4 cup graham crumbs (they come in a box with an elf on it)

Mix that up an put in the bottom of the 7 jars, don't compact it.

Fill the jars about 2/3 of the way full with the filling mixture, trying really hard not to dribble it down the outsides of the jars.

Marbling

For the marbling
To the remaining 1/3 of the filling mixture, add:

2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tablespoon turbinado sugar

Blend well.

Pour the marbling over the mixture in the jars, poking with a knife to mix it up a bit.
I also put about a dozen chocolate chips on top of each jar.

Cooking

Wipe the outside of the jars if necessary.
Place the jars, uncovered, in your crock pot.
Carefully fill between the jars with water, about 3/4 of the way up the outside of the jars.
Place the lid on the crockpot.
Cook on "High" for 3 hours.

Let the jars cool a bit before you remove them, then let them cool on the counter before you put them in the refrigerator. The first time I made these I was able to cover each jar with plastic wrap before refrigerating. Last night we just wanted to get to bed, so we put them in the fridge uncovered. I will cover them today.

Eat with a spoon when cool!