I have nothing against homemade cheesecake.  In fact, the opposite is true.  I am all for homemade cheesecake (just ask my husband).  I say this just to clarify, since I have already once with my Martha’s Spiderweb Cheesecake No Fuss Style  endorsed store-bought cheesecake over homemade.   So I  wanted everyone to know that Annie and I love homemade cheesecake!  We do not discriminate against cheesecakes of any kind. 

But sometimes when you are a woman on the run, you don’t have time to make homemade cheesecake. That’s where Costco comes in for me.  I dash in with my fabulous four and half inch Gucci pumps that make me feel together even when I am not and grab a beautifully made cheesecake.  Once home, I rip open the box of heaven and think about how I can give the dessert a personal touch within minutes.

Stealing an idea from fabulous Kraft’s Foods website, I made their  Bit-of-Irish Cheesecake much easier.  “Much easier” may be an understatement considering I did not actually make the cheesecake at all.  (In complete honesty, I don’t know how happy Kraft would be about it since I didn’t need to purchase any of the Kraft foods included in the recipe, but to suppress my guilt I will buy several extra packages of shredded Kraft cheese next time I am at the supermarket. I hope you will do the same.)

So let’s cut to the chase. Here’s what I did:

1.  Bought a cheesecake.

2. Opened the cheesecake.

3. Took a large Shamrock cookie cutter and gently placed it in the center of the cheesecake.

4. Sprinkled green nonpareils inside the cookie cutter.

5. Gently lifted the cookie cutter off the cheesecake.

6. Basked in my domestic goddess glory.