Chocolate Lover's Cheesecake

Name: Chocolate Lover's Cheesecake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 18 Oreo cookies, finely crushed (about 1 1/2 cups); 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted; 3 (250 g) packages cream cheese, softened; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 (8 ounce) package baker semisweet chocolate, melted,and cooled slightly; 3 eggs

Submitted by BrendaM

"Another recipe from Kraft's 2004 calendar. If you love chocolate and cheesecake, you're sure to love this."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 12

ingredients

18 Oreo cookies, finely crushed (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
3 (250 g) packages cream cheese, softened
³⁄₄ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) package baker semisweet chocolate, melted,and cooled slightly
3 eggs

directions

Mix crushed cookies and butter; press firmly onto the bottom of a 9" springform pan.
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
Add melted chocolate and mix well.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each egg is added, just until blended.
Pour over crust.
Bake at 350 degrees F.
for 45- 50 minutes or until the centre is almost set.
(If you're using a dark non stick springform pan, bake at 325 degrees F. for 45- 50 minutes).
Run knife or metal spatula around the side of the pan to loosen the cake.
Cool before removing side of pan.
Refrigerate for four hours or overnight.
For a more decorative cheesecake, you can dust the entire surface of the cake with cocoa powder using a wire mesh strainer.
For Valentine's Day, make a heart shaped designed by topping the dusted cheesecake with a heart shaped stencil and sprinkle with icing (powdered) sugar.