Decadent Chocolate Cheesecake
From violetart 12 years ago
- 2 hours to make
- Serves 12
This rich, decadent chocolate cheesecake is the best recipe i have found. It is a chocolate lovers favorite!
Ingredients
- 3 packages cream cheese at room temperature shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups white sugar shopping list
- 1 8 ounce container sour cream shopping list
- 2 tsp. vanilla shopping list
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder shopping list
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour shopping list
- 3 eggs at room temperature shopping list
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips shopping list
- butter (for greasing pan and for crust) shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening (Crisco) shopping list
- 1 box chocolate cookies or chocolate graham crackers shopping list
- *crust* shopping list
- 1 cup chocolate cookie crumbs - i have used chocolate teddy grahams, shopping list
- oreo's will work too shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- generously butter a 9 inch springform pan (bottom and sides)
- melt 1/4 cup (1 stick) butter in mixing bowl
- add 1 cup crushed chocolate cookies and mix well.
- spread chocolate crust onto bottom of springform pan.
- (crush cookies with food processor or rolling pin in a plastic bag)
- In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until blended.
- add sour cream and vanilla
- beat in cocoa and flour
- add eggs one at a time
- beat until gently blended
- pour into crust
- Bake 10 minutes
- Reduce heat to 250 degrees
- continue baking for 40 minutes
- cheesecake may be a little wobbly in the middle, but not undercooked
- gently slide a knife around the edges of cheesecake and cool completely
- remove sides of springform pan
- place 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips and 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening into a small microwave safe bowl.
- microwave until chocolate is melted.
- drizzle chocolate on top of cheesecake with a fork or spoon.
- Refrigerate 4-6 hours
- keep stored in refrigerator
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