chocolate bliss cheesecake

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 18 oreo chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 (1 ounce) squares baker's semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled slightly
• 3 eggs

Recipe

Ready Time: 5 hrs 30 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 300 degrees f if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan). mix cookie crumbs and butter; press firmly bottom of pan.
• beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. add melted chocolate; mix well. add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. pour over crust.
• bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.