OREO Chocolate Cream Cheesecake

Name: OREO Chocolate Cream Cheesecake
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 390 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 32 OREO Chocolate Creme Cookies, divided; 4 pkg. brick cream cheese, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla; 2 pkg. semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled; 4 eggs

Chocolate sandwich cookies form the crust and enrich the chocolate filling of this decadent baked cheesecake.

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Servings:

Makes 16 servings.

Ingredient list

32 OREO Chocolate Creme Cookies, divided
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) brick cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 pkg. (4 oz. each) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled
4 eggs

Directions

Heat oven to 325°F.

Quarter 20 cookies; set aside. Finely crush remaining cookies; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 10 min.

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of the quartered cookies. Pour over crust. Sprinkle with remaining quartered cookies.

Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Recipe Tips

Size-WiseLooking for a special treat? One serving of this cheesecake is full of chocolatey flavor.
How to Neatly Cut Cheesecake SlicesWhen cutting cheesecakes, carefully wipe off the knife blade between cuts using a clean, damp towel. This prevents the creamy filling from building up on the blade, ensuring nice clean cuts that leave the filling intact.