Chocolate Cheesecake

Photo Credit

Dima Chechin

Yield

Serves 12-16

Chocolate Cheesecake

Chocolate lovers will call this Chocolate Cheesecake intense—and it may be rated as your number one favorite! Make in advance and refrigerate until ready to eat!

Crust:

Ingredients

24 chocolate icebox cookies or graham crackers, crushed

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Mix together cookie crumbs, melted butter, and cinnamon and press into 8-inch springform pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Filling:

Ingredients

12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

1-1/2 pounds softened cream cheese

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa

1 teaspoon vanilla

1-1/2 cups sour cream

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt semi-sweet chocolate in double boiler and then let cool. In a bowl beat the cream cheese until smooth. Then beat in sugar, the eggs, 1 at a time, melted chocolate, cocoa, and vanilla. With a rubber spatula fold in the sour cream until thoroughly mixed. Pour into pan and bake 50-60 minutes or more. Cool at room temperature for 1 hour and then refrigerate for 3-4 hours.