CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY CHEESECAKE

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cheesecake image

Love cheesecake? Love chocolate and dark, sweet cherries? Oh boy, have we got a recipe for you! Bonus: Prep time for this cheesecake is just 10 minutes.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Dairy

Time 55m

Yield 20 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 pkg. (9 oz.) chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
1 pkg. (12 oz.) frozen sweet cherries, thawed, drained and chopped
4 eggs
4 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted

Steps:

Heat oven to 325°F.
Mix cookie crumbs and butter in 13x9-inch pan until blended; press onto bottom of pan.
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add sour cream and cherries; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
Bake 45 min.; cool. Drizzle cheesecake with melted chocolate.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 340, Fat 23 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 110 mg, Sodium 290 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 6 g