CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESECAKE

Chocolate Cream Cheesecake image

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

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Dairy

Time 6h30m

Yield Makes 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

32 chocolate creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, divided
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted, cooled
4 eggs

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 430, Fat 29 g, SaturatedFat 16 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 130 mg, Sodium 350 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 7 g