CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIE CHEESECAKE

Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Cheesecake image

Here's the way the chocolate cookies crumble: deliciously! At least they do in this easy Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Cheesecake!

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Dairy

Time 6h30m

Yield 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

36 reduced-fat vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, divided
1/4 cup butter, melted
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat or KNUDSEN Light Sour Cream
4 eggs

Steps:

Heat oven to 325°F.
Crush 28 cookies to form fine crumbs; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
Beat Neufchatel, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each just until blended. Chop or crush remaining cookies. Gently stir 1-1/2 cups of the chopped cookies into batter. Pour over crust; sprinkle with remaining chopped cookies.
Bake 1 hour 10 min. 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 360, Fat 22 g, SaturatedFat 12 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 95 mg, Sodium 440 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 8 g