SOUR CREAM TOPPED CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Sour Cream Topped Chocolate Cheesecake image

Whole and crushed chocolate sandwich cookies encase a rich baked chocolate and sour cream topping in this luscious cheesecake.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Time 5h45m

Yield 14 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

36 vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, divided
5 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
5 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sugar, divided
1-1/2 cups BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream, divided
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs

Steps:

Heat oven to 325°F.
Crush 22 cookies to form fine crumbs; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Stand remaining cookies around inside edge of pan, firmly pressing bottom edge of each cookie into crust to secure.
Melt 4 oz. chocolate as directed on package. Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar with mixer until blended. Add 1/2 cup sour cream, vanilla and melted chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
Bake 35 to 40 min. or until center is almost set. Mix remaining sour cream and sugar; spread over cheesecake. Bake 5 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim.
Melt remaining chocolate; drizzle over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 380, Fat 25 g, SaturatedFat 12 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 75 mg, Sodium 300 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 5 g