Nothing beats a good old chocolate cheesecake recipe! A homemade vanilla wafer crust makes this crust especially delicious.
How To Make Heavenly Chocolate Cheesecake
Ingredients
For Crust:
- 2 cups vanilla wafers, crushed, about 50 wafers
- 1 cup almonds, ground, toasted
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter , melted
For Filling:
- 2 cups Nestle Toll House Milk Chocolate Morsels
- 1 ¼ oz unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 cup milk
- 16 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped beforehand
Instructions
Making the crust
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Combine crushed cookies, almonds, sugar and butter in a medium-sized bowl. Mix well.
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Press firmly onto the bottom and 2 inches up the sides of an ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
Making the filling
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Microwave morsels in a medium-sized, microwave-safe bowl on medium-high or 70% power for 1 minute.
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Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth. Set aside.
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Sprinkle gelatin over milk in a small saucepan. Let stand for 1 minute.
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Warm over low heat until gelatin is dissolved, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside.
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Beat cream cheese, sour cream and melted chocolate in a large mixer bowl until fluffy.
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Beat in gelatin mixture and almond extract. Fold in whipped cream.
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Pour filling into the crust. Chill for about 3 hours or until firm.
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Run a knife around the edge of the cheesecake and remove the side of the springform pan. Garnish as desired and serve.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 38g
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- Calcium: 128mg
- Calories: 639kcal
- Carbohydrates: 51g
- Cholesterol: 82mg
- Fat: 46g
- Fiber: 2g
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 319mg
- Protein: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 24g
- Sodium: 218mg
- Vitamin A: 966IU
- Vitamin C: 1mg
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