Sunday, January 23, 2011

HEAVENLY CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Recipe from: Barb Cummings (recipe exchange)

2 cups of vanilla wafers finely chopped (or Oreo Cookie crumbs)
1 cup of ground toasted almonds
½ cup of butter, melted
½ cup of sugar

In bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs, almonds, butter and sugar; mix well. Pat firmly into 9” springform pan, covering bottom and 2 inches up sides; set aside.

12 oz package (2 cups) of Milk Chocolate chips

Melt chips and stir until smooth and set aside.

½ cup milk
one envelope of unflavored gelatin

Pour milk in a small saucepan; sprinkle gelatin on top. Set aside for one minute. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until gelatin dissolves. Set aside.

2 – 8 ounce packages of cream cheese
½ cup of sour cream
¼ cup of cocoa
½ tsp. of vanilla
1 cup of heavy whipping cream, whipped

In a bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, cocoa and melted chips; beat until fluffy.  Beat in gelatin mixture and vanilla. Fold in whipped cream.  Pour in prepared springform pan. Option: Garnish with chopped almonds.  Chill; remove rim and serve.


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