Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake

(from markpaula8222’s recipe box)

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Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 75 minutes
Serves 12 people

Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs (about 20 cookies)
  • 2 tbsp. butter, melted
  • 4 8-oz. packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/3 cup sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups semisweet chocolate chunks, divided
  • 1 1/2 cups Oreo crumbs, coarsely crushed (about 14 cookies)
  • 1/3 cup whipping cream

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

  2. Stir together cookie crumbs and butter. Press mixture into bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of 9-inch springform pan.

  3. Beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.

  4. Add eggs, one at a time; beat just until blended after each addition.

  5. Stir in vanilla, one cup of the chocolate chunks and coarsely crushed cookies.

  6. Pour into prepared crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 55 minutes or until center is almost set.

  7. Turn off oven; let cheesecake stand in oven with oven door partially open, 20 minutes.

  8. Cover and chill for 8 hours. Release sides of pan.

  9. Microwave remaining 3/4 cup chocolate chunks and whipping cream in a glass bowl at HIGH for one minute. Stir until chocolate melts. Pour over cheesecake.

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