TURTLE CHEESECAKE

By Vanetta

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 3/4 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• Filling:
• 3 pkg. (8oz. Each) cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (14oz.) sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
• 2 tablespoons caramel syrup
• 1/2 course chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat to 350 F and grease 9" springform pan
Crust: combine crumbs and butter and press into bottom of pan (you can press them up the side but I leave them on the bottom)
Filling:
Beat cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth then add sugar, eggs, lime juice, and vanilla and beat until combined. Microwave chips until melted (NOT mini chips) and stir 2 cups of cheesecake batter into melted morsels; mix well. Alternately spoon batters into crust, beginning and ending with the yellow batter. Bake for 1 hour and 10 to 15 extra minutes. Only bake until center set, not until edges start to darken. Cool pan and run knife around edge. Cool completely and drizzle chocolate and caramel syrups over top and then sprinkle with nuts and mini chips. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight to set and then remove side of pan.