Double Chocolate Cheesecake

By AzWench

The sweetness of this cheesecake checks in at just the right level to let the chocolate flavor stand out.

Ingredients

• Cheesecake:
• 18 to 20 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
• 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels
• 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 large eggs
• Ganache Topping:
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 (6-ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels (1 cup)
• 1 (6-ounce) package milk chocolate morsels (1 cup)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place cookies in a zip-top plastic freezer bag; crush with a rolling pin. (Crumbs should equal about 1 1/2 cups). Press cookie crumbs on bottom and halfway up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.

2. Microwave chocolate morsels in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 1/2 minutes or until melted, stirring at 30-second intervals.

3. Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until smooth. Add sweetened condensed milk and vanilla, beating at low speed just until combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating at low speed just until combined after each addition. Add melted chocolate, beating just until combined. Pour cheesecake batter into prepared crust.

4. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes or just until center is set. Turn oven off. Let cheesecake stand in oven, with door closed, 30 minutes. Remove cheesecake from oven; run knife along edge of cheesecake to loosen, and let cool in pan on a wire rack until room temperature. Cover and chill 8 hours.

5. Remove sides of pan, and place cake on a serving plate. Slowly pour and spread warm Ganache Topping over top of cheesecake, letting it run down sides of cheesecake. Cover and chill 1 hour before serving.

Ganache Topping:
1. Bring cream to boil in a saucepan over medium heat; quickly remove from heat, and stir in semisweet and milk chocolate morsels until melted and smooth. Let mixture cool (about 30 minutes) until slightly warm; pour and spread over cheesecake.