If you follow this Chocolate Cheesecake recipe you will have success. The idea of homemade cheesecake deters a lot of people and yet it is essentially a very simple thing.
I was one that was deterred for a long time. Until my niece told me about the Philadelphia cheese cake recipe.
It was my very first cheesecake and I pat myself on the back because it was delicious!
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Philadelphia Double Chocolate Cheesecake
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
refrigerate
4 hrs
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Cheesecake is not as difficult to make as some think. Follow this recipe to success!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chocolate Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 24 Oreo Cookies finely crushed (about 2 cups)
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine melted
- 4 pkgs 8 oz. each Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp. flour
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 pkgs 4 oz. each Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted, cooled
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup blueberries
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325ºF.
- Line 13x9-inch pan with Reynolds Wrap® Aluminum Foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 10 min.
- Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
- Bake 45 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Use foil handles to lift cheesecake from pan before cutting into pieces. Serve topped with berries.
Tips and Tidbits About This Chocolate Cheesecake
The perfect cheesecake is cooked just until it still has a distinct wobble; over baked cheesecakes just go hard and solid. It does firm up as it cools.