Chocolate Almond Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers
• 1 cup finely chopped almonds, toasted
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 (11 1/2 ounce) package milk chocolate chips, melted and cooled
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• milk chocolate kiss, unblanched
• 1 whole almonds
• additional whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine the wafer crumbs, almonds and sugar; stir in butter.
• 2 press onto the bottom and 1 3/4 inches up the sides of a greased 9 inch springform pan.
• 3 cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 4 in a small saucepan, soften gelatin in milk; let stand for 5 minutes.
• 5 cook and stir over medium heat until gelatin is dissolved.
• 6 cool to room temperature, about 6 minutes.
• 7 in a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, sour cream and almonds extract until smooth.
• 8 beat in melted chocolate and gelatin mixture.
• 9 fold in whipped cream.
• 10 spoon into crust.
• 11 cover and chill for 6 hours or overnight.
• 12 just before serving, run a knife around edge of pan to loosen.
• 13 remove sides of pan.
• 14 garnish with chocolate kisses, almonds and additional whipped cream.
• 15 refrigerate leftovers.