Chocolate Cookie Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups crumbled cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (about 16 cookies)
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 20 chocolate cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, combine cookie crumbs and butter. press into the bottom of a greased 9 inch springform pan.
• 2 refrigerate while preparing filling.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
• 4 beat in chocolate and vanilla.
• 5 add eggs, beat on low speed just until combined.
• 6 fold in half of chopped cookies.
• 7 pour over crust and sprinkle with remaining cookies.
• 8 place pan on a baking sheet and bake at 325* for 50-60 minutes or until center is almost set and top appears dull.
• 9 cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 10 carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer.
• 11 refrigerate overnight.