Chocolate Creme Oreo Cheesecake

Total Time: 11 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 10 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup crushed oreo cookies (about 13 cookies)
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (8 ounce) package semisweet baking chocolate, melted then slightly cooled
• 4 eggs
• 20 cookies, quartered

Recipe

• 1 crust: press cookie crumbs onto the bottom of a 9'-inch springform pan.
• 2 filling: mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla on medium speed until wll blended.
• 3 blend in melted chocolate.
• 4 add eggs and mix on low speed, until blended.
• 5 gently fold in 1 1/2 cups of the quartered cookies.
• 6 pour over crumb crust and sprinkle with remaining quartered cookies.
• 7 bake at 325°f for 65 minutes until center is almost set*.
• 8 run knife around pan rim to loosen cake.
• 9 cool, remove rim and refrigerate overnight.
• 10 garnish with whipped topping, raspberries and mint leaves.
• 11 if using a dark metal springform pan- bake at 300°f.