Best Chocolate Cheesecake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
• 1 -2 cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
• semisweet chocolate, shaved

Recipe

• 1 crust: melt butter in saucepan.
• 2 stir in crumbs, sugar and cocoa.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 press into bottom and 3/4 way up sides of ungreased 10 inch springform pan.
• 5 do not bake.
• 6 filling: beat cream cheese and sugar until blended.
• 7 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• 8 mix in sour cream.
• 9 combine chocolate chips and butter in saucepan over low heat until melted.
• 10 stir often.
• 11 add chocolate to cheese mixture.
• 12 pour into prepared pan.
• 13 bake in 325 degree oven for about 90 minutes until center is firm.
• 14 cool at room temperature, then chill.
• 15 top with whipped cream, raspberries and shaved chocolate.