PHILADELPHIA Triple-Chocolate Cheesecake
Prep
15-30 mins
Total
1 HR 10 MINS
Servings
16 Servings
Ingredients
24
vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed (about 2 cups)
2 tbsp
butter or margarine, melted
1 cup
sugar, divided
1/2 tsp
vanilla
3
eggs
Instructions
Step 1
Heat oven to 325ºF.
Step 2
Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Melt 5 oz. white chocolate as directed on package; cool slightly.
Step 3
Beat 3 pkg. cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add melted white chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
Step 4
Bake 50 to 55 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool completely. Meanwhile, melt 2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate; cool.
Step 5
Beat remaining cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until blended. Add melted semi-sweet chocolate; mix well. Whisk in COOL WHIP; spread over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours. Meanwhile, make chocolate curls from remaining white and semi-sweet chocolates.
Step 6
Garnish cheesecake with chocolate curls before serving.