I love this cheesecake recipe but I guess I'm biased since I prefer "real" cheesecake over boxed/store bought. This cheesecake is very rich so make sure to cut the pieces very small! Your guests will thank you.

Ingredients

Filling
1 1/2 packages cream cheese (12 oz), room temperature
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
3 squares of semi-sweet baking chocolate
1 tsp vanilla

Crust
5 T melted butter
2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (Oreo cookies work, too)

Frosting
1/2 c sour cream
5 squares of semi-sweet baking chocolate

The Preparation

• For the crust - combine the crumbs with the melted butter. Press into the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie pan.
• For the filling - combine cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a medium bowl. Beat until creamy.
• Pour half of the mixture into the pie pan.
• Melt the 3 squares of chocolate in a small saucepan. Be careful not to scorch the chocolate. Keep the heat low and stir constantly.
• Pour the chocolate into the remaining cheese mixture. Blend together.
• Slowly pour the chocolate mixture into the cheese mixture in the pie pan. Take a spoon and swirl the chocolate as your pour.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 50 minutes.
• For the frosting - melt the 5 squares of chocolate in a saucepan (if you're using the same saucepan, be sure to wash it out or the old chocolate will burn).
• Blend the melted chocolate with the sour cream. If the frosting is a bit too bitter for you, slowly add powdered sugar to the frosting until it is sweet enough. Be careful not to make it too sweet - the cake is rich and the frosting will just over power it. :-)
• When the cake is done, allow it to cool for an hour. Spread the frosting over the cooled cheesecake.

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