• Prep Time: 35 mins
  • Cooking Time:
  • Serves: 16 servings

Chocolate-Cherry Cheesecake

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Category: Kids, Holiday, Desserts, Chocolate

 Ingredients List

  • ~~ Crust ~~
  • 2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • ~~ Filling ~~
  • 4 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
  • ~~ Glaze ~~
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)

 Directions

Heat oven to 325°F. In medium bowl, combine crust ingredients; mix well. Press in bottom and 1 inch up sides of ungreased 10-inch springform pan.

In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sugar and almond extract until smooth. Add 1/2 cup whipping cream; blend well.

Spoon 3 1/2 cups cream cheese mixture into crust-lined pan, spreading evenly. Carefully spoon 1 cup pie filling evenly over cream cheese layer (reserve remaining pie filling for topping). Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture evenly over pie filling.

Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.

In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup whipping cream to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted.

Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Remove side of pan. Place cheesecake on paper-lined cookie sheet. Spread glaze over cooled cheesecake, allowing some to flow down side. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. Serve topped with remaining pie filling.

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