Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 18 chocolate sandwich style cookies, finely crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, sofened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 6 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, melted, slightly cooled
• 1/4 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 mix crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch spring form pan.
• 2 beat 3 packages of the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition, just until blended. blend in sour cream; pour over crust.
• 3 beat 1 package cream cheese, and 6 squares melted chocolate with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. add preserves; mix well. drop rounded tablespoonful's of chocolate mixture over plain cream cheese mixture; do not swirl.
• 4 bake at 325*f for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until center is almost set. run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
• 5 melt remaining chocolate an whipping cream on low heat, stirring until smooth. spread over cooled cheesecake. refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. garnish with additional whipped cream, raspberry's and mint leaves.