Turtle Cheesecake
Author: Heather
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
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Serves: 1 cake
- 4 cups vanilla wafers
- 1 stick of butter, melted
- 1½ cups of caramel sauce, store bought, or recipe below
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3, 8 oz. packages of cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cups semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Butter the bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan
- Toast the pecans in the oven for about 4-6 minutes
- Remove and set aside
- Crush vanilla wafers in a food processor or a plastic bag
- Add melted butter until crumbs are crumbly and stick together with the butter
- Press the crumbs into the bottom of the springform pan
- Place springform pan on a baking sheet and bake for ten minutes
- Remove and allow to cool for ten minutes
- In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth.
- Add eggs, one at a time, and blend completely
- Pour about ¾ cup of caramel on top of prepared crust.
- Sprinkle ½ cup of pecans on top
- Pour cheesecake batter over caramel/pecan layer.
- Melt ¼ of the chocolate chips over a double boiler or in the microwave until smooth
- Take the melted chocolate and spoon a teaspoon into the cheesecake batter in various spots
- Take a toothpick and gently swirl chocolate into batter, being careful not to blend it in completely
- Bake cheesecake for 40 minutes or until just set.
- Chill for 3 hours or overnight
- Before serving, melt remaining chocolate chips and drizzle over cheesecake
- Drizzle leftover caramel over the top
- Sprinkle with remaining pecans
Recipe by Girl and Her Kitchen at http://www.girlandherkitchen.com/2016/02/turtle-cheesecake.html
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