You may need to make 2 of these creamy cheesecakes with an oreo crust, because they will go fast!
24 Oreo cookies, finely crushed
6 tbl. butter or margarine, melted
1 -14 oz. pkg. caramels
1/2 cu. milk
1 cu. chopped pecans
3- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
3/4 cu. sugar
1 tbl. vanilla
3 eggs
2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
Preheat oven to 325°F.
Mix crumbs and butter; press onto bottom and 2 inches up side of 9-inch springform pan.
Microwave caramels and milk in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 3 min. or until caramels are completely melted, stirring after each minute. Stir in nuts; pour half into crust. Refrigerate 10 min. Refrigerate remaining caramel mixture for later use.
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over caramel layer in crust.
Bake 1 hour 5 min. to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.
Microwave reserved caramel mixture 1 minutes, stir. Pour over cheesecake. Melt chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over cheesecake.