Description

No one will be able to resist this decadent chocolate cranberry cheesecake. It's made on an Oreo cookie crust, filled with creamy cheesecake and a sweet cranberry filling and finally topped with semi-sweet chocolate and garnished with chocolate curls.

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 1/2 c. finely crushed Oreo creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, about 15 cookies
• 1/4 c. butter or margarine, melted
• Cranberry Sauce:
• 1 1/4 c. sugar
• 3 T. cornstarch
• 1 1/2 c. fresh or frozen and thawed, cranberries
• 3/4 c. cranberry juice cocktail
• Filling:
• 4- 8 oz. packages cream cheese, softened at room temperature
• 1 c. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 c. whipping cream
• 4 t. freshly grated orange peel
• Top:
• 1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 bar white chocolate
• 1 bar semi-sweet chocolate
• chocolate curls for garnish

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 inch springform pan with cooking spray.
2. In a bowl, mix together the crust ingredients; press into the bottom of the prepared pan.
3. Bake crust 7 - 9 minutes or until set. Cool. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.