Chocolate Cheesecake

Prep time: 15 minutes
Ready in: 5 hours 5 minutes
Serves: 10-12

Ingredients:

CRUST

1 cup chocolate wafers crumbs
3 Tbsp sugar
3 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted

FILLING

2 pkg. (8oz each) Philadelphia Cream Cheese softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup melted chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

Preparation

Crust: Mix crumbs, sugar and butter, press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan Bake for 10 minutes @ 350.

Filling: INCREASE oven temperature to 375 degrees F.

Beat cream cheese, sugar cocoa and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour into prepared crust. Place entire cheesecake pan in a hot water bath. Bake for 30-40 minutes until a knife comes out clean.