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slice of triple chocolate cheesecake on a blue and white plate.

Triple Chocolate Cheesecake

This picture-perfect triple chocolate cheesecake recipe is made with both semi-sweet and milk chocolate for a rich flavor, all nestled into a crunchy Oreo crust. It's the ideal cheesecake for chocoholics and my go-to recipe!
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Ingredients

  • 1 package 9 ounces chocolate Oreo cookies
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • 4 blocks 8 ounces each cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • dash of nutmeg
  • dash of cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate melted
  • 2 ounces of milk chocolate melted

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Assemble a 9-inch spring form pan with the raised side of the bottom facing down.
  • In a blender, pulse cookies until finely ground. Add butter, and pulse to moisten. Transfer to prepared pan, and press crumbs firmly and evenly into the bottom. Place pan on a rimmed baking sheet; bake 10 minutes, and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, add cream cheese, sugar, and salt; blend until smooth with electric mixer. Add eggs, then sour cream, and finally chocolate; blend filling until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. This is where I separated part of the filling and added the melted milk chocolate to 1/2 of the filling.
  • Pour filling onto crust, and bake just until set, 1 hour. Turn oven off, and let cheesecake sit 1 hour in oven, without opening (this helps prevent cracking).
  • Run a thin knife around the edge of the pan (this helps prevent cracking, too); leave in pan, and cool completely on wire rack. Cover loosely and refrigerate, at least 6 hours or up to overnight.
  • Unmold cheesecake. Spread ganache in center of cheesecake (IF USING)  let set before serving.

Notes

This recipe was adapted from the triple chocolate cheesecake by Martha Stewart.
NOTES: I made a 1/2 recipe. And used a 5 inch cheesecake pan. I also decided instead of making Ganache for the top after it was finished, I took part of the filling about  1/4 and added a melted milk chocolate to it. So my directions are as above, if you want to have a layer of ganache on top than follow the link to Martha Stewart's website.