Chocolate Cheesecake is a chocolate lover’s delight with an Oreo cookie crust filled in and baked with a rich and creamy chocolate cheesecake and topped with a chocolate ganache. This is the richest, most chocolatey cheesecake you will ever taste! For another rich and chocolatey dessert, try my Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake or even the Perfect Cheesecake Recipe for a classic dessert!
Ingredients
Crust
▢24 Oreo cookies
▢¼ cup (½ stick / 57 g) unsalted butter, melted
Filling
▢2 cups (336 g) semisweet chocolate chips
▢¾ cup (178.5 g) heavy cream, room temperature and divided
▢3 packages (24 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
▢1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar
▢¼ cup (29.5 g) Dutch process cocoa powder
▢5 large eggs, room temperature
▢1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate Ganache
▢1 ½ cups (252 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
▢¾ cups (178.5 g) heavy cream
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325°F.
Lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan (or use parchment paper to prevent sticking).
Crust
Add Oreo cookies to a food processor and crush until you have a fine crumb and very few larger pieces.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the Oreo cookies and melted butter and stir until evenly distributed.
Press the crumbs into the bottom of the springform pan and up the sides.
Bake the crust for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool. NOTE: Sometimes the butter can drip out of the springform pan if it is not sealed properly. You can either wrap the bottom edge of the pan in aluminum foil or place a cookie sheet on the bottom rack to collect any drippings.
Filling
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