Chocolate Eruption Cheesecake

Kimke's Note:

Rich chocolate cream cake loaded with nuts, chocolate chips, turtle cheesecake, chocolate curls & caramel. Posted for a request.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 20

Bottom Crust

• 1 ¼ cups Oreo cookies or 1 ¼ cups chocolate cookie crumbs or 1 ¼ cups fine brownies , crumbs
• ¼ cup white chocolate , finely ground
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted

Filling

• 2 ½ lbs cream cheese , softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) can condensed milk
• 5 eggs
• 1⁄3; cup light cream
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 ½ cups white chocolate , coarsely chopped
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1 cup coarsely chopped chocolate
• 2 cups coarsely choppedSnickers candy bars or 2 cups turtle candy bars
• 1 cup coarsely cut chunks brownie , homemade or prepared from a mix
• ½ cup caramel ice cream topping

Garnish

• ¼ cup melted white chocolate
• ¼ cup melted semisweet chocolate
• ¼ cup melted milk chocolate chocolate shavings
• ¼ cup powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Spray a 10 inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray.
3. Mix the crust ingredients together and press firmly into the pan.
4. Mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth.
5. Add condensed milk, eggs, cream, flour, vanilla, and salt.
6. Blend until smooth, about 5 minutes on slow speed, scraping bottom of the mixing bowl.
7. Remove 1/3 of batter and mix it with the white chocolate.
8. Pour this into the springform pan.
9. Fold in the remaining ingredients (except caramel sauce) into the cheesecake batter.
10. Mix gently by hand.
11. Fold half the batter into the pan (on top of the white chocolate cheesecake batter), and then drop spoonfulls of half the caramel sauce all over.
12. Top with remaining batter and then remaining caramel sauce.
13. Stir with butter knife.
14. Pan will be very full.
15. Bake until set about 45-55 minutes.
16. Cool in oven an hour and then place in refrigerator for several hours or overnight.
17. Before serving, drizzle on melted milk, white and dark chocolate over top, allowing it to drip down on side.
18. Garnish with large chocolate shavings and dust with powdered sugar.

Reviews

[Chef #949119]

Wow -- this is the best Cheesecake I've ever eaten. I didn't think I could make it because it seemed too complicated for me (I don't bake). Much to my surprise -- I did it and everyone absolutely loved it. I followed the recipe exactly but next time I think I'll also add the white chocolate to the entire batter. Just call me Chef Deb

[Chef #431549]

I first made this cheesecake for a chocolic friend's birthday. Both she and friends could not stop raving about. In fact we had a be quiet on one occasion whilst my friend ate it. The only thing I did differently was to leave out the sugar and condensed milk and added 1/3 cup rum cream instead of the cream. I have made it several more times each time to rave reviews. I did not mix one part batter with the white chocolate the second and subsequent times I made it and found no difference. Without exception, all who have ate it says its the best cheesecake they've ever had - even better than Cheesecake Factory. Wow!

[Shasha]

I didn't like this very much...it was too sweet, and I'd prefer a smoother, creamier texture for cheesecakes.