Recipe - Chocolate Mini Cheesecakes

Chocolate crumb crust;
(recipe follows)
One half cup Hershey's cocoa
One fourth Cup; (One half stick) butter
; or margarine, melted
3 pack Cream cheese 8 ounce packs;
softened
1 cn Sweetened condensed milk 14
oz can; not evaporated
3 Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Chocolate glaze; (recipe
follows)

1. Heat oven to 300°F. Line muffin cups (2One half inches in diameter) with
paper bake cups or spray with vegetable cooking spray.* Press about 1
tablespoonful CHOCOLATE CRUMB CRUST mixture onto bottom of each cup.

2. Stir together cocoa and One fourth cup butter. Beat cream cheese until fluffy.
Beat in cocoa mixture. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk. Beat in
eggs and vanilla. Fill muffin cups with batter.

3. Bake 35 minutes or until set. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire
rack. Cool completely. Refrigerate. Before serving, spread with CHOCOLATE
GLAZE. Allow to set. Serve at room temperature. About 24 mini cheesecakes.

CHOCOLATE CRUMB CRUST: In medium bowl, stir together 1One half cups vanilla
wafer crumbs, 6 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa, 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
and 6 tablespoons melted butter or margarine.

CHOCOLATE GLAZE: In medium saucepan over low heat, melt 2 cups (12oz.
pkg.) HERSHEY'S SemiSweet Chocolate Chips with 1 cup (One half pt.) whipping
cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir until smooth. Use immediately.
About 2 cups glaze.

*If vegetable cooking spray is used, cool baked cheesecakes. Freeze 15
minutes; remove with narrow spatula.

Busted by: Barbra Barbra@TheOffice.net

Recipe by: Hersheys

Posted to brandnamerecipes by Beach Princessbarbra@pipeline.com on Jan
22, 1998