Recipe - Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake

2 cup Vanilla Wafer Crumbs
6 tablespoon Butter
1 Bag; (14oz) caramel candies
1 cn (5.3oz) evaporated milk
2 pack (8oz) cream cheese; softened
One half cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Eggs
One half cup Semisweet chocolate chips;
melted
Whipped cream; chopped nuts,
maraschino cherries for
garnish

Combine crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of a 9in springform pan. Bake
10 minutes at 350 degrees. Melt caramels in milk in heavy 1 One half quart
saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until smooth. Pour over crust.
Top with pecans. Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl of
electric mixer. Mix at medium speed until wellblended. Add eggs, one at a
time, mixing well after each. Blend in chocolate. Pour cream cheese batter
over pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until done. Loosen cake
from rim of pan. Chill. Garnish with whipped cream, chopped nuts and
maraschino cherries. Makes 1012 servings.

Source: Houston Chronicle

Posted to EATL Digest by Jennie Craig jecraig@LANINC.COM on Jan 21,
1998