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Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
Description:
The raspberries add beautiful, elegant color and sweet-tart berry flavor to contrast with the rich chocolate cheesecake. Calorie and fat content of this cheesecake can be adjusted by using regular, low-fat, or fat-free cream cheese.
Ingredients
- 20 chocolate wafer cookies
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 packages cream cheese, softened
- 2 packages reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 2 packages (6 ounces or 1 1/3 cup each) Driscoll's Raspberries, divided
- 2 ounces bar semi-sweet chocolate
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place cookie wafers in a zip-top freezer bag or double bag. Crush with fingers or roll with a rolling pin or food can to make about 1 cup fine crumbs.
- Place crumbs in a medium bowl and stir in butter until evenly blended.
- Press crumb mixture firmly on bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan. Bake 5 minutes. Cool.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325°F
- Meanwhile, beat cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla, starting on low speed then increasing to high, until thoroughly mixed.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping bowl well after each addition. Gently stir in 1 cup raspberries. Pour mixture into pan.
- Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until just barely set in center. Edges may crack slightly. Turn off oven and leave in oven 1 hour with door ajar. Remove from oven and cool completely. Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Run a knife around edge and remove rim.
- Top cheesecake with remaining raspberries. Hold chocolate bar over cheesecake; firmly slide a sharp vegetable peeler along edge of chocolate allowing shavings to fall on cake.
Lighten Up Tip
- Lighten up the recipe by using 4 packages of reduced-fat cream cheese or 2 packages reduced-fat cream cheese and 2 packages fat-free cream cheese. Cheesecake will be denser. Omit crust and coat pan with cooking spray.
Amount Per Serving
| Calories: | 342 |
| Total Fat: | 21.41g |
| Saturated Fat: | 12.18g |
| Cholesterol: | 108.04mg |
| Sodium: | 274mg |
| Total Carbohydrates: | 32.51g |
| Dietary Fiber: | 3.19g |
| Protein: | 6.92g |
My daughter baked this for our grandson's birthday. OMG! It looked just like the picture and was so delicious! It's very rich, so a small slice was all I could handle after a full dinner. Next time, I'll skip the dinner and have the chocolate raspberry cheesecake!














