Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Recipe

Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Average Rating:5 Stars 1 Review
Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:1 hour 15 minutes
Servings:16

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
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. 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.
  3. Place crumbs in a medium bowl and stir in butter until evenly blended.
  4. Press crumb mixture firmly on bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan. Bake 5 minutes. Cool.
  5. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F
  6. 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.
  7. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping bowl well after each addition. Gently stir in 1 cup raspberries. Pour mixture into pan.
  8. 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.
  9. 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

  1. 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
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5 Stars
Sinfully good!

By bgkbear

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!