Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake

Name: Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake
Prep time: 8 h 45 min
Cook time: 8 h 45 min
Total time: 8 h 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 177 milliliters melted butter; 118 milliliters cocoa powder; 680 grams packages cream cheese; 4 eggs; 473 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 355 milliliters heavy cream; 177 milliliters sour cream; 473 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 177 milliliters water

Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake requires roughly 8 hours and 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 10 servings with 907 calories, 11g of protein, and 66g of fat each. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of water, butter, graham cracker crumbs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly coat a 10-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Springform Pan

Oven

Combine the graham cracker crumbs with the cocoa powder and 1 cup sugar. Toss with melted butter. Press into the bottom and 1 to 2-inches up the sides of the prepared springform pan.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Cocoa Powder

Butter

Sugar

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Springform Pan

Bring 2 cups sugar and the water to a boil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue to cook without stirring until the mixture has turned a deep, golden color, 30 to 45 minutes.

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Sugar

Water

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Pot

Remove from the heat, and carefully pour in the heavy cream (the mixture will bubble vigorously). Return the caramel to the stove over low heat, and stir until completely liquefied. Stir in the chocolate until melted, then stir in the sour cream.

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Heavy Cream

Sour Cream

Chocolate

Caramel

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Remove from heat and set aside.

Beat the cream cheese until fluffy in an electric mixer.

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Cream Cheese

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Hand Mixer

Add caramel mixture, and blend well, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally.

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Caramel

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Bowl

Add eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition.

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Egg

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Bowl

Add the vanilla with the last egg.

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Vanilla

Egg

Mix until well incorporated, then pour mixture into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Place pan into a hot water bath with the water coming half way up the sides of the springform pan.

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Water

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Springform Pan

Bake in the center of the preheated oven until the center has set, about 1 hour 15 minutes. The cheesecake is done when the middle 3 or 4 inches are still a little wobbly. Chill completely before serving.

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Oven