Turtle Cheesecake from Karo®

Name: Turtle Cheesecake from Karo®
Prep time: 4 h 58 min
Cook time: 4 h 58 min
Total time: 4 h 58 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 Tbsps butter, divided; 255 grams package Werthers® Original Baking Caramels, divided; 296 milliliters chocolate graham cracker crumbs; 1 teaspoon Mazola® Corn Oil; 59 milliliters Karo® Light Corn Syrup; 1 Tbsp cream OR milk; 454 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 2 eggs; 59 milliliters finely chopped pecans; 59 milliliters semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 teaspoon Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract

Turtle Cheesecake from Karo® requires around 4 hours and 58 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 276 calories. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have butter, semi-sweet chocolate chips, cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Melt 3 tablespoons butter; combine with graham crackers crumbs. Press evenly into bottom of 8 x 8-inch baking pan. Set aside.

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Graham Crackers

Butter

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Baking Pan

Reserve 10 caramels. Microwave remaining caramels, corn syrup and 2 tablespoons butter in a microwave-safe bowl for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently until melted.

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Corn Syrup

Caramel Candy

Butter

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Microwave

Bowl

Remove and let cool 5 minutes.

Beat cream cheese and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add eggs one at a time until well blended. Gradually beat in melted caramel mixture. The caramel will cool and streak throughout.

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Caramel

Egg

Pour filling over crust.

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Crust

Bake for 32 to 38 minutes until just set.

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Oven

Remove from oven and let cool on rack 10 minutes. Chill for at least 4 hours or overnight. Melt chocolate chips and oil in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds or until melted.

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Chocolate Chips

Cooking Oil

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Microwave

Bowl

Oven

Drizzle over cheesecake.

Microwave reserved caramels and cream in a microwave-safe bowl for 1 minute; stir. Continue to microwave in 15 second increments until sauce is creamy.

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Caramel Candy

Cream