Black Forest Cheesecake!

Black Forest anything is Delicious in any form. A tasty mix of Chocolate and cherries! but if you LOVE cheesecake...... I mean Can't live without it and you LOVE chocolate and Cherries too... then this is you recipe!


here's the recipe!

1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
2 cups split maraschino cherries
5 packages (8 ounces each) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 package (8 squares) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted, slightly cooled
1 cup sour cream
3 eggs
1 cup thawed prepared whipped topping
18 whole Honey Maid Honey Graham crackers, finely crushed(I used Chocolate Graham crackers)

 

PREHEAT oven to 325°F. you'll be using a 13 x 9-inch foil baking pan, Mix graham crumbs, 3 tablespoons sugar and butter; press firmly onto bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes.

 

MEANWHILE, cut 2 cups of cherries in half and set aside. Beat cream cheese, remaining 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add melted chocolate and sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour half of the cream cheese batter over crust; top with the cut cherries. Cover with remaining cream cheese batter.

 

BAKE 45 to 50 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Top with pie filling and the whipped topping just before serving. spreading the cool whip over the top first then top with the cherry pie filling

 

 

Serve and enjoy