Fudge Truffle Cheesecake

Ingredients

Chocolate Crumb Crust

• 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
• 1/3 cup Hershey?s cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup melted butter

Filling

• 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips
• 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Chocolate Drizzle

• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Garnish

• powdered sugar

Directions

Chocolate Crumb Crust

1. In a medium bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs, confectioners sugar, cocoa powder and melted butter or margarine.
2. Press firmly onto the bottom of a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan or a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.

Filling

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. In a heavy saucepan, over very low heat, melt chips, stirring constantly.
3. In a large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add melted chips and remaining ingredients; mix well.
4. Pour into prepared crumb crust pan. Bake 1 hour and 5 minutes or until center is set.
5. Cool and chill.

Chocolate Drizzle

1. Put the chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over medium heat and melt, or melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring in between.
2. Scrape melted chocolate into a plastic baggie and snip a tiny piece off the corner.
3. Slice and drizzle the melted chocolate over the truffle cheesecake.
4. Sprinkle powdered sugar.