Chocolate-Mint Swirl Cheesecake
- 12 OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 1 cup)
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
- 4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
- 1 cup creme de menthe baking chips
- 10 drops green food coloring
- Heat oven to 325F.
- Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides.
- Mix cookie crumbs, 1 Tbsp.
- sugar and butter; press onto bottom of prepared pan.
- Bake 10 min.
- Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each just until blended.
- Remove 1 cup batter; mix with melted chocolate.
- Stir baking chips and food coloring into remaining plain batter; pour over crust.
- Top with spoonfuls of chocolate batter; swirl gently with knife.
- Bake 40 min.
- or until center is almost set.
- Cool completely.
- Refrigerate 4 hours.
- Use foil handles to lift cheesecake from pan before cutting to serve.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/chocolate-mint-swirl-cheesecake-161874.aspx (may not work)