Philadelphia Chocolate Royale Cheesecake

• Crust
• 18 Oreo cookies, finely crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• Filling
• 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (8 ounce) package baker semisweet baking chocolate, melted & slightly cooled
• 1/4 cup hazelnut-flavored liqueur (optional)
• 4 eggs

1. Crust: Mix together cookie crumbs, sugar and butter; press into the bottom of a 9" springform pan.
2. Bake@ 325 degrees for 10 minutes.
3. Filling: Mix together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until well blended.
4. Add chocolate, liqueur and eggs; mix just until blended.
5. Pour over crust.
6. Bake at 325 for 55-60 minutes or until center is almost set if using a silver springform pan (bake at 300 degrees for 60-65 minutes or until center is almost set if using a dark nonstick springform pan).
7. Run knife or metal spatula around the rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing the rim of pan.
8. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

crust, cookies, butter, filling, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, chocolate, hazelnutflavored liqueur, eggs

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/philadelphia-chocolate-royale-cheesecake-50889 (may not work)