Crust:
1 c Chocolate cookie crumbs
2 tb Unsalted butter; softened
1/8 ts Salt
Filling:
16 oz Cream cheese
1 c White sugar
16 oz Sour cream
4 Eggs
1 tb Vanilla extract
9 oz Chopped semisweet
-- chocolate blocks
Preheat oven to 350. Mix together cookie crumbs,
butter, and salt. Press mixture into bottom of 9 inch
springform pan. Chill while making filling. Filling: with
electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and sugar. Blend
in sour cream. Add eggs and vanilla and blend until well
mixed and smooth. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chunks. Pour
filling into springform pan with chilled crust and smooth
top with spatula. Sprinkle top with remaining chocolate
chunks. Bake 30-40 minutes and turn off oven. Leave
cheesecake in over 1 hour. Remove from oven and chill until
firm, about 3-4 hours. Yield 1 9-inch cheesecake THE
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