The Best Chocolate Cheesecake

Photo by: Jerome Ballew

Ingredients

18 OREO Cookies, crushed (about 1-1/2 cups, creme fillings removed)

2 Tbsp.  butter or margarine, melted

3 pkg.  (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1 cup  sugar

1 tsp.  vanilla

2 pkg.  (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted, cooled

3 eggs

1 cup   thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

1-1/2 cups  mixed seasonal fresh fruit(chopped strawberries, sliced kiwi)

Directions

HEAT oven to 325°F.

MIX cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.

BEAT cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

BAKE 45 to 55 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with COOL WHIP and fruit.

Source: Kraftrecipes.com