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No-bake Chocolate Cheesecake
Author/Submitted by: Hershey Foods Corporation
Servings: 12
Categories:
Cheesecakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients: 5
ounces
almonds,
or pecans (see
Note) 3/4
cup
vanilla wafer cookies,
crushed into
crumbs; about 25 wafers; (see Note) 1/4
cup
confectioners' sugar 1/4
cup
butter or margarine,
melted
1 1/2
cups
HERSHEY'S semi-sweet chocolate chips 11
ounces
cream cheese,
softened (1-8 oz.
package and 1-3 oz. package) 1/3
cup
sugar 1/4
cup
butter or margarine,
softened
1 1/2
teaspoons
vanilla 1
cup
heavy or whipping cream
grated chocolate,
(optional)
1
teaspoon
unflavored gelatin 1
tablespoon
cold water 2
tablespoons
boiling water 1
cup
heavy or whipping cream 2
tablespoons
sugar 1
teaspoon
vanilla 1/2
cup
canned peaches in syrup,
drained and diced
Directions:
Prepare Crumb-Nut Crust (directions follow); set aside. Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water, stirring until smooth. Combine cream cheese and sugar in large mixer bowl; add butter, beating until smooth. Blend in vanilla. Beat in melted chocolate all at once. Whip cream until stiff; fold into chocolate mixture.
Spoon into prepared crust; chill while preparing Peach Topping (directions follow). Spoon topping onto chocolate layer and chill thoroughly. Garnish with grated chocolate.
Crumb-Nut Crust (first 4 ingredients): If using almonds, toast in shallow baking pan at 350 degrees F. for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently; cool. Chop nuts very finely in food processor or blender (you should have 1 cup). Combine nuts with wafer crumbs and confectioners' sugar in medium bowl; drizzle with melted butter. Press onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches up side of 9-inch springform pan.
Note: You may substitute 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs for the nuts and vanilla wafer crumbs.
Peach Topping (last 7 ingredients): sprinkle gelatine onto cold water in small glass dish; allow to stand a few minutes to soften. Add boiling water and stir until gelatine is dissolved. Whip cream and sugar until stiff; beat in gelatine mixture and vanilla. Fold in diced peaches.
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