Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

By AzWench

This rich and creamy dark chocolate cheesecake has the most wonderful hints of orange! It is a fun twist on traditional cheesecake and definitely something I will make again.

Ingredients

• CRUST:
• 1 3/4 cups Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips
• 6 ounces shortbread cookies, crushed
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• FILLING:
• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup orange juice concentrate
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• TOPPING:
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate

Preparation

Step 1

Crust:

Preheat oven to 325°F. Combine cookies and butter with a fork. Press into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan and slightly up the sides. Bake 15 minutes. Cool.

Filling:

Melt 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips at 30-second intervals, stirring after every 30 seconds until melted. Cool.

Beat cream cheese and 1 3/4 cups sugar until smooth. Add 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips, 1/3 cup orange juice, and eggs, one at a time. Pour into crust, and bake 50 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.

Topping:

Mix sour cream, 6 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate together. Spread over cake.

Drizzle remaining 1/4 cup melted chocolate chips over. Bake 5 minutes.

Turn off heat, and cool in the oven with the door slightly open for 30 minutes. Place in refrigerator overnight.