Coconut - Chocolate Almond Cheesecake
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Course : Cheesecakes
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 12
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1 1/2           cups  chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
  3        tablespoons  sugar
     1/4           cup  butter or margarine -- melted
  4           packages  cream cheese (8-ounce) -- softened
  3              large  eggs
  1                cup  sugar
  1            package  flaked coconut (14-ounce)
  1            package  milk chocolate chips (11.5-ounce)
     1/2           cup  slivered almonds -- toasted
  1           teaspoon  vanilla extract
     1/2           cup  semisweet chocolate chips
                        Garnish: toasted chopped almonds
 

Preparation:

Stir together first 3 ingredients; press mixture into bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Cool. Beat cream cheese, eggs, and 1 cup sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in coconut, milk chocolate morsels, 1/2 cup almonds, and vanilla. Pour into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack. Place semisweet morsels in a zip lock plastic bag; seal. Submerge bag in warm water until morsels melt. Snip a tiny hole in 1 corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over cheesecake. Cover and chill 8 hours. Chill up to 5 days, if desired. Garnish, if desired, with toasted chopped almonds.

 

Nutritional Information:

257 Calories (kcal); 12g Total Fat; (40% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 36g Carbohydrate; 57mg Cholesterol; 136mg Sodium