Turtle Cheesecake

Turtle Cheesecake

Prep Time: 45 minutes. Start to Finish: 2 hours 10 minutes. Serves 12

Ingredients:

Crust: 1 ¾ cup chocolate or regular graham cracker crumbs

½ cup butter or margarine, melted

Filling: 3 packages (8 ounce each) cream cheese, softened

1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk

½ cup granulated sugar

3 large eggs

3 tablespoon lime juice

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 ½ cups (9 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate morsels

2 tablespoons chocolate syrup or ice cream topping

2 tablespoons caramel syrup or ice cream topping

½ cup coarsely chopped pecans

¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate mini morsels

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300, grease 9-inch spring-form pan. To make crust, combine crumbs and butter in medium bowl, press onto bottom and 1 inch side up of prepared pan. To make filling, beat cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk in large mixer bowl until smooth. Add sugar, eggs, lime juice, vanilla extract and beat until combined

Microwave 1 ½ cup morsels in medium, uncovered microwave-safe bowl for 1 minute and stir, microwave additional time if need until morsels are just melted. Stir 2 cups of cheesecake batter into melted morsels; mix well. Alternately spoon batters into crust, beginning and ending with yellow batter.

Bake for 60-75 minutes or until edge is set and center moves slightly. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; run knife along edges of cheese cake. Cool completely. Drizzle chocolate and caramel over cheesecake. Sprinkle with nuts and mini morsels. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight and than remove sides of the pan