Chocolate Grasshopper Cheesecake

Mint, chocolate, cheesecake. Three fantastic flavors that come together in one awesome dessert!

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ingredients 9
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 7 hr 35 min

Ingredients

Crust

30: fudge mint cookies, crushed (about 1 3/4 cups)

2: tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

Filling

4: oz semisweet baking chocolate

3: packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened

1: cup sugar

4: eggs

1/3: cup green crème de menthe liqueur*

Topping and Garnish, if desired

: Sweetened whipped cream

: Crème de menthe thin rectangular candies for garnish, unwrapped, cut in half diagonally

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 300°F. Wrap foil around bottom and side of ungreased 9-inch springform pan. In large bowl, mix crust ingredients with fork until crumbly. Press in bottom and 1 inch up side of pan. Bake 12 minutes. Cool 30 minutes.
2 In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate on High 45 to 60 seconds, stirring once halfway through microwaving, until melted. If necessary, continue to microwave on High in 15-second increments, stirring until smooth. Set aside.
3 In large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl frequently, until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Stir in liqueur. Pour filling evenly over crust.
4 Drop 8 to 10 tablespoonfuls melted chocolate randomly onto filling, allowing chocolate to sink into filling. With table knife or small spatula, cut through chocolate and filling to swirl for marbled design.
5 Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until set 2 inches from edge of pan. Remove from oven; run knife around side of cheesecake to loosen. Return to oven; turn oven off and open door slightly. Cool cheesecake in oven 1 hour. Remove from oven to cooling rack; cool at room temperature 1 hour. Refrigerate 3 hours.
6 To serve, remove side of pan. Spoon whipped cream into decorating bag with large star tip; squeeze bag to pipe cream around top edge of cheesecake. Garnish with candies.

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Expert Tips

*One teaspoon peppermint extract and 4 to 6 drops green food color can be substituted for the crème de menthe liqueur.

This decadent dessert is the perfect do-ahead because it needs to be chilled at least 3 hours before serving.

For easy cutting, dip your knife into hot water.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 340
Calories from Fat: 210),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 23g; 23%
(Saturated Fat 15g, 15% Trans Fat 1/2g 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 105mg; 105%;
Sodium: 190mg; 190%;
Total Carbohydrate: 28g; 28%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 23g 23% ),
Protein: 6g; 6%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 4%;
Iron: 6%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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slosh29

report Posted Jan. 5, 2013 3:19 AM

I have made many cheesecakes. Usually they advise you to wrap the outside of a springform pan when baked in a water bath to obviously not let water seep into the cheesecake while baking. They may advise it to make sure the crust or the outer edges dont burn or get overdone before the center sets. You want to wrap the outside of the pan making sure you cover the part where the bottom of the pan drops in.

Nechay

report Posted Dec. 4, 2012 3:53 PM

Do you put the foil on the inside of the pan or on the outside of the springform pan???

jeannie2473

report Posted Sep. 1, 2012 6:32 PM

I think they are saying to put the foil on the outside of the pan. Because it says to place on the bottom and the sides. It doesn't say on the inside. That is my guess?

ProudAFMom13

report Posted Aug. 20, 2012 12:27 AM

This is not a review . . . I have a question. Is the foil step in the beginning used to line the springform pan or is it wrapped around the outside? If used as a liner for pan, wouldn't need to run knife around edge of pan and don't understand what purpose it would serve on the outside. Thanks in advance for any help with understanding this.

oneof10

report Posted Aug. 7, 2012 7:48 PM

This is a fantastic recipe. The baking method is perfect. The only very minor changes I made were (1) to reduce the sugar to a scant 7/8 of a cup, (2) to not run the knife around the pan until after it finished in the oven. It was perfect. I made it for my husband's birthday dinner party because his 2 favorite desserts are cheesecake and mint chocolate chip ice cream and this combo was great. It's very rich, so the 9" springform can easily serve 8 - 10. I definitely recommend decorating as suggested, with the whipped cream and wedge of Andes. It looked lovely and tasted even better. Ever