Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Melted chocolate chips combined with cream cheese, sugar, butter, and frozen whipped topping. Mixture is spooned into ready-made crust and chilled.

Ingredients -

1-1/2 cups Semisweet Chocolate Chips
1 (8-ounce) package Cream Cheese, softened
1 (3 ounces) package Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1/4 cup Butter
2 cups Frozen Non-Dairy Whipped Topping, thawed
1 (9-inch) Graham Cracker Pie Crust

Preparation:

1. In a saucepan, melt semisweet chocolate chips until smooth when stirred. Set aside to cool.

2. In a large bowl, beat softened cream cheese, sugar, and butter until smooth. On low speed with an electric mixer, blend in the melted chocolate. Fold in non-dairy whipped topping until blended.

3. Spoon into a graham cracker pie crust.

4. Cover and chill until firm.

Cheesecake Making Tips -

Chocolate Chips

Chocolate chips are readily available in dark, milk and white chocolate varieties. Chips fall into one of two categories: real or imitation. Most chocolate chips sold in stores today are not real chocolate. Their cocoa butter has been replaced with hydrogenated oil. The oil allows them to hold their shape in the oven. Chocolate chips should rarely be considered as a replacement for real chocolate called for in recipes.