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Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Perfect Partner: Hot Mint Tea
Ingredients
- 1 (7-ounce) package caramels
- ¼ cup evaporated milk
- ¾ cup chopped pecans, divided
- 1 (9-inch) chocolate crumb piecrust
- 2 (3-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 (3.9-ounce) package chocolate instant pudding mix
- ½ cup of fudge topping
Looking for a quick way to drizzle the fudge topping? Put it in a resizable plastic bag, snip off a corner of the bag, then pipe the topping over the pudding layer
Make Ahead
This luscious cheesecake may be made 1 day ahead through step 3. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Add topping and decorate with pecans before serving.
Place caramels and evaporated milk in a heavy saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring, continually (this is sounding erotic), until smooth about 5 minutes. Stir in ½ cup of chopped pecans. Pour into piecrust.
Combine cream cheese, sour cream and milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add pudding mix; process for about 30 seconds longer.
Pour pudding mixture over caramel layer, covering evenly. Chill, loosely covered, until set about 15 minutes.
Drizzle fudge topping over pudding layer in a decorative pattern. Sprinkle top of cake with remaining pecans. Chill, loosely covered, until serving time.