Irish Creme Chocolate Cheesecake Pie
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
- 3/4 cup sugar, divided
- 1/4 cup margarine, melted
- 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream (divided)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp. firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3 oz. Irish cream liquor
- 4 oz. semi sweet chocolate
- 1 pkg. mint cookies
DIRECTIONS
- In medium bowl, combine crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and margarine. Press mixture firmly on bottom and sides of 9-inch pie pan, set aside.
- In small sauce pan, over low heat, melt semi sweet chocolate.
- In medium bowl, with electric beaters mixer at medium speed beat cream cheese and remaining 1/2 cup sugar until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time and beat well. Add sour cream and vanilla and liquor and beat till smooth.
- Pour into prepared pie crust. Swirl in 3/4 of melted chocolate.
- Bake at 325° for 35 to 40 minutes in water bath. Bake cheese cake until slightly puffed and center is set.
- Blend remaining 1 cup water for cream and brown sugar, spread cheesecake. Bake for 5 minutes more.
- Take out of oven and arrange mint cookies around outside of pie. Cool to room temp. Drizzle remaining chocolate over cake.
- Chill for four hours.