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No Bake Cherry Chocolate Chip Cheesecake With Oreo Crust

Ingredients
  

For the Crust
  • 22 Oreo Cookies or chocolate sandwich cookies of your choice
  • 3 tablespoon butter melted
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
For the Filling
  • 16 oz 2 packages cream cheese, softened
  • 16 oz heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 large box 6 oz cherry-flavored gelatin
  • 12 oz frozen cherries thawed
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips + additional for garnish

Method
 

Make the crust
  1. Crush Oreos in a food processor
  2. Add melted butter and sugar and stir to combine
  3. Press mixture in to the bottom and halfway up the sides of a springform pan.
  4. Place pan in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to chill
Make the Filling
  1. Beat together the cream cheese and the sugar until well-blended. Set aside
  2. In a separate bowl dissolve the gelatin with 1 ½ cup boiling water. Set aside to cool.
  3. Dice about ⅔ of the cherries.
  4. Whip together the heavy cream and powdered sugar until soft peaks form.
  5. Once the gelatin has begun to thicken, fold the whipped cream in to the gelatin.
  6. Fold the cream cheese mixture in to the whipped cream mixture.
  7. Fold in the diced cherries and chocolate chips and gently stir until well-blended.
  8. Pour the filling in to the springform pan and garnish with the remaining cherries and extra chocolate chips.
  9. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm