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Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake

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  • Brief Description

    Luscious creamy chocolate icebox cheesecake made with chocolate pudding, caramel and pecans in a chocolate crumb crust; drizzled with fudge topping.

  • Main Ingredient

    chocolate pudding

  • Category:  Desserts

  • Cuisine:  American

  • Prep Time:  30 min(s)

  • Cook Time:  5 min(s)

  • Recipe Type:  Public

  • Source:

    Easy Everyday Cooking recipe card

  • Tags:

    Quick & Easy Make-Ahead

  • Notes:

    This can be made a day ahead. Wait to add fudge topping and decorate with pecans until just before serving. Nuts are easier to chop when they are warm, so microwave them for 1 minute or 2 before chopping.

  • Posted By:  MarySue

  • Posted On:  May 08, 2020

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Ingredients:

  1. 1 packages - 7 oz. caramels
  2. 1/4 cups - evaported milk
  3. 3/4 cups - chopped pecans divided
  4. 1 - chocolate crumb piecrust (9 inch)
  5. 2 packages - 3 oz. cream cheese softened
  6. 1/2 cups - sour cream
  7. 1 1/4 cups - milk
  8. 1 packages - 3.9 oz. chocolate instant pudding mix
  9. 1/2 cups - fudge topping OR caramel topping as desired

Directions:

Place caramels and evaporated milk in heavy saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring continually, until smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.

Pour into pie crust.

Combine cream cheese, sour cream and milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add pudding mix; process 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.

Note: For a quick way to drizzle the fudge topping, put it in a resealable plastic bag, snip off a corner of the bag, then pipe the topping over the pudding layer.


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