Frozen Chocolate Cheesecake
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 6:14pm

Ingredients




1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
 cup butter, melted
8 ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sugar, divided
6 ounces semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
2 eggs, separated
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
3/4 cup chopped nuts (opt.)

Preparation

1 CRUST: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix cookie crumbs and melted butter together. Press into an 8" or 9" springform pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool about 1 hour. 2 CHEESECAKE: Beat together cream cheese, vanilla and 1/4 cup sugar until well blended. Melt chocolate chips over low heat in heavy saucepan. Stir 2 beaten egg yolks and chocolate into the cream cheese mixture. Mix until well blended. Next beat 2 egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar. Beat until stiff. Fold into cream cheese mixture.