Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake

🧂 Ingredients

• 18 Oreos

  finely crushed (about 1-½ cups)
• 3 tablespoons butter

  melted
• 4 8 ounce packages Cream Cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 ounces high quality white chocolate

  melted
• 25 peppermint hard candies

  such as starlight mints
• 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 2/3 cup sour cream

  room temperature
• 4 eggs

  room temperature
• 4 ounces semi sweet chocolate
• 4 ounces heavy cream
• 1 candy cane

  crushed
• Whipped cream

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 325 F. Stir the crushed Oreos and melted butter together.
  Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
• 2 In a large bowl beat together the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in
  the melted white chocolate, crushed peppermints, peppermint extract and sour
  cream. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating just until combined after each
  addition.
• 3 Pour the batter on top of the crust in the spring form pan and bake for 55 to 60
  minutes or until center is just set. Turn off the oven and let cool inside the
  oven for an hour. Remove and cool completely.
• 4 To make the ganache, chop the chocolate and place in a heat proof bowl. Heat the
  cream in a saucepan over low heat until hot. do not boil. Pour the cream over
  the chocolate and whisk until smooth.
• 5 Cool and pour of cheesecake. Add whipped cream and crushed candy canes right
  before serving.

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