Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups graham crackers
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1 (14 ounce) bag caramels
• 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 crush grahm crackers and mix with 1/3 cup sugar and the butter. press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
• 3 bake for 10 minutes.
• 4 melt caramels with evap. milk in double boiler pan until smooth. (if you dont have a double boiler you can use a small pan for the caramels set in a larger pot of boiling water.).
• 5 pour into crust and top with pecans.
• 6 combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla and mix until smooth.
• 7 add eggs and blend well.
• 8 mix in melted chocolate.
• 9 pour over pecans and caramel.
• 10 bake in 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.
• 11 wait 5 to 10 minutes, loosen spring pan, cool and chill.