Everyone will enjoy this frightening pumpkin cheese cake on Halloween.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cups canned pumpkin pie filling
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix chocolate wafer crumbs and melted butter in a bowl; press onto the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until just blended. Stir in pumpkin pie filling and cornstarch; pour over chocolate wafer crust.
- Bake in preheated oven until center is just set, 50 to 55 minutes.
- Spread sour cream over top of warm cheesecake; let cool.
- Melt chocolate and oil in a microwave-safe bowl in a microwave for 1 minute; stir until completely melted. Drizzle chocolate onto sour cream topping in a spiral pattern, starting from the center; draw a toothpick outward, from center to edges, through circles to form a web. Remove side of pan and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 455 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 127 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Sodium | 359 mg |
| Sugars | 19 g |
| Fat | 33 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I recommend adding some flavor to this, it was very blah (especially since I used real pumpkin so the flavor was natural), though overall texture came out nicely. Add pumpkin pie spice, maybe ground cloves and vanilla to this recipe and I think it would be MUCH improved.
Good! Thanks for posting the recipe 😉
I tried this recipe for a halloween dessert competition at work and won first prize! Very delicious and was relitivly easy to make. Will defintely make again! Cheers
Awesome! Just perfect for my Halloween Party. 😀