Chocolate Cream Cheesecake

Ingredients:

32 chocolate sandwich cookied, divided
4 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 package semi sweet baking chocolate, melted, slightly cooled
4 eggs

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Quarter 20 of the cookies; set aside.  finely crush remaining 12 cookies; press firmly into bottom of greased pan.  Bake 10 minutes.

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.  Add chocolate; mix well.  Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.  Gently stir in 1 1/2 cups of the quartered cookies.  Pour over crust.  Sprinkle with remaining quartered cookies.

Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour or until center is almost set.  Run knife for metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake.  Cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.  Store leftovers in refrigerator.