5 from 4 votes
Ultimate Chocolate Cheesecake
This ultimate chocolate cheesecake recipe is a chocolate lover's dream. It has a rich chocolatey taste and a luscious creamy texture. Made with low-fat cream cheese and light sour cream, it has fewer calories than regular cheesecake but tastes just as decadent as you'd expect of a chocolate dessert.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
18 mins
Total Time
28 mins
Servings:
12
Calories:
255 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 12 chocolate cookies (like oreo, or you favourite cut up with a cookie cutter to that size)
- 1 block cream cheese 16 oz, room temperature, low fat
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 egg
- 1/2 cup sour cream low fat
- 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate dark or milk) chocolate chips, melted in a bowl in the microwave for 45 seconds
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (for a darker chocolate taste—optional, but recommended)
- salt pinch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Toppings:
- Homemade Caramel Sauce or
Milk Chocolate Ganache:
- 2 tablespoons milk low fat
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
Chocolate Ganache:
Notes
- Take your chocolate cheesecake to the next level by flavoring it with orange zest, mint extract, almond extract, cinnamon and whatever you like your chocolate with.
- Add a tablespoon of espresso to your cheesecake mixture to elevate the chocolate flavor.
- As tempting as they smell, let these mini cheesecakes cool completely and give them a good rest in the fridge before eating them! They taste so much better that way!