18 chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed (1-1/2 cups)
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
3 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1 pkg. (8 squares) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled slightly
Heat oven to 325. Mix crushed cookies and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes. Mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, mixing on low speed just until blended. Blend in melted chocolate. Pour over crust. Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
How to press crumbs into pan to make crust: Use bottom of straight-sided glass to evenly press cookie crumb mixture onto bottom of spring form pan.
