Christmas is quickly approaching and I have so much to do! I have been racking my brain all week for easy meal ideas for the 25th and I believe I have just about completed my menu.

There is one item I must make by request of my entire family. If I don’t I’ll be raked over the coals. It is my chocolate truffle cheesecake. I have been making it since high school. I got the recipe from my friend’s mother many years ago.

The recipe is actually very easy. I promise it is worth the effort. It only take about 15 minutes (or less) the throw together and I swear it tastes like you spent hours on it. So, here is my holiday gift to you. Let me know how your turns out.

Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake

Here’s what you need for the cheesecake:

3 – 8 ounce packages of cream cheese
1 – 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
4 – eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Here’s what you’ll need for the crust:

1 ½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa power
1/3 cup butter

Directions:

1) Preheat you oven to 300 degrees
2) For the crust – mix together the vanilla wafers, confectioners’ sugar, cocoa and butter. Press then in to the bottom of a springform pan.
3) For the cheesecake – melt together the chocolate chips
4) Mix together the cream cheese, condensed milk, eggs, vanilla, and chocolate. You wiill want the mixture to be very smooth.
5) Pout everything in to you crust. (As a time saver you can use to store bought crusts.)
6) Bake at 300 degrees for 55 minutes. It may look like it is not done in the center, but it will continue to bake out of the oven and be set by the time it cools.
7) Enjoy!