Ghirardelli Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups bittersweet chocolate chips (60% cacao)
• 6 ounces shortbread cookies, crushed
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 16 ounces cream cheese (for filling)
• 1 1/3 cups sugar (for filling)
• 1/3 cup orange juice concentrate (for filling)
• 3 large eggs (for filling)
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream (for topping)
• 6 tablespoons sugar (for topping)
• 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate (for topping)

Recipe

• 1 crust: preheat oven to 325°f combine cookies and butter with a fork. press into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan and slightly up the sides. bake 15 minutes. cool.
• 2 filling: melt 1 ½ cups chocolate chips at 30-second intervals, stirring after every 30 seconds until melted. cool. beat cream cheese and 1-3/4 cups sugar until smooth. add 1-1/2 cups chocolate chips, 1/3 cup orange juice, and eggs, one at a time. pour into crust, and bake 50 minutes. cool 10 minutes.
• 3 topping: mix sour cream, 6 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate together. spread over cake. drizzle remaining 1/4 cup melted chocolate chips over. bake 5 minutes. turn off heat, and cool in the oven with the door slightly open for 30 minutes. place in refrigerator overnight.