Turtle Cheesecake Recipe
Recently I had to make a couple cheesecakes for a graduation party. I knew one of course was going to be my New York Cheesecake, but what was the other going to be? Immediately I began looking through my cheesecake recipes and the decision was made, I decided to go with a turtle cheesecake. Delicious rich chocolate, creamy smooth caramel and the finest of pecans all in a cheesecake – how could I go wrong? Needless the say it was a huge hit at the party and I think both of my cheesecakes were gone in about 5 minutes. I guess I should have made a couple more. Alright, enough about the parties, let’s get onto the recipe. This recipe will take a little work as all cheesecakes do, but in the end it’s well worth it. What I love about this cheesecake is the chocolate graham cracker crust and the topping of chocolate morsels, chocolate syrup, and caramels. If you need a great cheesecake recipe that almost everyone will love, go with this recipe for turtle cheesecake.
Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs (crushed)
½ cup melted butter (or margarine)
3 (8 oz) packages of softened cream cheese
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
½ cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons caramel sundae syrup
½ cup pecans (chopped)
¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees and grease a 9 inch spring form pan. Combine Chocolate graham cracker crumbs and melted butter in a bowl. Press mixture onto the bottom and 1 inch up the side of the spring form pan.
Step 2: In a bowl beat cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until its smooth. Add sugar, lime juice, eggs, and vanilla extract. Beat together until fully mixed.
Step 3: Microwave chocolate morsels in 10 second intervals until morsels are just melted. Stir 2 cups of cheesecake batter into the melted morsels. Then spoon separate batters alternatively into the crust. Start with the batter without the morsels, then with the morsels, and end with the batter without the morsels.
Step 4: Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cheesecake is set (when the center moves just slightly). When cheesecake is done, cool completely. After the cheesecake is cooled top with chocolate syrup, caramel syrup, pecans, and chocolate morsels. Enjoy.
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turtle cheesecake is phenomenal. how can you beat cheesecake, with chocolate and caramel and pecans? seriously! yours looks stellar, and if it were available to me for any length of time, i’d weigh 600 pounds. and be really happy.
ooo that is rich! looks yummy as anything. i do love all that sauce and topping.
The chocolate crust sounds fabulous, and caramel makes everything delicious!!
That looks amazing! So rich and decadent!
OMG! It looks delicious. But I’m just wondering why is it called turtle cheesecake =D What’s the turtle doing in there? Thanks though for the great recipe (and picture.. Nyam)
Maybe it’s named turtle and after the infamous turtle raw raw raw guys!
It has buts and stuff so maybe it tastes like those turtle candy things!
Looks good mmmm and it’s my lunch time soon woot!
Oh, my, I can’t cook, would you be my friend?
Well, okay, I can cook some, hotdogs, spaghetti and sauce, macaroni and cheese, and box cakes…
Nothing like this…I think I need to keep an eye on your blog so I can find out what I’ve been missing..Thank-you!
That looks so decadent and good!
I think that you should deliver me a piece of that cake!!!
It’s cakes like these that’d make women come to my home more often. Thanks.
holy wow that looks so good, im going to have to make one now!
Sorry it took me so long to get back to your comments guys…
grace - indeed, it can’t be beaten! I had to stop eating it myself, it was so good I actually had to make another one :).
diva - thanks, it’s really is delicious!
Deborah - You’re right, chocolate and caramel does make everything taste great.
My Sweet & Saucy - it is amazing, you should try it for sure.
Zohai - it’s turtle cheesecake because it’s like the turtle candies you can buy in the store.
bbrian - enjoy your lunch
K. Fields - I can be your friend!!
haha, stick around many more great ones to come.
Kevin - it is the bomb!
Toni - Sorry, it’s all gone… I ate it all. The Calories…the calories…haha, well worth it!
Dillon - She will love it!
Michael - Let me know how it turns out.
That looks amazing!
I can’t help but think about turning it into an ice cream too…
brilynn - wow, I can only imagine it would make a fantastic ice cream!
That looks amazing, so mouthwatering.
KitchenGoddess - thanks, it was amazing… I want to make another one.
so i made this for our father’s day celebration. ridiculously good! while making it, i found that i had some extra peanut butter chips and added them (maybe 1/2 cup) to the chocolate chip batter and it was delish. not too pb’ish but just perfect. thanks for the recipe!
Leah - peanut butter chips sound great in this. I’m glad you enjoyed it!