Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Ingredients:
30 choc wafers
2 Tbsp sugar
5 Tbsp melted butter
4 (8oz) packages cream cheese, room temp
1 ¼ c. sugar
4 eggs, 2 yolks, room temp
2 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
1/3 c. cocoa powder
1 tsp instant espresso powder
1/3 c. cream
1/2 c. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 c. milk choc chips

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare 10 inch spring form pan.
-In bowl of food processor, combine chocolate wafers and sugar and pulse until finely ground.
-Add melted butter and stir to combine well.
-Place cookie mixture into bottom of springform pan and press down to pack and distribute evenly.
-Place in preheated oven and bake for 12 minutes.
-Remove and let cool.
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees
-Meanwhile, combine cream cheese and sugar in stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
-Scrape down sides of bowl well and add eggs and yolks, one at a time, not adding another until fully incorporated.
-Scrape down sides of the bowl well, add vanilla to combine and then salt, cocoa powder, and espresso powder, scraping down sides of the bowl to fully incorporate ingredients.
-Meanwhile, in small saucepan, add cream and just bring to a boil.
-Remove from heat, add chocolate, and stir to combine well.
-Temper with a small amount of cheesecake batter and add chocolate mixture into cheesecake mixture, stirring well to combine.
-Spray sides of springform pan with nonstick spray and place onto a baking sheet.
-Add chocolate chips to cheesecake mixture and gently fold in to incorporate.
-Scrape cheesecake mixture into springform pan, tap to release air bubbles, and place into oven.
-Let bake in 400 degree oven for 15 minutes.
-Without opening oven, turn oven temp down to 200 degrees and let bake until internal temperature for cheesecake reaches 150, about 60-80 minutes additional.
(Note: Make sure to watch the temp here, starting to check early, or your cheesecake will crack)
-Remove cheesecake from oven and let cool 2 hours on counter.
-Place into fridge and let cool and set overnight before serving.