Recipe: Hershy Bar Cheesecake with Nut Crust

HERSHEY BAR CHEESECAKE WITH NUT CRUST

NUT CRUST:
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
2/3 cup chopped pecans
2 tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
FILLING:
1 (8 oz.) bar milk chocolate (Hershey)
4 pkg (3 oz each) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp. cocoa
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

CRUST:
Combine ingredients for crust; mix well. Press into bottom and up sides slightly of 8-inch springform pan; set aside.

FILLING:
Melt chocolate bar; set aside.

Beat cream cheese with sugar and cocoa that has been mixed together.

Beat in eggs and vanilla.

Add melted chocolate bar. Beat just until blended. Pour into crust.

Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Don't open oven door, but turn oven off. Leave in oven 30 minutes more.

Refrigerate at least 8 hours.