Spider Web Pumpkin Cheesecake

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The trick w/sour cream topping is it has 2 be REAL sour cream not the fat free stuff & you have 2 let it sit out for a bit before spreading & the cake cannot be hot, let it...read more

posted by

Tiggersgirl18

on 11/24/2009

time

prep:

15 min

total:

6 hr 10 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)

Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted

pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

3/4

cup sugar

can (15 oz.) pumpkin

Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice

eggs

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

tsp. butter or margarine

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

MIX cookie crumbs and melted butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add pumpkin and spice; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

BAKE 50 to 55 min. or until center is almost set; cool slightly. Carefully spread sour cream over top of cheesecake. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim.

MICROWAVE chocolate and 1 tsp. butter in microwaveable bowl on MEDIUM (50%) 30 sec.; stir until chocolate is completely melted. Drizzle over cheesecake in spiral pattern. Starting at center of cheesecake, pull toothpick through lines from center of cheesecake to outside edge to resemble a spider's web. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Looking for a dessert to make for Halloween? This special-occasion dessert is sure to fit the bill since it makes enough to serve a crowd of 16.

Make it Easy

For easy drizzling, pour melted chocolate into small plastic bag. Snip off a small piece from one of the bottom corners of the bag. Gently squeeze bag to drizzle chocolate over cheesecake as directed.

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kap1004

posted:10/30/2006

Good- but i'm not a huge fan of the pumpkin, next time I will make regular cheesecake for the bottom. Also, rather than the sour cream icing - i put cream cheese icing on top with the spider web. None-the less - it definately was a holiday hit!!

sassyj1981

posted:10/27/2006

I made this for an office party. It was really fun to make, especially the spider web! However it good have used more flavor. Next time I'll try more pumpkin and alot more sugar. But overall, everyone seemed to enjoy it.

a cook

posted:10/26/2006

it has a very good taste

rrwiggins

posted:10/25/2006

Excellent! Not overly sweet. The sour cream on top was not sour like I expected. I thought the chocolate in crust and "web" went well with the pumpkin. I have made this 2 Halloweens in a row and I'm sure many more. My 3-year old is now a big fan of this recipe.

redjenmom

posted:10/15/2006

I made it for a Halloween party, it was a very big hit, described as " It is like pumpkin pie only better, much better", everyone agreed. I also made a variation of the recipe, I used 2 pre-made graham cracker crusts, cool whip instead of sour cream and caramel topping (just sounded like it would gowith pumpkin better than chocolate) in place of the chocolate. Talk about a one bowl easy recipe, you just mix everything, pour into the crusts and top it. A definite do over!

marlaynemarie

posted:10/5/2006

Fabulous! out of oreos, used ginger snaps, out of sour cream used vanilla icing, out of choc, used no sugar carmel ice cream topping. Also husband on lo fat so used Kraft No Fat cream cheese and this was eaten up in two days by only 4 people - Guilt FREE!!

mleaver

posted:9/23/2006

I make this using pre-made graham cracker crusts instead (makes 2) and I use cool whip topping instead of the sour cream - INCREDIBLE!!!

a cook

posted:9/19/2006

i think the cheesecake would have been a little bit better if some sugar and flavoring would have been added to the sour cream. Try a little sugar with some vanilla flavor to sweeten the topping.

a cook

posted:5/1/2006

Tasted good and the spiderweb was not too hard to make!

eggplantsnllamas

posted:4/12/2006

this cheesecake was so gross with the sour cream on top. if you have to make it, try using cream cheese or something, but I could not eat this, it was so gross.