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OREO Chocolate Spiderweb Cheesecake

14 servings
Clock6h 15min Cook

Ingredient List

  • 1 pkg. (13.29 oz.) <a href=" https://www.snackworks.com/brands/oreo/">OREO Cookies</a> (33 cookies), divided
  • 2 Tbsp. butter, melted
  • 4 pkg. (8 oz. each) brick cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¾ cup black cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 oz. (1/2 of 4-oz. pkg.) white baking chocolate
  • 3 pieces black string licorice (10 inch), each cut into 8 pieces
  • 6 candy eyeballs
  • 2 tsp. ready-to-spread frosting

Nutritional Information

Calories430
Total fat28g
Saturated fat15g
Trans fat0g
Cholesterol110mg
Sodium300mg
Total Carbohydrate38g
Dietary fiber1g
Total sugars27g
Added sugars23g
Protein7g
Vitamin D2% DV
Calcium6% DV
Iron15% DV
Potassium8% DV
  1. 1

    Heat oven to 325°F.

  2. 2

    Reserve 3 cookies for later use. Coarsely chop 12 of the remaining cookies; set aside. 

  3. 3

    Crush remaining cookies finely; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

  4. 4

    Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually add cocoa powder, mixing well after each addition.  Blend in vanilla. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in coarsely chopped cookies. Pour over crust. 

  5. 5

    Bake 1 hour 15 min. or until center of cheesecake is almost set. 

  6. 6

    Turn oven off. Open oven door slightly. Let cheesecake stand in oven 30 min. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool cake completely before removing rim.

  7. 7

    Melt white chocolate as directed on package; spoon into resealable plastic bag.  Snip small piece off one bottom corner of bag; use to drizzle chocolate in spiral motion over top of cheesecake. Gently drag toothpick through lines, starting in center, to resemble a spider's web. 

  8. 8

    Refrigerate 4 hours. Meanwhile, make 3 spiders using the reserved cookies for the bodies, licorice pieces for the legs and candy eyes as shown in photo, securing all pieces to cookies with frosting. 

  9. 9

    Place spiders on top of cheesecake just before serving.