OREO Chocolate Spiderweb Cheesecake

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
| Calories | 430 |
| Total fat | 28g |
| Saturated fat | 15g |
| Trans fat | 0g |
| Cholesterol | 110mg |
| Sodium | 300mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 38g |
| Dietary fiber | 1g |
| Total sugars | 27g |
| Added sugars | 23g |
| Protein | 7g |
| Vitamin D | 2% DV |
| Calcium | 6% DV |
| Iron | 15% DV |
| Potassium | 8% DV |
- 1
Heat oven to 325°F.
- 2
Reserve 3 cookies for later use. Coarsely chop 12 of the remaining cookies; set aside.
- 3
Crush remaining cookies finely; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
- 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
Bake 1 hour 15 min. or until center of cheesecake is almost set.
- 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
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
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
Place spiders on top of cheesecake just before serving.
