"hershey's"triple Layer Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup hershey's cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla, extratct
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hershey's butterscotch chips, melted*
• 1 cup hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted*
• 1 cup hershey's premier chocolate chips, melted*
• 1 tablespoon hershey's butterscotch chips
• 1/2 teaspoon shortening, no substitutes
• 1 tablespoon hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon shortening, no substitutes
• 1 tablespoon hershey's premier chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon shortening, no substitutes

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 prepare chocolate crumb crust:.
• 3 stir together 1-1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 45 wafers), 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1/4 cup hershey's cocoa; stir in 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter.
• 4 press mixture onto bottom and 1-1/2 inches up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
• 5 bake 8 minutes. then cool.
• 6 prepare cheesecake:.
• 7 beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth.
• 8 add eggs, sour cream, flour, vanilla and salt; beat until smooth.
• 9 stir together 1-1/3 cups batter with melted butterscotch chips* in medium bowl.
• 10 *to melt chips: place chips in microwave-safe bowl. microwave at high (100%) for 1 minute; stir. if necessary, microwave at high an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred.*.
• 11 pour butterscotch mixture into cooled crust.
• 12 then in another bowl stir together 1-1/3 cups batter with melted chocolate chips*; pour over butterscotch layer.
• 13 stir together remaining batter with melted chips*; stir until smooth.
• 14 pour over chocolate layer.
• 15 bek 55-60 minutes or until center of cheesecake is almost set.
• 16 remove from oven to wire rack.
• 17 with knife, immediately loosen cake from side of pan.
• 18 cool to room temperature.
• 19 prepare triple drizzle - optional:.
• 20 place 1 tablespoon hershey's butterscotch chips with 1/2 teaspoon shortening only, in a small microwave-safe bowl. microwave at high (100%) 30-45 seconds; stir. if necessary microwave an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred.
• 21 repeat procedure with the two other chips.
• 22 drizzle triple drizzle, one flavor at a time, over top of cheesecake, if desired.
• 23 refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours.
• 24 cover; refrigerate, leftover cheesecake.