Orange Bliss Cheesecake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 3 (8 ounce) packages philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• thinly sliced orange wedge, for garnish
• mini chocolate chip (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 combine chocolate wafer crumbs and butter and press onto the bottom of an ungreased 9 inch springform pan.
• 2 bake crust at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• 3 set aside to cool.
• 4 in a small saucepan, combine orange juice and gelatin; let stand for 5 minutes.
• 5 cook and stir over low heat until the gelatin dissolves.
• 6 cool mixture for 10 minutes.
• 7 meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 8 gradually add in gelatin mixture.
• 9 beat on low speed until well mixed.
• 10 chill about 3-5 minutes until partially set, (watch carefully because mixture will set up quickly).
• 11 gently fold in the whipped cream and orange peel.
• 12 spoon into the crust and chill for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• 13 just before serving, run a knife around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake.
• 14 remove sides of pan.
• 15 garnish with thinly sliced orange wedges and mini chocolate chips/ slice a large seedless orange into about 1/4 inch slices/ cut larger slices into quarters and use to decorate outer edge of top of cheesecake/ sprinkle mini chocolate chips over top of dessert.