Categories: Cheesecake, Chocolate, Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 4 T. butter or margarine, melted
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1 cup milk
• 4 2.15-oz. Milky Way candy bars, sliced
• 2 8-oz. pkgs. cream cheese
• 2 T. sugar
• 1 t. vanilla extract
• 1 cup (1/2 pint) whipping cream
• Fresh or frozen strawberries for garnish, if desired
• Miniature Milky Way bars, halved, for garnish, if desired

Directions

1. Combine chocolate crumbs and margarine; press into bottom and 2" up sides of 8" springform pan. Chill.

2. Sprinkle gelatin over milk in a medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved. Add Milky Way bars and continue to stir over low heat until mixture is smooth; cool slightly.

3. Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in Milky Way bar mixture and vanilla. Add whipping cream and beat at high speed for 4 minutes. Pour mixture into prepared crust. Chill until firm.

4. If desired, garnish with additional whipped cream, sliced Milky Way bars and fresh or frozen strawberries.

5. For a strawberry sauce: puree 2 cups strawberries with 1 tablespoon sugar in blender.

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