No-Bake Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Diabetic health magazine
Serves 16 peopleCategories: Pies, Tarts, cheesecakes, cobblers
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers
- 2 Tbsp. butter, melted
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 3/4 cup fat-free milk
- 2 8oz. pkg. reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 8oz. carton fat-free dairy sour cream
- 1/3 cup sugar or sugar substitute to equal the measure
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 4 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
- Chocolate curls (optional)
Directions
- For crust: In a bowl, combine cracker crumbs and butter until moistened. press onto bottom of an 8-inch springform pan (may not cover completely.) Cover; chill.
- For filling: In a saucepan, sprinkle gelatin into milk; let stand for 5 minutes. Stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat; cool for 15 minutes.
- In a bowl, beat cream cheeses until smooth. Beat in sour cream, sugar and vanilla; slowly beat in gelatin mixture. Divide in half. Stir chocolate into one portion.
- Spoon half of the chocolate filling onto chilled crust; spread evenly. Carefully spoon half of the white filling onto chocolate in small mounds. using a narrow spatula or knife, swirl chocolate and white fillings, spreading each evenly.
- Spoon remaining chocolate filling evenly on top of swirled filling, and spoon small mounds of remaining white filling on top of that. Swirl again. Cover and chill 6 to 24 hours.
- To serve, loosen cheesecake from pan; remove pan side. If desired, top with chocolate curls.