Once upon a time, I dreamed of a world where cheesecake and cookies could marry and live happily ever after. And so it happened that I became a Krusteaz ambassador living in the land of “bake believe”, and I knew my fairy tale ending would come to pass.
I created my dessert come true in this Cherry Topped Cheesecake with Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookie Crust, a delightful and magical union of two utterly enchanting sweets.
How could you not fall in love when cherries bathe the top of a creamy chocolate-laced cheesecake and rest upon a chewy, chocolate chunk cookie crust?
Resistance is futile; grab a fork and dig in!
Cherry Topped Cheesecake with Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookie Crust
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 package <a href="http://www.krusteaz.com/cookies-and-molten-deep-dish-products-93/triple-chocolate-chunk-cookie-mix-115" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-mce-href="http://www.krusteaz.com/cookies-and-molten-deep-dish-products-93/triple-chocolate-chunk-cookie-mix-115">Krusteaz Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix</a> dough made as directed on package
- 3 packages 8 ounces each cream cheese
- 1 can 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup chocolate fudge sauce
- 1 can 21 ounce cherry pie filling
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325°F.
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Press cookie dough into the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan.
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Beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually add sweetened condensed milk; beat well. Add sour cream and sugar; mix in. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until filling is smooth.
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Pour half of filling over cookie dough in pan. Spread on a layer of chocolate fudge sauce, then add remaining filling over the top.
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Bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool completely. Spread cherry pie filling over the top of the cheesecake. Keep refrigerated.
I hope you love this recipe as much as I do!
Cheesecake and cherries? Wow! Two of the things I could not resist!
Oh My Wow!! This cherry cheesecake looks INSANE!!! I don’t care if it’s after the holidays…I am MAKING this baby!
My goodness! I bet that’s delicious. That crust is nothing but trouble, yummy trouble.
This looks amazing. I can’t wait to try it! Have you tried different fruit with it before? I love cherries, but not everyone in the family does.
This looks delicious! I am going to make this for the holiday season!
You really shouldn’t post recipes like this. I almost destroyed my computer from drooling. LOL
Oh my goodness, the title alone was enough to reel me in, then I saw the picture. Holy scrumptious yumminess. Thank you for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in next week’s issue.
I absolutely LOVE cheesecake (I can literally eat a whole one all by myself…shh!). This looks absolutely amazing and I’ll for surely be making this soon!
I love cherry cheesecake, it is my favorite cheesecake actually. This is a neat way to make it with the chocolate chunk cookie crust, certainly give it a try over holiday break. I know my tween will enjoy making it!
That is a dessert of dreams! I love the idea of marrying cheesecake and cookies. It looks amazing.
That sounds so delicious and super moist! Great idea to pair the chocolate crust with this cheesecake!
I am obsessed with cheesecake…I am drooling right now! This is amazing your photo is perf!
This sounds amazing! I love cherries!
This sounds amazing! I love cherries!
yumm! This is delicious! I love cheesecake 🙂 this looks so amazing!!
I love cheesecake but have never tried it this way. I am going to give this a try because this sounds delicious.
Gosh – look at that goodness – I want to try this one!
Holy crap that looks amazing. I will have to try it soon.
You had me at the title. I didn’t even need to read the recipe to know that I wanted this! But I did read the recipe (because I’m thorough and I care about you :)) and this cheesecake looks absolutely delicious!
This looks amazing!! Thank you for sharing this!
Oh wow! This sure does sound amazing!!!
Cheesecake with chocolate crust? Wow, that sounds so good! I need to make this.
I know my whole family loves cheesecake and would love this one for sure. I will have to make it for next week. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my goodness, that crust looks absolutely amazing!
This recipe looks reallllly dangerous! lol Thanks for the recipe. We’ll add it to our to make list!
You had me at the title. Sounds divine! Thanks for sharing 🙂
NOM!!! I love cherries! My favorite for dessert!
OH MY – I want to go to your house for Christmas 🙂
I love cherries, and I adore cheesecake! This looks incredible.
Oh my gosh…I can’t even…that looks delicious! And so many yummy desserts wrapped into one.
Oh wow this looks so amazing! Def something to try out 🙂
Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts. I haven’t had it much since going gluten-free. I need to make my own soon!
Yum!!! This looks so good! Found you over at Whatever Goes Wednesday Link Party 🙂
This sounds like an amazing recipe. Cheesecake is my favorite.
If it’s cheesecake, I am all over it. It’s my favorite dessert. I want to try every possible flavor!
Oh now this sounds crazy good! I have to pin this for later!
I would be happy living in the land of Bake Believe right along with you! YUM!
It is crazy that something can sound this deliious! I want to taste my screen so badly right now.
Oh wow! That looks really good. 🙂 Yummy! I don’t remember the last time I had some cheesecake, plus this one with the cookie crust? Oh dear! Thanks for sharing.
Cheesecake with cherries… I can taste them right now. Great dessert combo.
This looks delicious. I have not had cherries in a really long time.
The cookie crust sounds so good. I love cheesecake- I don’t like regular cake but will jump at cheesecake anytime I can get it.
This looks amazing! I’ll have to try it for the holidays.
I can just about eat an entire cheesecake in one sitting LOL I love mine with raspberries too. Yum.
Cheesecake is my favorite dessert ever. I will have to try this amazing recipe.
You had me at cheesecake! Now I am drooling!
This looks like a great dessert. You can never go wrong with Cheesecake. Thanks for the recipe.
Oh yum! That looks so good. For some reason I always think of cheesecake as really hard to make, but this doesn’t look hard at all.
Cheesecakes are a special passion of mine and I’ve done a lot of flavors, but I’ve never tried a cookie crust before. Guess I will be adding this to my baking list for after the holidays – maybe for my three year olds birthday!
This cheesecake looks absolutely divine. I’m going to have to try making one.
There is nothing better then chocolate and cherry together!
oh, my goodness! that looks really delicious!
I normally don’t get into cherries, but my curiosity is piqued since that looks really good. The chocolate chunk cookie crust makes it sound even more good!
Oh yes! This sounds SOOO incredibly awesome that I need to try it! What a creative mix of flavors too.
Oh my. Wow. This is all of my favorite things in one! I have to make this. Delicious!
Hahaha the land of bake believe made me chuckle. This does look like a great combination!
oh yummy, I want some instantly. I love cheese cakes even though they give me hearrburn
I love cherry pie filling so I am going to be all over this. Looks delicious and holiday festive.
I’m so glad your fairy tale came true because that looks amazing! It will probably only live happily after for a few minutes in my house – and then it will be gone!
This recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
The cherry on top looks tasty. This would make for a great holiday dessert.
I love cheesecake, and this twist sounds amazing! I never imagined a cookie crust! I love the sound of this!
This would make a great Christmas dessert for our family Christmas party. Thanks for the recipe.
I agree, this would make a great Christmas dessert. I can’t wait to make this for my work party.
I love cheesecake, there is nothing better to help that sweet tooth craving!
I am a huge cheescake fan, this recipe looks like something I’m going to have to give a shot at!
Oh my stars! Pure genius! This looks amazing! Pinning this!
This looks amazing! I love cheesecake
Yum that looks so good. My husband saw the photo and wants me to make this asap!
I am a big cheesecake fan, it is one of my all-time favourites!
Totally amazing recipe! I would love to make this for the family. Thanks.
You have found a way to satisfy my every desire in one dessert. Thank you!
Oh Liz… are you trying to make my dessert choice near impossible this holiday? This looks so amazingly good!
That looks so good! I really love cheesecake, it’s one of my FAVORITE desserts, and I always want it with cherries on top!
I’m sure that cookie crust totally makes this even more amazing. Cheesecake is my favorite, so I can’t wait to try this!
Yum!!! this looks fantastic and like a professional made this. Me and cheesecake are like best friends they go hand and hand.
GOOOOOODNNNESS!! That looks amazing! I love that you used a chocolate chunk cookie crust – such a smart move!
This looks yummy! Three of my favorite things. Cheesecake, cookies, and cherries.
And now my mouth wont stop watering…. This looks so amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
That cheesecake looks delish! I would make it without the cherries though but that is just my personal taste.
Oh my! I don’t like cherries but it looks easy enough to leave those out. I am drooling over the fudge in the middle!
I like your dreams 🙂 These look so good- I think I have to make these for Christmas!
That is brilliant to use the cookie mix in this recipe! I bet that tastes amazing!
This looks sooooo good! My husband is a cheesecake fanatic, Ill be making this for him ASAP!
Mmmmm, that looks awesome. I am definitely giving this recipe to my hubby to make for us. He does all the cooking. Can’t wait to try it. Thank you for sharing!
That looks so amazing. I would love to try this out!
That looks so delicious! I think I’ll have to make this for Christmas. Thanks for the recipe.
Umm, I’m super glad I have not started my new diet as of yet or you would have ruined it. LOL. This looks amazing!
Holy heck this recipe is like so many of my favorite things coming together and making a baby. It’s off to my Sweets board on Pinterest for this bad boy!
This looks really yummy! I think I must try it!
I’m so glad I am not on a diet!! This looks like something I should convince my mother to make for me! yum!!
That looks amazing! Pinned it!
Oh my goodness how delicious does that look, I’ve only this year found a love of cheesecake so I definitely need to try more!
I made a chocolate cheesecake years ago that had a cookie crust and it was so divine. I don’t love cherry but I can add another flavoring for the top..
I’d rather just have a graham cracker crust, but the rest looks yummy.
Oh my I love Cherry topped cheesecake. What a delicious dessert and easy to make.
I saw this on pinterest earlier today and was drooling then! It is even more beautiful tonight when I’m hungry. lol.
My son LOVES cherries! This dessert looks right up his alley!
This sounds amazing! I have made plenty of cheesecakes but never with a cookie crust! This will be a must try – pinning!
I’m a bit of a cheesecake addict, whenever we go out for meals I always look for the sweet menu, this looks delicious.
Oh yum. Not only is this pretty but it sounds fantastic. Thanks for the recipe.
Ah this looks delicious! Perfect for holiday feast.
The cookie crust is very inventive! Good for you! Wish I could have a bite through the screen!
Oh, this looks absolutely delicious! I love cheesecake but I’m not too fond of the crust. This definitely solves that problem.
That is the tastiest picture I believe I’ve ever seen. I can’t wait to try out this recipe. Yum!
That cheese cake looks amazing. I love that its made with a cookie crust vs a graham cracker crust I bet it makes it even richer!
I think a cookie crust is such a great idea. It’s like two desserts in one!
Oh my! With triple chocolate chunk cookie crust?! Heck yes! That looks amazing!!!
This cheesecake does look like a fairy tale, almost too good to believe. I am drooling over each layer of yummy goodness.
Delicious! I can’t wait to make this and then stuff my face with it! =D
that looks amazing! now i want some 🙂
I swear, you’ve just made my day. I want a cherry cheesecake so bad!
Um, just yum and yum and maybe some more yum! This looks great!
You have just killed me with this one–I want a piece NOW-not later-not tomorrow-now and since it is not within my immediate reach and will be dying very shortly (especially if I let my Mom know I’m thinking of attempting to make this!!-Luckily I do not live with her and she does not use facebook!!!!!)) This one may be my favorite that I have seen online!!
I was literally drooling at the blog post title! Then I saw the pictures…YUM!!
Oh my, this is absolutely sinful! I have to try and make this, we all love cheesecake in my family.
This is my kind of cheesecake for sure. I LOVE cherries and I love chocolate. Thank you for this recipe. It looks delicious.
What a great union! I have to try that original our crust!
Omg! I could just bake & eat the cookie crust alone! I will definitely have to try this recipe.
I absolutely love cheesecake! I was just commenting to hubby how yummy the cookie crust at cheesecake factory was the other day. I’m so going to try this!
Cookies, cheesecake and cherries?! YUM, it looks so good!
Oh gosh I just eat and these are still making my mouth water!
I am totally drooling over here. This sounds and looks totally amazing. Thank you so much for the recipe
This looks divine! I think i need to make this!
That looks SO amazing. Red is the perfect color for Christmas desserts 😉
Okay, you’re seriously making my stomach grumble. I’m so hungry now.
My mouth started watering as soon as I saw it! It looks so good.
That looks enticing. I love cheesecake and now I’m drooling.
That is one super chocolate cheesecake.
Wow, Liza, this looks so delicious! I love the cherry red for the season!
Umm, yes please! This sounds and looks amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
This looks so good. I really want cheesecake right now!
This looks nice. I like the cherries on top.
Since it has cherries, I can count this slice of heaven as serving of fruit, right?
Cherry cheesecake is a staple in this house. Although it’s usually a huge fight as I adore baked cheesecake and the hubs grew up on no bake. But it always makes for a fun banter between us.
That looks amazing! Cheesecake, cookies and cherries? You can’t go wrong with that.
What. Have. You. Done.??? You’ve mixed 2 incredibly awesome cakes on their own into 1 mishmash of potential mouth-drooling awesomeness!! This is either going to make your mouth explode or be an odd mix in taste. My money’s on the drowning in drool side of things.
This recipe looks amazing! Cheesecake is a favorite in our home!
That is such a wonderful sounding dessert thqt I want to make it right now!
Omg this looks amazing!!!! Wish I had a slice right now!!!
Yum! This recipe combines two of my favorite things cookies and cherries! I’m going to pin this one for later!
This sounds amazing! I love cheesecake.
I’ve been looking for a great cheesecake recipe for Christmas, so I’m going to have to give this one a try!
Cheesecake is my favorite desert. This one looks delicious. I will have to make one and try it.
There goes my diet right! This cheesecake looks delicious and I love that it has a cookie crust.
Spectacular. I want that right now, but I go on liquids only in a few minutes. Bet I will make this when surgery is over.
That is so ingenious. I would have never thought to put a cheesecake on top of a cookie crust.
Yummy! That is so decadent I could probably only eat a sliver.
I’m drooling. This looks delicious and would be a great holiday dessert. The red from the cherries makes it look so festive.
It would take no convincing at all to get me to enter the land of Bake Believe, hahaha This looks amazing.
Ohhh yummy! It looks perfect for CHRISTmas party potlucks!
This looks even better than Christmas 🙂
OMG! The picture hadn’t even popped up yet all I saw was the title and I new I was going to be very, very happy! I have to try this out. My daughter and I love cheesecake so this is a definite IMMEDIATE try!
How delicious does this look! I would love to have a slice of that. I have to try and make it.
This is so my type of dessert. Yummy, I’m so trying this! I love cheesecake.
I am a huge cheesecake fan, this looks so good!
This looks DIVINE! Today is our wedding anniversary, maybe I will surprise my hubby with this for desert!?! 😀
Did you say cherry cheesecake? Oh be still my heart!!!
I would not want to share this dessert! this looks and sounds amazing….
WHAT! I see THIS at 1 in the morning while I am trying to stay strong on my diet. I don’t know what part to comment on first. Actually, I’m still stuck staring at the cookie crust and cheesecake. This looks really good, and I would love to try this…I’d just substitute strawberries instead of the cherries.
I’m a sucker for cheesecake and this looks delish! Might have to go on my Christmas baking list.
This looks so AMAZING! I’m not a cheesecake fun but I don’t think I could ever pass on anything with triple chocolate chunk cookie crust!?! The cherries on top add the perfect touch <3
I want some! That looks amazing – and beautiful to serve for the holidays!! My hubby has a special weakness for cheesecake, too, so I must try!
Oh my world! I can almost taste that delicious cheesecake! I haven’t had cheesecake in months! I think I will have to bribe my sister into making this recipe for me!
This looks really good. I will have to make this for my son, he loves Cheesecake.
Wow. That is the only word that comes to mind. Cheesecake is my weakness and this crust sounds amazing!
i love cheesecake!! This looks so delicious
I’m always salivating after seeing your amazing recipes! We are cheesecake lovers in our house. May have to give this a try.
I want to eat that dessert right up! Can you make me some and send it in the mail haha!
Wow!!! That looks really amazing! I will be sure to tag you when I make it because this is definitely going down in my house soon!
Oh my word. Somebody get a towel to wipe the drool off my keyboard…
Liz, Liz, Liz… my, my, my, do you temp my taste buds. You always have the best food here on your blog. Man… I could sure go for a piece of that cheese cake. It looks like what my Mom used to make.
I’ve never made a cheese cake before. I kinda want to seeing how good this looks and how much I like cheesecake!
That sounds really good, Liz!
Oh yum this looks soooo good. I love cheesecakes with fruit on them. I didn’t like cheesecake until my first pregnancy, now I crave it all the time.
That looks scrumptious! I’ve never made a cheesecake before!
Our daughter asked for a strawberry cheesecake for her birthday today so I will be making that today but this cheesecake is up next!
OMG, that is divine! I cannot wait to make this – and then eat it!
We tried those same cookies this weekend for the first time. They were awesome! This cheesecake looks delicious!
I am a major cheesecake fanatic, so I have to agree.
Triple chocolate you say? Sign me up. I think cherries and chocolate go together perfectly 🙂