CHOCOLATE CHUNK CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; process cookies and 2 T sugar in a food processor until cookies are coarsely crushed.
• With the processor running, pour butter through food chute; process until cookies are finely crushed.
• Press mixture firmly on bottom of a lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.
• Place springform pan in a shallow baking pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes; let cool.
• Decrease oven temperature to 325°.
• Break 1 baking bar into squares and place in a microwave safe bowl; microwave on HIGH 1 minute; stir until smooth.
• Beat cream cheese, sour cream, and vanilla at low speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually beat in melted chocolate; beat in 1 cup sugar and flour.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• Stir in 1 cup chocolate chunks.
• Pour batter into baked crust; sprinkle with remaining chocolate chunks.
• Bake for 1 hour until set.
• Remove cheesecake from oven; gently run a knife around outer edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan; cool completely on wire rack.
• Cover and chill 8 hours.
• Remove sides and bottom of pan; place cheesecake on a serving plate.
• Chop remaining 1 1/2 baking bars and place in a microwave-safe bowl; add whipping cream, and microwave on HIGH 1 minute.
• Stir until blended and smooth; let stand 5 minutes.
• Pour ganache over chilled cheesecake; allowing ganache to spill over edges of cheesecake; smooth ganache with an offset spatula.
• Chill at least 1 hour before serving.