• Vanilla cookie crust
• 5 Squares semisweet chocolate
• 3 pk (8-oz each) cream cheese -- softened
• 3/4 c Sugar
• 3 Whole smilin' eggs
• 1 t Vanilla
• 1 c Dairy sour cream

1. Prepare Vanilla Cookie Crust: press mixture evenly onto bottom and 2 inches up side of a buttered 9-inch springform pan.
   Melt chocolate over hot, not boiling, water; cool.
   Preheat oven to very slow (275~).
2. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Stir in cooled melted chocolate and sour cream until blended. Pour into prepared pan.
3. Bake in preheated very slow oven (275~) for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Turn off heat; let cake cool in oven with door ajar. Remove from oven to wire rack; cool to room temperature; refrigerate.
4. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls, if you wish.

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