Marbled Cheesecake - Cooking Light

 Vegetable Cooking Spray

1/2 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs (@ 8 cookies)

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup all purpose flour

1 Tbsp vanilla 

2 - 8 oz tubs nonfat cream cheese, softened

1 - 16 oz carton nonfat sour cream

4 eggs

3 - 1 oz squares sweet baking chocolate, melted

Wrap outside bottom and sides of a 9" springform pan with heavy duty aluminum foil. Coat bottom of pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle with chocolate wafer cookie crumbs. Set aside.

Combine sugar and next 4 ingredients in a bowl. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, 1 at a time; beat well after each addition.

Pour half of cheese mixture into a bowl. Add melted chocolate, stirring until well blended. Spoon alternating mounds of plain and chocolate cheese mixtures into prepared pan. Swirl with a knife to create marbled effect.

Place pan in a large shallow pan; add hot water to larger pan to depth of 1 inch. 

Bake 325 for 45 min. Remove from oven. Remove springform pan from water.  Remove foil from pan. Let cool 1 hour. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. 

Yields 12 servings