Turtle Cheesecake

This turtle cheesecake has a graham cracker pecan crust with a baked brown sugar cheesecake swirled with chocolate cheesecake. It is topped with salted caramel and pecans.

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STEP 1: Combine crust ingredients. Compact into a 9 inch springform pan. Bake for 11 minutes.

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STEP 2: Beat the cream cheese and sugar. Mix in wet ingredients and eggs.

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STEP 3: Remove 1/3 of the cheesecake batter and mix in unsweetened cocoa batter.

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STEP 4: Pour 1/2 of the white cheesecake batter onto the crust. Dollop with 1/2 of the chocolate cheesecake.

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STEP 5: Swirl with a knife. Repeat with remaining batter.

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STEP 6: Place cheesecake in a water bath. Bake for 60-75 minutes. Cool slowly and chill overnight.

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STEP 7: Make salted caramel. Pour over the cheesecake. Add chocolate chips and chopped pecans.

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