Recipe #54: Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake

I've realized there are not many desserts that Ian enjoys other than cheesecake. Hilariously, when we eat at the Cheesecake Factory we are always too full to order dessert. So we end up going home with only our leftover entrees. Yet even though this is one of Ian's favorite desserts I have yet to make this for him homemade...especially, when Jello carries this recipe in a box.

Now I was just as skeptical about boxed cheesecake as anyone else who has only had it with real cream cheese. Ian was responsible for making me try this in the first place. But I have come to develop a true appreciation for this very inexpensive dessert.

For those on a tight budget or those with a sensitivity to dairy products (like me) I think you should try this before making judgements. I have never taken any recommended recipes from the back of a box before tonight. And from now on I think I'll take those recipes more seriously.  In fact, I bet you an entire boxed cheesecake that you will enjoy it.

Ingredients:

* 1 Boxed Cheesecake (I chose Strawberry)
* 1 1/2 cups of 2% Milk
* 2 Tbsp of Sugar
* 5 Tbsp of Butter
* 1 bar of Hershey's Dark Chocolate






Cooking Directions:

Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl.

In a 9x9 pie pan add the sugar, crust filling, and melted butter. After mixing spread with a spoon to create a crust.

Mix the pie filling with the milk and beat with a whisk until mixture is thick.

In the microwave safe bowl add the chocolate bar and melt.

Add 3 Tbsp of the pie filling into the melted chocolate and mix together.

Add the chocolate on top of the pie crust.

Then add the remainder of the pie filling before covering and refrigerating for an hour.

Then add the strawberry topping and serve!