Chocolate Cheesecake with Cherries & Chocolate Chips

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Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/2 cup Nutella
• 1 Oreo Pie crust
• 1 cup cherries (fresh, pits removed and halved)
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons Strawberry Jam
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1/4 cup cranberry juice
• 12 oz. milk chocolate chips (melted, plus more for garnish)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Wrap a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
3. Arrange cherries on cookie sheet. Sprinkle sugar over the tops. Place in oven and roast for 10 minutes.
4. Remove sugared cherries from oven, pour into a mixing bowl. Add strawberry jam and cranberry juice to bowl. Stir together well and set aside.
5. Beat cream cheese until smooth.
6. In a separate mixing bowl, whip heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks. Fold in melted chocolate chips, cream cheese and Nutella. Mix together thoroughly.
7. Pour cheesecake filling into piecrust. Top with extra chocolate chips.
8. Place pie in refrigerator, chill until cheesecake has set.
9. Remove from refrigerator, top with cherries and sprinkle more chocolate chips if desired.