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Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

A cheesecake made with cream cheese, chocolate chips, raspberry preserves, and a cookie crumb crust.

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Why it works: Vanilla and raspberry work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 950 recipes. Both carry ethyl benzoate, which smells fruity, sweet. The science ↓

Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Oven325 °F
Time1 hour 25 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the crust

  1. Crush 18 cream-filled cookies into fine crumbs.

  2. Melt 6 oz chocolate chips and cool slightly.

  3. Combine crumbs, melted chocolate, and margarine; press onto bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.

Make the batter

  1. Combine 24 oz cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on an electric mixer until well blended.

  2. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

  3. Blend in sour cream and vanilla.

  4. Pour the mixture over the crust.

  5. Combine remaining 8 oz cream cheese and melted chocolate, mixing at medium speed on an electric mixer until well blended.

  6. Add raspberry preserves and mix well.

  7. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of chocolate cream-cheese batter over the plain cream-cheese batter, do not swirl.

Bake and finish

  1. Bake at 325 °F for 1 hour 25 minutes.

  2. Loosen the cake from the rim of the pan.

  3. Cool before removing the rim of the pan.

  4. Melt chocolate pieces and whipping cream over low heat, stirring until smooth.

  5. Spread the melted chocolate mixture over the cheesecake.

  6. Garnish with additional whipped cream, raspberries, and fresh mint leaves, if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

710Calories
28 gProtein
42 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vanilla + raspberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together950 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

  2. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese
Forms the creamy, dense body of the cheesecake filling.
Eggs
Set during baking to give the filling structure and firmness.
Sour cream
Adds moisture and a tangy note that keeps the filling smooth.
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Provide chocolate flavor and firm up the crust and swirled batter.
Cream-filled cookie crumbs
Bind with melted margarine to form the crumb base.
Raspberry preserves
Add fruity sweetness and acidity that contrasts the rich filling.

The step that matters

Bake at 325 °F for 1 hour 25 minutes. Slow, moderate heat lets the egg-set filling cook evenly without cracking or curdling. Baking too hot causes the surface to puff and crack as it sets, so the timing and temperature matter.

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, sugar, egg, cream, vanilla, chocolate):

  1. Strawberryfits about as well
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Raspberrythe original
  4. Pineapplefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, sugar, egg, cream, vanilla, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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