Recipe for cooking naples chocolate cheese pie

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Naples Chocolate Cheese Pie

Chocolate Crumb Crust
1 (8 1/2 ounce) pkg. chocolate wafers, crushed
1/3 c. melted butter
1/4 c. sugar

Mix the crumbs, butter and sugar until blended. Press the mixture firmly into the bottom and sides of a 9 1/2-in. pie plate. Refrigerate while preparing the filling.

Chocolate Filling
8 oz. semisweet chocolate pieces
2 eggs
2/3 c. sugar
16 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
1/8 tsp. salt
2/3 c. sour cream
Sweetened whipped cream (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt chocolate and set it aside to cool slightly.

Combine eggs and sugar in a food processor or mixer bowl and process or beat at high speed until the sugar is dissolved. Cut the cream cheese in chunks, and process or beat it in until well mixed. Add the chocolate and blend it in well, then the vanilla extract or flavoring, salt and sour cream. Pour the filling into the crumb crust. Bake 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, but moist. Set the pie on a rack to cool, then refrigerate several hours or overnight.

Serve with whipped cream, or set each wedge of the pie on a pool of custard sauce flavored with vanilla, brandy or orange-flavored liqueur on the dessert plate.