Turtle Pecan Cheesecake

Ingredients

2 C crushed chocolate cookies (ex. chocolate teddy grahams, chocolate graham crackers, wafers)
1/4 C butter, melted
2 1/2 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 C sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 Tbsp heavy cream
Caramel and Chocolate toppings (recipes below)
1 C chopped, toasted pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 450. Combine cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9' spring form pna. Beat cream cheese in large bowl until creamy. Add sugar, flour, vanilla and salt; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in the cream. Pour over the crust.

Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 200; continue baking 35 to 40 minutes or until set. Loosen cake from the rim of the pan; cool before removing rim. Drizzle with caramel and chocolate toppings. Refrigerate. Sprinkle with toasted pecans right before serving.

Caramel topping: Combine 7 oz caramels and 1/3 C heavy whipping cream in a small saucepan; stir over low heat until melted and smooth.

Chocolate topping: Combine 4 oz. chopped quality German sweet chocolate, 2 Tbsp cream and 1 tsp butter in a saucepan; stir over low heat until melted and smooth.