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Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake Diabetic Recipe

Ingredients:
1-1/4 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
4 tablespoons margarine, melted
Three packets sweetener or 2 tablespoons spoonable sweetener
Two packages (8 ounces each) fat-free cream cheese, softened
18 packets sweetener or 3/4-cup spoonable sweetener
Two eggs
Two egg whites
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Mix vanilla wafer crumbs, margarine and 1-teasoon sweetener in bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Pat mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2-inch up side of pan. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven about eight minutes. Cool on wire rack. reduce oven temperature to 300-degrees.

Beat cream cheese and 5-1/2-teaspoons sweetener in large bowl until fluffy; beat in eggs, egg whites and cornstarch. Stir in sour cream and vanilla until well blended. Remove 1/2-cup cheesecake mixture. Pour remaining mixture into crust pan. Add melted chocolate to 1/2-cup reserved cheesecake batter; mix well. Place dollops of chocolate mixture on top of cheesecake. Using butter knife or spatula, gently swirl chocolate mixture into cheesecake.

Wrap bottom of springform pan with aluminum foil and place in roasting pan on middle oven rack, add 1-inch hot water to pan.

Bake in preheated 300-degree oven just until set in center, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove cheesecake from roasting pan and return to oven. Turn oven off and let cheesecake cool in oven with door afar for three hours.

Refrigerate eight hours or overnight. Remove side of springform pan; place cheesecake on serving plate.

Nutritional Information per Serving:
Calories: 246
Fat: 10g
Cholesterol: 10mg
Sodium: 193mg
Carbohydrate: 40g
Protein: 2g
Diabetic Exchanges:  1 Fruit, 1-1/2 starch, 2 fat

See also:
Mocha Cheesecake
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Chocolate-Berry Cheesecake
Orange Cheesecake

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