This is the best cheesecake I have had. I made the crust from chocolate filled Oreos, filling included in crust, about 3/4 of the bag. I sauted the pecans in butter with a couple sprinkles of salt. I really beat the filling to get a lot of air in. This is not as heavy as most cheesecakes, much creamier, more chocolaty. Next time I will double the caramel and use Ghiradelli double chocolate chips. I also mixed the rest of the chips straight into the filling for baking. YUM!

This was great!!!...I don't like it when I hear people changing the recipe but I did and I am glad. I didn't put any caramel in the crust. Instead I put a layer of filling and then some caramel and then the rest of the filling. PERFECT! The crust wasn't hard to cut into or eat! Try this for a great dessert!

«Oooh my god! This is the best thing I've ever eaten in my life!» is the comment I got from one co-worker who tried it.....everybody loved it soooo much. They all asked for the recipe. I followed the recipe exactly as it was.

It's my birthday tomorrow, so I made this for my cake. I halved the recipe and made two 4" cheesecakes. My husband and I split one tonight to "test" it. :) I love chocolate, but this was a little too much. I think this would be a wonderful turtle cheesecake. If I make this again, I would only turn 1/3 of the batter to be chocolate and swirl it with the regular batter. Then I would top it with some hot fudge and fresh whipped cream before serving. The crust and caramel were perfect, just a tad too chocolatly. Thanks for the recipe!

This was my first attempt at making a cheesecake after many failures years ago... it turned out perfect! Absolutely delicious. I did have a few small bubbles on top, but no cracks. I took it by my mom for Easter and everyone loved it. She took the leftovers to work and they loved it, too. This was the best!!!

This was awesome. I followed the recipe exactly but used chocolate grahams and baked for 1 hour, turned off the oven and left it in to cool for 2 hours. It came out picture perfect. Served with chocolate and caramel syrup, whipped cream and pecans on top. My entire family loved it

This was my first time baking a chocolate cheesecake and it couldn't have been easier or tastier. I loved it and so did my family & guests. I didn't use caramels on the crust but instead used Caramel Sundae Syrup and generously drizzled it all over the crust before adding the filling. It was not messy and very easy to do. The tips about the water pan under the cheesecake and the cooling in the cake worked perfectly. Thank you so much for a divine recipe.

Scrumptious. The only problem I had was that the butter in the crust melted and leaked out the bottom of my springform pan and made my oven smoke. I baked it for an hour and then craked the oven door until the middle was set. Then I refrigerated it for a day. It was my Valentine's Day gift for my husband, and he really liked it. We ate it with a bit of Cool-whip and chopped up pecans.

Excellent! I usually prefer New York style cheesecake but this was really good and my husband loved it!

One of the best cheesecake recipes I have ever made. Make extra caramel mixture to pour in the bottom as well as on top to make a nice presentation.

This is a great cheesecake! I've made it twice now. The first time, I followed the recipe exactly. The second time, I used 45 caramels, 5 tbsp half & half, and 1 cup toasted pecans. It gives you a little more filling to spread around and I love the toasted pecan flavor.

This is a delicious recipe. I did not find it too hard to make, and the end result was delicious!! It seems as though I had to cook it a bit longer than it called for, but that may vary from oven to oven. It is a delicious rich chocolate cheesecake with a scrumptious layer of caramels and pecans. Highly recommended.

I made this for Christmas and my family RAVED about it! The different things I did to the recipe are as follows: 1) I used a whole bag of caramels (minus a couple for snacking ;) ) instead of 30. So I doubled the milk too. I think that helped the caramel to not be too hard in the end. 2) I used chocolate graham crackers instead of regular for the crust. 3) I used a whole bag of graham crackers (they come in two separate bags within the box) instead of just a cup. I never have enough crust. So I added another 1/4 cup of butter to the crust. 4) I didn't 'chill' the caramel/crust, I just left it sitting out on the counter for a few hours before adding the filling. 5) I used 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips and 1/2 cup Wilton's semi-sweet chocolate buds for the chocolate to go in the cheesecake. 6) Lastly, I topped of the cheesecake with some caramel sundae topping and mini semi-sweet morsels. It was beautiful! Other than that, I did as the recipe said. Mine didn't crack at all and it wasn't that difficult to cut through the caramel layer. Of course it was a little tougher than your average crust, but not that hard. I, personally, found it VERY sweet, but I'm giving it a 5 because every person told me it was "incredible" and my sister told me, "This is really good fancy restaurant quality!" I can't imagine serving it with more caramel sauce...it was sweet enough! I will definately make it again since everyone loved it so. It's a keeper!

Delish!! Everybody raved about this cheesecake. I did use a little extra caramel. The caramel layer is so yummy it tastes like something a little different than just plane caramel. People kept asking me "what is in that curst?" Thank you for the recipe.

My husband made this the other night and it was great, the only thing is the crust, it was so hard to eat. The caramel was hard to cut through too.

Made this cheesecake for Thanksgiving dinner with my in-laws and was a big hit. But made small changes to the recipe though. I melted the caramels with a lot more milk and used almond slivers and the much more spreadable mixture is nicer on top of the cake instead of on the crust. Next time, I'll make this with a Oreo cookies. This one is definitely a keeper.

Unbelievably delicious (and easy)! Thank you so much. I can't wait to make this again!