Red Velvet Cheesecake Pie
 
Ingredients
  • 1 9 inch pie crust (I Used the Trader Joe's Crust)
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1½ cups sugar, divided
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • 8 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 - 1 ounce bottle of red food coloring
  • 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
Instructions
  1. Place crust in pie dish.
  2. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on the bottom of the pie crust.
  3. Melt the butter and let cool a bit.
  4. In a mixer, beat ¾ cup of the sugar, baking powder, cocoa, 3 of the eggs and melted butter.
  5. Add food coloring until smooth.
  6. Pour this over the chocolate chips that you placed in the crust.
  7. In a cleaner mixer bowl, beat the other ¾ cup sugar, 1 egg, and the cream cheese until smooth.
  8. Dollop the cream cheese mixture over the chocolate in the crust.
  9. With the tip of a knife, swirl the cream cheese into the chocolate gently.
  10. Bake at 275 degrees for 1 hour.
  11. Shut the oven and let the pie cool inside the oven for 60 minutes.
  12. Place in fridge for a few hours and then serve!
Recipe by Hugs and Cookies XOXO at https://hugsandcookiesxoxo.com/red-velvet-cheesecake-pie/