Mocha Cheesecake with Chocolate Chips
I sent this dreamy Mocha Cheesecake with Chocolate Chips with my husband to work. An empty plate returned home with one sampler saying it was the BEST cheesecake she had ever eaten.
This rich Cappuccino Cheesecake is enhanced with instant coffee, whipping cream and loads of mini chocolate chips. A coffee lover’s dream dessert!
Why You Must Make this Mocha Cheesecake
- If you love coffee-flavored desserts, this is a winner!
- This recipe is a perfect excuse to try a new cheesecake recipe.
- It makes a beautiful presentation garnished with sweetened whipped cream swirls and chocolate-coated espresso beans. It’s dressed to impress!
I have to admit, I’m not a coffee drinker anymore, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a penchant for coffee or mocha desserts. While in Italy, it was the creamy caffè gelato that won my heart. And even though I only got to lick the knife after cutting out one slice of this mocha cheesecake to photograph, I knew I had a winner.
Tips for Making a Mocha or Cappuccino Cheesecake
Simply adding some instant coffee and chocolate chips, a cheesecake batter is transformed into a dreamy mocha dessert. But if you’re new to cheesecake making, here are a few helpful hints to make your first attempt a winner.
- PRO-Tip: Have all your ingredients at room temperature for the best, smoothest cheesecake.
- The eggs and cream cheese will incorporate best when not fresh out of the refrigerator.
- PRO-Tip: Mix your cheesecake with the paddle attachment of your stand mixer. This keeps the batter dense and creamy by not incorporating any excess air.
- Add the eggs one at a time, making sure each is absorbed before adding the next.
- PRO-Tip: Bake your cheesecake in a bain-marie, or water bath to avoid or minimize cracking.
- Use a roasting or other large pan filled with water as your bain-marie. Set your springform pan, wrapped in foil, into the pan, then fill with water to the depth of about an inch.
- If using a bain-marie, wrap your springform pan with a couple of layers of heavy-duty foil to prevent any water from leaking into the pan.
- Cool baked cheesecake at room temperature, then chill overnight for the best flavor and texture.
- Mocha is actually a specific type of coffee bean, but because there’s a mocha drink with coffee and chocolate, mocha also refers to that combination.
- This recipe uses instant coffee, a chocolate crust, and chocolate chips to complete the mocha duo. Adding espresso powder instead will intensify the coffee flavor and make this a cappuccino cheesecake.
Helpful Tools:
Here a few of my tried and true kitchen supplies that could come in handy when making this recipe:
- 9-inch Springform Pan (a MUST have for cheesecake lovers)
- OXO Small Offset Spatula (I use this to smooth the top of cookie bars, pie filling, cake batter, etc.)
- Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers (4 packages) (these are my favorite for making chocolate cookie crusts)
More Mocha Recipes You’ll Love:
- Whipped Mocha Tart from Pint Sized Baker
- Mocha Truffle Brownies from Mom on Timeout
- Mocha Ice Cream
- Fudgy Kahlua Brownies
- Mocha Layer Cake
- Frosted Chocolate Mocha Cupcakes
- Mocha Truffle Brownies
- Plus, you might enjoy this decadent Tiramisu Cheesecake!
- More Dessert Recipes
Mocha Cheesecake Recipe with Chocolate Chips
A delectable mocha cheesecake with a chocolate cookie crust and a dreamy coffee flavored filling studded with mini chocolate chips.
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1-1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling:
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
- 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup (6 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Grease a 9-inch springform pan, wrap the exterior with heavy duty foil, and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the wafer crumbs, sugar, and butter. Press onto the bottom of prepared pan.
- In a heat safe bowl, microwave the cream until hot. Add the coffee granules, mix to combine, and set aside until cool.
- In a mixer fit with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
- Beat in coffee mixture and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat on low speed just until combined.
- Fold in ¾ cup chocolate chips, then pour into the crust. Sprinkle with remaining chips.
- Add about 1 inch of very hot water to a roasting pan or similar sized baking dish. Set cheesecake into the water.
- Bake at 325° for 60-70 minutes or until center is just set. Remove springform pan from water bath.
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen, then cool one hour or more then refrigerate overnight
- Before serving, garnish cake with whipped cream and chocolate-covered espresso beans, if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 316Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 80mgSodium: 221mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 1gSugar: 31gProtein: 5g
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35 Comments on “Mocha Cheesecake with Chocolate Chips”
Coffee, chocolate, and cheesecake? This is literally the most delicious thing ever! Such a perfect and classic cheesecake!
Chocolate and mocha it can’t get any better! Love the flavor and so creamy!
This is so impossibly creamy and beyond delicious! The perfect dessert for my mocha obsessed friend!
I love your recipes and enjoy them often. ????????
Thanks so much, Bee! Hope you have a terrific weekend.
Gorgeous, Liz! Good for you for abstaining from coffee except in gelato and other dessert forms. This coffee drinker is all in…especially with your luscious looking dessert. (Pinning of course.)
Picture perfect Liz and the chocolate covered espresso are the proverbial icing on the cake. Bill’s co-workers are lucky!
Now no dessert today will satisfy me unless it is this mocha cheesecake!!!
Mocha gets me every time! Totally love this cheesecake and I’m not even a cheesecake person! This is a must make!
This looks fantastic!
This is just gorgeous. I have never incorporated these flavours into a cheesecake and your recipe is superb. No wonder one sampler at your husband’s work said it was the best cheesecake she had ever eaten. Wafers as a base … how unique and you have decorated this to make it so pretty.
If I made this for my husband, he would definitely be my slave for like a good MONTH! lol!
This cheesecake is calling my name! I adore mocha desserts!
Looks great, a tasty combo of ingredients! I like mocha better than chocolate but everyone here likes the chocolate so this is a must make soon recipe! Thanks for sharing!
When you add coffee to chocolate, I am in. Make it into a cheesecake and I am in heaven. Fabulous as always!
It will be favorite combination. I love cheesecake and need something to wake me up in the morning and a light breakfast as well. What a brilliant recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Coffee-flavored anything is my favorite (or one of my many favorites) so I’ll take all the coffee treats your husband doesn’t want :). This cheesecake looks and sounds beyond delicious, Liz!
Mocha? Bring it on! Love that coffee flavor. Gorgeous dish, too. And speaking of too, two slices, please. 🙂
And here I thought Chocolate chip cookies were the ultimate chocolate chip treat. This cheesecake is incredible! I just want to grab a fork and start stabbing the computer screen hoping for a bite! Your dessert are incredible!
The cheesecake is beautiful. I am not a coffee drinker, but I would love to sample this cheesecake.
This sounds heavenly, Liz. I don’t drink coffee anymore either but that wouldn’t stop me from having dessert laced with it. Beautiful and I’m sure tasty!
oh Liz, you mocha cheesecake looks so pretty and I like the chocolate chips in it…what a great dessert!
Have a wonderful week 🙂
So pretty, Liz! This cheesecake looks absolutely dreamy and I’m a huge fan of mocha or coffee desserts, so I know this is a winner!
Mocha or coffee flavoured anything gets my full vote, Liz, this would certainly be a winner, hands down! Baking it in a bain-marie is a way to avoid cracking, in fact, if you have time, allow it to cool in the oven. Definitely bookmarked for a dinner party.
That is quite a sell ‘best cheese cake ever” It’s my birthday to day so please send over a slice 🙂 I love mocha anything!
Chocolate and cheese is a lovely combo, and this mocha cheesecake looks so intriguing, Liz. I HUGE slice of this cake and I would be the happiest person.
I love mocha desserts! I wish I had a slice of this cheesecake right now!
What a beautiful cheesecake! Love the flavors too.
This looks delicious. I have to try this beautiful cake soon.
Oh, now I’m just craving mocha cheesecake!
Look amazing and delicious Lizzy ! I love all with coffe 🙂
A definite must make love anything mocha and this looks heavenly!
I’ll bet Bill was very popular:@) This looks amazing!
Liz, thanks for sharing this wonderful and delicious cake.
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That looks sinfully delicious! Chocolate and cheese…an irresistible combo, Liz.