Recipe: Perfect Black Cherry Jell-O Cheesecake

Black Cherry Jell-O Cheesecake.

You can cook Black Cherry Jell-O Cheesecake using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Black Cherry Jell-O Cheesecake

1. You need 1 1/4 cup of sugar (reserve 1/4 cup for crust).
2. You need 1/2 cup of butter (melted).
3. Prepare 1 3/4 cup of graham cracker crumbs.
4. It's 1 large of box black cherry Jell-O (do not follow box directions).
5. You need 1 box of (8 ounces) cream cheese softened.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
7. You need 1 can of (20 ounce)crushed pineapple drained.
8. It's 1 of (8 ounce) container of cool whip.
9. Prepare 1 cup of boiling water.

Black Cherry Jell-O Cheesecake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Mix together 1/4 cup sugar, graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Press into 9x13 baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes then cool completely..
3. Boil 1 cup of water only for the Jell-O. Add water to Jell-O and stir until dissolved. Set aside and let cool for 15 minutes.
4. In a large bowl, cream together remaining sugar, cream cheese and vanilla..
5. Add cooled Jell-O to cream cheese mixture and blend well. Add cool whip and blend well. Fold in pineapple..
6. Spread mixture evenly over cooled crust and chill for 2 hours or until set. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs lightly over dessert for garnish..