Extreme Chocolate Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS

For the crust:

8 oz

chocolate wafers, finely crushed (2 cups of crumbs)

3 tbsp

granulated sugar

7 tbsp

unsalted butter, melted

For the filling:

3 8 ounce packages

cream cheese, at room temperature

10 oz

semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled

2 tbsp

all-purpose flour

Table salt

1 1/4 cups

granulated sugar

1 tbsp

pure vanilla extract

large eggs, at room temperature

Chocolate shards or curls, for garnish