Turtle-Topped Vanilla Bean Cheesecake - Kosher.com

Ingredients

• 24 chocolate sandwich cookies
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 (8-ounce/225-gram) containers cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 and 1/4 cups sugar
• 5 eggs, room temperature
• 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise and seeds scraped or 2 tablespoons vanilla bean paste
• 1 tablespoon Gefen Pure Vanilla Extract
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup Devash Heavy Cream
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 6 tablespoons chilled butter
• 24 pecan halves
• Elite White Chocolate, melted, for drizzling
• Elite Dark Chocolate, melted, for drizzling