I love cheesecake and mini ones are fun to have. I have been making these mini cheesecakes forever. However, years ago a friend shared the chocolate swirl version with me. YUM! There are many fun variations you can make with them too. I’m sure there are many more than what I am sharing today.
Mini Cheesecakes
- 2 (8 oz.) packages of cream cheese (I have used the lowfat version also and it works fine)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- vanilla wafers or oreo cookies
- 18 cupcake liners
- pie filling (I like cherry or blueberry) or fresh fruit
- Cream cream cheese and sugar together. Add eggs and lemon juice. Beat until smooth.
- Line cupcake pan with liners. Place vanilla wafer flat side down in each liner. If using oreos, use the chocolate wafers after scraping frosting off.
- Fill 3/4 full with cream cheese mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Allow cheesecakes to cool and store in the fridge. Paper liners can be left on or removed.
- To serve: top with pie filling. The cheesecakes can also be frozen. Frreze before topping. Then thaw and top with pie filling.
Chocolate swirl variation: Make using oreo cookies as base. Fill as above in recipe. Cook cheesecakes for 6 minutes. Drop 4 to 5 chocolate chips in batter. Let sit for a minute for chocolate to melt. Swirl chocolate in the batter with a toothpick. Continue baking until done.
Turtle variation: Make using oreo cookies as base. Fill and cook as above in recipe. (can also use the chocolate swirl variation for this too). Remove paper liners. To serve: drizzle with caramel and sprinkle with chopped pecans or 1 pecan half.
This may be just the recipe I’ve been searching for! My daughter wants cheesecake for her graduation reception. I was hoping to find something I could make ahead and freeze until the big day. How long can they be frozen? Would it work to make them a week ahead?
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I am planning on making mini cheesecakes this weekend for Labor Day, some will have strawberries and others with have blueberries. When I make them would it be alright to go ahead and put the topping on..or should that part wait until we’re ready to eat?
I was planning on making them Friday, at home. We are going to the inlaws who live 2 hours away. We probably won’t be eating them until sunday…maybe monday. Thank you!
Sooo my boyfriends birthday is this weekend and I am going to ATTEMPT a cheesecake…. Can I use this same recipe to a full size cheescake? Super nervous as I tend to like things to comeout perfect. But his favorite is cheescake and 2nd favorite is red velvet **yawn**, I definately dont want to make a red velvt cake.
I am going to make a bunch of these for an event next weekend; thanks for the recipe!
Oh my, I think this will be on my top list of delicious recipes to make! Thank you for sharing.
Mini anything is just so much more fun! I love making mini cheesecakes but I’ve never tried the swirl variation. Sounds yummy!
These are so cute, and how impressive you would look showing up at a book club meeting, or play date with these in tow! Thank-you for posting the chocolate swirl and turtles variation.
I’ve only made one type of mini cheesecake ever… I really should try to expand my cupcake sized cheesecakes beyond that one. These look delicious.
I’ve been making these for years ,soooo easy !This is my hubby’s fav.