Mini Cheesecake Bites

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Prepare dinner Time : 30 minutes

Discover ways to make these mini cheesecake bites product of a easy graham cracker cookie crust, topped with traditional creamy cheesecake, dipped in chocolate. Really easy, so addictive!

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Cheesecake bites are nothing greater than little chocolate-covered morsels of creamy cheesecake. No particular tools and no water bathtub wanted, since chocolate covers any cracks. SO good!

What makes these mini cheesecake bites recipe particular?

INTRO

The mix of chocolate cookie and cheesecake is beautiful, however you possibly can at all times go old-fashioned with a graham cracker crust. And even no crust in any respect. Simply bake the cake a wee bit longer to make sure that the cheesecake is secure sufficient to slice into bites.

Since these cheesecake bites are lined in chocolate, there may be completely no have to stress about cracks within the cheesecake (see what I did there? stress? cracks?). The chocolate coating will cowl a mess of ills.

Should you ever need to impress with a stunning edible hostess reward, attempt one thing in miniature. There’s simply one thing about taking an in any other case odd, traditional cheesecake, slicing it into 1-inch squares, and dipping them in chocolate. I promise you these would be the first deal with to go at a celebration!

What are cheesecake bites product of? Ingredient notes

Cheesecake bites are made with just a few substances: cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch, salt, and vanilla for the filling, and melted butter and cookie crumbs for the bottom. If you would like them topped in chocolate, you will additionally want chopped chocolate and a few coconut oil.

• Cream cheese – Be sure your cream cheese is available in blocks, not a bath the place extra air may have been added to it already, and that it is totally at room temperature, or it’ll clump and never mix correctly.
• Granulated sugar – Sugar is a sweetener and likewise a tenderizer right here. You may cut back the sugar by about 1/4 cup (50 g) with out affecting style or texture that a lot.
• Cornstarch – The starch helps to stabilize the cheesecake, which is very necessary right here since we’re baking it into an 8-inch sq. after which slicing it into mini cheesecakes.
• Salt – Salt helps convey out the opposite flavors and balances the sweetness.
• Vanilla extract – A contact of vanilla provides some depth of taste.
• Cookie crumbs – The cookie crust that is traditional for cheesecake is made together with your favourite kind of crunchy cookies or candy crackers, like graham crackers, which might be crumbled into high quality crumbs in a blender or meals processor.
• Melted butter – We add melted butter to our finely floor cookie crumbs to assist maintain them collectively.
• Chopped chocolate – I like to make use of bittersweet chocolate right here, however you need to use no matter chocolate you want greatest. Since we’re utilizing it for dipping and need it to set, should you’re cautious in melting it so it does not seize, you possibly can even use chocolate chips.
• Virgin coconut oil – Including some coconut oil to the melted chocolate helps make dipping simpler, and helps the chocolate coating set correctly after dipping.

The best way to make cheesecake bites

Reasonably than making mini cheesecake bites in miniature muffin tins, I favor to make a single sq. cheesecake in an 8-inch sq. pan and slice it into minis afterward. The preparation is far quicker, and I favor the smaller bites, too.

Make the cookie crust to your cheesecake bites

Virtually any form of crunchy cookie may be floor into comparatively high quality crumbs which might be excellent for a graham cracker crust. Crunchy cookies are greatest as a result of they’ve much less moisture, which results in clumping.

I take my gluten free graham crackers and floor them into high quality crumbs in my blender, in batches since I haven’t got an enormous blender. Then, I add melted butter to the finely floor crumbs, which creates moist, buttery cookie crumbles.

Lastly, press the cookie butter combination into the underside of a ready sq. baking pan and set the pan apart. Be certain your pan is lined with nonstick aluminum foil or parchment paper to assist get the cheesecake out of the pan utilizing the liner as handles.

Make the cheesecake filling

I’ve a primary system for making a traditional, never-fail, traditional cheesecake, and it is at all times served me nicely. For this recipe, I basically doubled it:

• 8 ounces block cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup (66 to 100 g) granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 massive egg, at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

On this recipe, for the reason that cake is sliced into 1-inch sq. bites, it have to be fairly agency with out being overbaked. So I depart a bit from my typical system and add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to assist stabilize the cake. It does not have an effect on the flavour in any respect, simply the feel a bit for the higher when making mini bites.

The strategy for making the cheesecake filling is kind of easy: In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch, and salt till mild and fluffy. Then, add the egg and beat till easy. Should you over beat the egg, your cheesecake is more likely to crack.

The best way to make no bake cheesecake bites

If you do not have time, or you possibly can’t have the eggs which might be important to make cheesecake, you can also make cheesecake bites with a base recipe of no bake cheesecake with gelatin. That cheesecake units within the fridge in 2 hours or much less, and slices so clear. You may even make it crustless, after which cowl the bites utterly in chocolate.

The best way to make chocolate-dipped cheesecake bites

These bites are creamy, candy and scrumptious on their very own. They’re superb social gathering meals simply as they’re, with none chocolate. However should you’re sport, you possibly can actually degree them up with a easy chocolate coating.

Soften the chopped chocolate both in a double boiler, or within the microwave at low energy in fast bursts, stirring in between. Add the coconut oil proper after, and blend till it melts. Then, let the combination sit for a couple of minutes to permit it to thicken a bit so it holds on the bites.

In contrast to dipping one thing like gluten free “skinny mints”, you do not have to immerse these cheesecake bites totally in melted chocolate. As a substitute, you will merely maintain the crust together with your thumb and forefinger, invert the chew, and immerse simply the cheesecake portion in melted chocolate.

Place the bites proper facet up on a bit of parchment, and allow them to set. That is all!

Storing mini cheesecake bites

These mini cheesecakes, like all cheesecake, ought to be refrigerated in an hermetic container, so it does not spoil. Cheesecake additionally has one of the best texture when it is served nonetheless chilled.

Are you able to freeze them?

Sure, you possibly can freeze mini cheesecake bites in a tightly sealed container, and they need to final about a month. Whether or not refrigerated or frozen, should you’ve dipped them within the chocolate coating, chilling the bites could trigger the chocolate to bloom or develop a innocent white solid, but it surely will not have an effect on the style.

Mini cheesecake bites ingredient substitutions

These mini cheesecake bites are made gluten free by utilizing gluten free crunchy cookie crumbs. If you do not have to be gluten free, use no matter crunchy cookies you want and nothing else adjustments!

If you’ll want to keep away from different allergens, like eggs, I like to recommend you utilize our no bake cheesecake recipe as a substitute of this one for the filling. In any other case, you could use eggs.

Should you’re avoiding dairy, I am afraid I do not know of any doable substitute for cream cheese that I’ve tried that truly tastes like cream cheese. I consider that is why most vegan cheesecake recipes use one thing like cashews instead of nondairy cream cheese. If cashew cream pursuits you, try our no bake chocolate chip cookie dough bars. They’re scrumptious—however they are not dairy free cheesecake!

You may make these bites with out cornstarch, although, if corn is an issue. Simply use arrowroot as a substitute. Potato starch may additionally work, and it is price attempting superfine rice flour, too.

Rather than virgin coconut oil, you need to use vegetable shortening to assist set the chocolate combination.

FAQs

How can I forestall my cheesecake from cracking within the oven?

I can not keep in mind the final time I had a cheesecake crack within the oven. The key is to bake the cake at not more than 325°F/163°C. Baking low and sluggish ensures a good, and secure, rise.

Should you’re actually anxious (no stress!), as soon as the filling is about, flip off the oven and prop open the door. Let the cake sit in there for about 10 minutes, or till the oven temperature reaches about 200°F in your oven thermometer.

Be sure your oven is on the proper temperature

Most ovens run scorching, and drift out of calibration it doesn’t matter what you do. The only resolution is to buy an costly, easy oven thermometer (affiliate hyperlink; store round for a Rubbermaid oven thermometer), and exchange it usually. Making certain the right oven temperature is a cornerstone of fine baking!