Mini Cheesecake Bites

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Prepare dinner Time : 30 minutes

Learn 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 gear and no water tub wanted, since chocolate covers any cracks. SO good!

What makes these mini cheesecake bites recipe particular?

These cheesecake bites aren’t made in miniature muffin tins, since that appears tougher—and makes bigger bites which can be tougher to dip in chocolate. Make a cheesecake in a sq. pan with the traditional, creamy and excellent 8 ounces cream cheese-1/3 cup sugar-1 egg combination, however add some cornstarch for stability. Then slice.

Most frequently, I’m going with a traditional graham cracker cookie crust, however the mixture of chocolate cookie made right into a cookie crust and cheesecake is undeniably scrumptious. You may even go together with 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’s completely no must stress about cracks within the cheesecake (see what I did there? stress? cracks?). The chocolate coating will cowl a mess of ills.

For those who ever wish to impress with a beautiful edible hostess reward, strive one thing in miniature. There’s simply one thing about taking an in any other case bizarre, 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 only some components: 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 that your cream cheese is available in blocks, not a bathtub the place extra air can have been added to it already, and that it is totally at room temperature, or it is going to 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 deliver 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 sort of crunchy cookies or candy crackers, like graham crackers, which can be crumbled into nice 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 should utilize no matter chocolate you want finest. Since we’re utilizing it for dipping and wish it to set, if you happen to’re cautious in melting it so it would not seize, you’ll be able to 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.

How one can make cheesecake bites

Reasonably than making mini cheesecake bites in miniature muffin tins, I desire 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 desire the smaller bites, too.

Make the cookie crust on your cheesecake bites

Nearly any form of crunchy cookie could be floor into comparatively nice crumbs which can be good for a graham cracker crust. Crunchy cookies are finest as a result of they’ve much less moisture, which results in clumping.

I take my gluten free graham crackers and floor them into nice crumbs in my blender, in batches since I haven’t got a giant 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. Make sure 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 method for making a traditional, never-fail, traditional cheesecake, and it is all the time served me properly. 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 giant egg, at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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

The tactic for making the cheesecake filling is sort of easy: In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch, and salt till gentle and fluffy. Then, add the egg and beat till easy. For those who over beat the egg, your cheesecake is more likely to crack.

How one can make no bake cheesecake bites

If you do not have time, or you’ll be able to’t have the eggs which can be important to make cheesecake, you may 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 might even make it crustless, after which cowl the bites fully in chocolate.

How one can make chocolate-dipped cheesecake bites

These bites are creamy, candy and scrumptious on their very own. They’re superb get together meals simply as they’re, with none chocolate. However if you happen to’re sport, you’ll be able to actually stage 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.

Not like 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 chunk, and immerse simply the cheesecake portion in melted chocolate.

Place the bites proper facet up on a chunk 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 would not spoil. Cheesecake additionally has the most effective texture when it is served nonetheless chilled.

Are you able to freeze them?

Sure, you’ll be able to freeze mini cheesecake bites in a tightly sealed container, and they need to final about a month. Whether or not refrigerated or frozen, if you happen to’ve dipped them within the chocolate coating, chilling the bites might 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 it’s good 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 should use eggs.

For those who’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 imagine that is why most vegan cheesecake recipes use one thing like cashews instead of nondairy cream cheese. If cashew cream pursuits you, take a look at 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 replacement. Potato starch may also work, and it is price making an attempt superfine rice flour, too.

Rather than virgin coconut oil, you should utilize 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 fair, and secure, rise.

For those who’re actually apprehensive (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 that your oven is on the proper temperature

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