Need another sweet Valentine’s treat?
You have to try these adorable little teeny-tiny cheesecakes I made with my little guys the other day!
My four year old is a SERIOUS strawberry fan-like he eats a package almost every day. And don’t get me started on his cheese consumption! So these little cheesecakes were the perfect dessert to make for him after some hard work with his speech pathologist yesterday.
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Strawberry Heart Mini Cheesecake Bites
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Sweet mini cheesecakes with a strawberry heart garnish
Author: The Happier Homemaker
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 18
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz Package of Low Fat Cream Cheese
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- 1 egg
- 2 graham crackers
- 1 tbsp softened butter or margarine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Line mini-muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- In a mixer cream together cream cheese and sugar.
- Add lemon juice and egg.
- Mix until well-blended.
- In a sandwich bag, crush graham crackers.
- Add butter in small increments until mixture is sticky.
- Spoon graham cracker mixture into the bottom of muffin tins.
- Top with cheese mixture.
- Bake for 11-14 minutes.
- While cheesecakes are baking slice strawberries in half and cut a "v" in the top to create heart shape.
- Immediately after removing cheesecakes from oven press strawberry hearts into the top of each cake.
- Refrigerate and serve chilled.
Do you love cheesecake, it’s one of my favorites! My hubby and I actually had one as our wedding cake! For some other Valentine’s (or anytime!) treat ideas check out my Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Pops, Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Brownies, or Triple Chip Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Heather
Mmm – looks so delish and almost too adorable to eat! But I would get over that quickly – haha! Great recipe and sounds like your wedding cake was amazing!
Melissa
lol..Heather, my hubby and I got married just the two of us. I just ordered a regular old pumpkin cheesecake-no decorations!
Vanessa
My four year old is crazy about strawberries too! Definitely going to plan on making these for vday!
Melissa
I hope you love them as much as my little guys did Vanessa! They were eaten up pretty quickly!
Jacque
YUM! You always kill me with these incredible recipes!!!!!
Crystal
These are so cute and easy to make!!! I Love it!! Thanks for the recipe!
Melissa
You’re so welcome Crystal, let me know if you try them!
Kelly @ View Along the Way
Omg. What an incredible presentation, and I KNOW they taste as good as they look!
Melissa
Yep, they were gone pretty fast!
Tiffany | offbeat + inspired
OHH my goodness these look so good. Definitely giving them a try! Thanks for sharing!! 🙂
Melissa
Thanks Tiffany, they’re pretty tasty (and not too bad for you either!)
Laura Beth
Beautiful photography girl! And those minis look delicious…but what I am most impressed with… the heart shaped strawberries!!
Melissa
Thanks Laura Beth! I slice strawberries for my youngest everyday and I just started to think how much they looked like hearts!
Ann
Saw your link at Keri’s and thought this was so cute! Great photos. Pinned and tweeted!
Melissa
Thanks so much Ann!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life
Those are gorgeous little cheesecake bites!!! Your little guy sounds like mine…I can’t keep strawberries, cheese, and tomatoes in the fridge because he eats them all!!!
Melissa
Thanks Jocelyn! I can’t believe your little one eats tomatoes!
Chrissy
Oh!! These are so cute!! I love it! I have a new Pinterest Power party and would love to have you share this and any other recipes you have!
http://www.thetaylor-house.com/2013/01/31/pinterest-power-party-4.html
Thanks!
Chrissy
Jen @ Girl in the Garage
Ok so I’m not usually the person who gets too excited about food but these look so delicious! You’ve inspired me to try to make them. I think my little guys (and big one) would really like them too. 🙂
Melissa
Thanks Jen! My guys ate them up pretty quickly-I think yours will too! Have a great weekend!
Karyn - Pint Sized Baker
These are so pretty! I did the same thing with jell-o! Love the strawberry rose!
Melissa
Thanks Karyn, off to check out your blog!
Melanie
Awww so cute!!!!
Melanie
The 5th Level of Motherhood
Melissa
Thanks so much Melanie!
Karina - Mom in the USA
Hi Melissa,
How adorable! My girls would love just for the look alone. Thank you for sharing.
I’m visiting from the Bloggy Moms Feb 2013 Blog Hop and am your newest follower.
Karina
Melissa
Thanks Karina! I’m off to check out your blog, thanks for stopping by!
Matt
Do you think this would work with a regular sized (12) muffin pan?
Melissa
Hey there! You can definitely use the recipe for regular size muffin tins but I’m not sure how long they would take to cook or how many full size muffins it would make…you may want to double the recipe and just keep an eye on the cakes!
Michelle@yagottahaveahobby
This is really cute! They look delicious.
Brenda @ChattingOverChocolate.blogspot.com
Very clever, absolutely adorable, & surely delicious!! Pinning…thanks for sharing!! 🙂
Amy @ A Blossoming Life
These look amazing!!! I love cheese cake and strawberries, but hate that sugar filled strawberry syrup! This is perfect! I would love if you would share this over at my blog hop! http://www.ablossominglife.com/2013/02/frugal-crafty-home-blog-hop-9.html
Ruth @ AtNumber 29
these look yummy! I’ll be pinning them for use next week, thank you!
A Lived in Home
These look incredibly delicious!! Can’t wait to try out the recipe! I would love for you to come share this at my Get Social Sunday link party and follow along! 🙂
http://alivedinhome.blogspot.com/2013/02/get-social-sunday.html
katie goldsworthy
Those are adorable! Thanks for sharing!
Janet
These are so cute and a perfect little Valentine’s treat!
Melissa
Thanks Janet! They were pretty tasty! 😉
Nada
This might be a dumb question but is the butter added to the graham crackers or to the mixture with the cream cheese and everything else?
Thanks!
Melissa
No dumb questions! The butter is just for moistening the crushed graham crackers to make the crust!
Marty Walden
You did a great job on the post and the photography! Congrats!
Marty@Marty’s Musings
Melissa
Thanks so much Marty- you’re too sweet!
amy
Quick Question…. what size cream cheese and do you think they would work fine reg. muffin size…just adjusting cook time?
Melissa
Hey Amy! I believe it was the 8oz standard size of cream cheese and for full size muffins I’d cook them longer and keep an eye on them. They aren’t temperamental so if they stay in. A few extra minutes they’ll still taste great!
Karen Chaplin
I’ve got these in the oven now yummy yummy although I didn’t read you needed a mini muffin pan so I used a regular one and wondered why I needed to double the crust amount and I only got 9 muffins out of it – thought I was going crazy until I re-read the recipe ha ha
Any way this make 8 to 9 lovely standard sized cakes (as I have just by accident discovered) I used the same amount of mix but did more crumb.
I am eagerly waiting for them to cook
Thank you for a great recipe
Melissa
Great to know-thanks for sharing, I’d had a few questions about making them full-sized!
kate
hey, i want to make it but what is the weight of package of cream cheese?
Melissa
I believe it’s 8oz.
Myrto
Hi Melissa, what an amazidng idea and what a delicious recipe! Thanks for sharing. Just one question: what is the weight of the crackers you used?
Melissa
I’m not sure what the weight was, I just used a few crushed up enough to cover the bottom of the cupcake tin to act as the crust (sorry!!)
Myrto
ok, that will do, I get the idea. Thanks a lot!
Allyson
Mmmmmm, found these on Sand and Sisal’s roundup today! These look soooo good! I am pinning for future consumption!
Mia
How much is one packet of cream cheese.
Melissa Riker
Sorry Mia! It’s 8 oz. I’ll update the post to reflect that!
Shannah @ Just Us Four
Such a perfect idea for Valentines day!
Melissa Riker
Thanks Shannah, they’re tasty too!
Sarah
Thanks for the recipe and idea. These are adorable!
Melissa Riker
Thanks Sarah!!