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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Sweet mini cheesecakes with a strawberry heart garnish
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Ingredients
- 1 8 oz Package of Low Fat Cream Cheese
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 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!
Sarah
Thanks for the recipe and idea. These are adorable!
Melissa Riker
Thanks Sarah!!
Shannah @ Just Us Four
Such a perfect idea for Valentines day!
Melissa Riker
Thanks Shannah, they’re tasty too!
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!
Allyson
Mmmmmm, found these on Sand and Sisal’s roundup today! These look soooo good! I am pinning for future consumption!
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?
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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!
kate
hey, i want to make it but what is the weight of package of cream cheese?
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Melissa
I believe it’s 8oz.
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!
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!
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!
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!
Janet
These are so cute and a perfect little Valentine’s treat!
Melissa
Thanks Janet! They were pretty tasty! 😉
katie goldsworthy
Those are adorable! Thanks for sharing!