Description
Rich chocolate peanut butter mini cheesecakes bring creamy indulgence to dessert lovers seeking small-batch perfection. Luscious graham cracker crusts and silky chocolate layers create irresistible mini treats you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup (60 g) creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup (100 g) chocolate cookie crumbs (like Oreo crumbs)
- ½ cup (90 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 2 tbsps unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsps sour cream
- ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Crushed peanuts
- Mini chocolate chips
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- Crust Preparation: Pulverize chocolate cookies into fine crumbs, blend with melted butter, and press firmly into muffin tin cavities lined with paper cups. Toast in a preheated 350°F oven for 5-7 minutes until set.
- Filling Fusion: Whip cream cheese and peanut butter until velvety smooth, gradually adding sugar until fully integrated. Incorporate egg, vanilla, and sour cream, mixing until achieving a silky, uniform consistency without any lumps.
- Baking Process: Distribute filling evenly across prepared crusts, leaving a small margin at the top. Bake in a 325°F oven for 15-18 minutes until centers show a subtle wobble, indicating perfect custard-like texture.
- Cooling and Setting: Remove from oven and allow cheesecakes to cool completely at room temperature. Refrigerate for minimum 2 hours to enhance flavor and ensure proper setting.
- Ganache Creation: Warm cream and pour over premium chocolate chips, stirring until developing a glossy, smooth coating with a luxurious sheen.
- Finishing Touches: Drizzle or cover cheesecakes with ganache, garnishing with crushed peanuts or miniature chocolate morsels for textural complexity and visual intrigue.
- Serving Presentation: Carefully remove paper liners and plate these elegant individual desserts, ready to delight sophisticated palates.
Notes
- Prevent Cracking Cheesecake: Gently bake in a water bath to create humid environment, reducing surface tension and preventing unsightly cracks on delicate cheesecake surface.
- Smooth Cream Cheese Technique: Ensure cream cheese is room temperature before mixing, softening completely to eliminate lumps and achieve ultra-smooth, silky filling consistency.
- Precise Baking Timing: Watch for slight wobble in center when removing from oven – indicates perfect custard-like texture without overbaking, which causes dry, crumbly cheesecakes.
- Gluten-Free Adaptation: Substitute chocolate cookie crumbs with gluten-free graham crackers or almond flour-based crust for those with dietary restrictions, maintaining original recipe’s rich flavor profile.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 260
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg