Name: Mini Cheesecake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 12 Vanilla Wafers (or other hard cookies such as graham cookies); 1 ½ tablespoons butter (melted); 8 ounces cream cheese (softened); ⅓ cup powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; ¼ teaspoon almond extract; 1 egg; toppings as desired

Mini Cheesecakes are the perfect bite! Everyone loves a good dessert and these easy handheld bites feature an easy and rich cheesecake nestled on a cookie crumb base with your favorite fruit toppings.

This no-fail recipe is the perfect way to serve cheesecake to a crowd and a party favorite for any kind of celebration!

Mini Cheesecakes with strawberry topping

Individual Cheesecake Bites

I don’t eat a ton of desserts but I truly cannot resist a cheesecake! I’m not picky, it can be fruit-topped, fruit-flavored (like Lemon Cheesecake), served as Cheesecake Dessert Tacos, or have chocolate, strawberry, and caramel topping. All of them are a win in my books!

I do like no-bake cheesecakes but baked cheesecake is just SO much richer. They’re dense, rich and creamy and just so dang good (and even better when they’re bite-sized like these mini cheesecakes)!

The best thing about this these individual cheesecakes is that this recipe is easy to make (aka no-fail). Making a baked cheesecake can sometimes be challenging and while these do have an amazing baked cheesecake texture, they’re actually really easy!

No water-bath, hours of baking and cooling and oh yeah, no worries about cracks!

single Mini Cheesecake

Perfect for a Celebration

These sweet bitty baby mini cheesecakes are perfect to celebrate and they’re bite-sized! I made these to celebrate my friend Jocelyn’s(who blogs at Grandbaby Cakes) sweet little baby-cake!

They’re great for parties and gatherings and of course baby showers! What could be more fitting for a baby shower than baby mini-sized desserts!

Mini Cheesecakes stacked being grabbed

How To Make Mini Cheesecakes

While you can buy a mini cheesecake pan, I don’t bother and just use a mini muffin tin and this recipe makes 18 mini cheesecakes. Lining your muffin tins with foil liners makes these easy to get out of the pan and simple to serve. I’ve used Nilla Wafers for the base but if you prefer a graham crust you can substitute graham cookies (or any other hard cookie you have on hand).

These mini cheesecakes can be topped with everything from strawberries, blueberries, and cherries to chocolate sauce and caramel. You can use either fresh fruit or canned pie filling. My personal favorites are blueberry and strawberry. If I buy strawberry pie filling I’ll often add fresh chopped strawberries to it too! They’re easy and so delicious!!

Cheesecake is one of my all-time favorites and baby bite-sized cheesecakes are the perfect dessert to bring along to any party!

The Best Cheesecake Recipes:

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake: A dreamy dessert with layers of cheesecake, spiced pumpkin and whipped topping all nestled in a graham crust.
No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake: A creamy, tart, no-bake lemon cheesecake that can be made in minutes.
Pumpkin Amaretto Cheesecake Bars The rich fall flavors of pumpkin and almonds laced throughout a rich cheesecake over a sweet graham cracker crust.
Raspberry Cheesecake Dessert Shooters A tart raspberry filling layered over a graham cracker crust, and then topped with a rich, creamy, no-bake cheesecake.
Cherry Cheesecake Coffee Cake A delicious buttery coffee cake base under layers of cherry cheesecake and a little bit of streusel topping for a real taste of heaven!
Oreo Chocolate Cheesecake Parfaits Layers of chocolate, a quick and easy no bake cheesecake and delicious Oreo cookie crumbs!
Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries Fresh juicy berries are filled with an easy no bake cheesecake for the perfect 2-bite dessert!
Upside Down Cheesecake Apple Pie A buttery crust filled with spiced apple pie filling and rich creamy cheesecake!
Cheesecake Dessert Tacos Crisp sugar taco shells filled with an easy no bake cheesecake and topped with luscious fruit filling.
Chocolate Cheesecake Cherries Chocolate dipped fresh ripe cherries filled with cheesecake.

5 from 4 votes

Review Recipe

Mini Cheesecake

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 18 mini cheesecakes

Author Holly Nilsson

Mini cheesecakes are the perfect no-fail way to serve cheesecake to a crowd and a party favorite!

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Ingredients

▢ 12 Vanilla Wafers or other hard cookies such as graham cookies
▢ 1 ½ tablespoons butter melted
▢ 8 ounces cream cheese softened
▢ ⅓ cup powdered sugar
▢ 2 teaspoons lemon juice
▢ ¼ teaspoon almond extract
▢ 1 egg
▢ toppings as desired

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a mini muffin pan with 18 liners.
Crush cookies until you have ⅓ cup crumbs. Add melted butter & mix well.
Place 1 teaspoon in each cup and press down.
In a medium bowl combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice, almond extract and egg. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Place cream cheese mixture in a zippered bag and snip off the corner. Evenly fill each well.
Bake 15 minutes or until set. Remove from oven, cool completely and top with desired toppings.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 82, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 25mg, Sodium: 68mg, Potassium: 24mg, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 210IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 14mg, Iron: 0.1mg

(Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)

Keyword mini cheesecakes

Course Party Food

Cuisine American

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