Chocolate Cheesecake Bites
These simple and delicious cheesecake bites have a Oreo crust, chocolate cheesecake filling and top with chocolate whipped cream!
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 15 Oreos with the filling
- 1/4 cup of unsalted butter melted
For the filling:
- 16 oz of Cream Cheese softened at room temperature
- 1/2 cup of Granulated Sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 cup of Bittersweet Chocolate Melted
- 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Espresso Powder
- Pinch of salt
For the topping:
- ½ cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 2 tbsp Powdered Sugar
- Good Quality Chocolate Bar for chocolate shavings
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tin with paper liners, set aside.
- In a food processor, pulse Oreos until they are crumbs then add the melted butter. Pulse until you get a wet sand like mixture.
- Take about a tablespoon of mixture and place it in each cup of the muffin tin and press it down firmly with the back of a spoon or small glass to compact it. Set aside.
- In a bowl add the cream cheese and sugar and mix until creamy and smooth. Add eggs, melted chocolate, vanilla, espresso powder and a pinch of salt and mix until really smooth.
- Divide the mixture evenly among the muffin cups, pop it in the oven for about 15 to 18 minutes or until the sides are pretty set, allow to come to room temp then pop in the fridge for at least 5 hours or overnight.
- Remove paper liners from each cheesecake bite.
- In a bowl, add heavy cream and mix with an electric hand mixer until soft peaks start to form. Add cocoa powder and powdered sugar and mix until you have stiff peaks.
- Add chocolate whipped cream to a piping bag and swirl on top of each cheesecake bite.
- Finish off with chocolate shavings by using a microplane or box grater, grate a piece of chocolate over the cheesecake bites.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.