Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bites are a single serve peanut butter cheesecake cups that are made with Oreo cookie crust, peanut butter cheesecake filling and chocolate topping.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword peanut butter cheesecake bites, peanut butter cup cheesecakes
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Chill Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 12servings
Ingredients
Oreo Crust
1 1/2cupsOreo Cookie Crumbs16 Oreo Cookies
4tablespoonsButtermelted
Peanut Butter Cheesecake Filling
16ouncesCream Cheeseroom temperature
1/2cupgranulated Sugar
2large Eggsroom temperature
1/2cupcreamy Peanut Butter
1/3cupGreek Yogurt or Sour Creamroom temperature
1tablespoonCornstarch
1teaspoonVanilla extract
Chocolate Peanut Butter Topping
3/4cupsemi-sweet Chocolate Chips
4tablespoonscreamy Peanut Butter
1tablespoonCoconut Oil
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a jumbo muffin pan with 6 liners, or a cupcake pan with 12 liners.
In a food processor, pulse the Cookies to crumbs (or smash in a plastic bag). Place in a
small bowl. Stir in the melted Butter until mixed. Press an even amount of crust into the bottom of each muffin or cupcake liner.
Press down the crusts firmly, using a small glass, or a small measuring cup.
Bake for 5 minutes. Set aside.
Cheesecake Filling
In a mixing bowl, add Cream Cheese, and beat until smooth. Add Sugar, and mix until smooth. Add Eggs, and mix until combined. Add Peanut Butter, Yogurt, Cornstarch and
Vanilla, and blend just until incorporated. Be sure not to over-mix, but just mix until each ingredient is incorporated into the batter. Distribute batter evenly between the cupcake liners (an ice cream scoop works well).
Gently tap pan on the countertop to level batter and remove air bubbles.
Place mini cheesecakes in the oven. Bake jumbo muffin mini cheesecakes for approx. 30-35 minutes, until tops are no longer glossy. The centers will still jiggle a little, but the edges should be set. The smaller cupcake size requires less baking time, so start checking them around 18 minutes.
Tops may crack slightly, which is normal. Remove from oven and allow to cool
completely before removing cheesecakes from the pan. Your cheesecakes may sink in the middle slightly when cooling. Let cool on a cooling rack for 20 minutes, then refrigerate for 40 minutes.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Topping
In a small bowl, combine Chocolate Chips, Peanut Butter and Coconut Oil. Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring each time, until completely melted and combined. If preferred, you can melt over a double boiler on the stovetop.
Evenly divide the chocolate topping to the tops of each mini cheesecake. Tilt from side to side until entire top is coated.
Refrigerate mini cheesecakes until chocolate topping has hardened. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Enjoy!