Description
Mini chocolate strawberry cheesecakes with a buttery graham cracker crust, creamy strawberry filling, and smooth chocolate ganache topped with fresh strawberries.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sleeve graham crackers
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup seedless strawberry preserves
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 12 small fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 12-cup mini cheesecake pan
- Crush graham crackers and mix with melted butter
- Press crust into pan and bake 5 minutes, then reduce oven to 325°F
- Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth
- Mix in strawberry preserves, vanilla, salt, and egg
- Divide filling into crusts and bake until set
- Cool completely and chill at least 3 hours
- Heat cream and pour over chocolate chips to make ganache
- Top cheesecakes with ganache and finish with strawberries
Notes
- Use room temperature cream cheese for a smooth batter
- Do not overbake to keep texture creamy
- Chill thoroughly before removing from the pan
- Add ganache once cheesecakes are fully chilled
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cheesecake
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 190 mg
- Fat: 19 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg