Description
These Valentine’s Day Chocolate Strawberry Mini Cheesecakes are a delightful treat that blends rich cream cheese with sweet strawberry preserves. Perfect for celebrating special moments, this recipe combines simple ingredients like graham crackers and chocolate, resulting in a mouthwatering dessert that’s sure to impress at any gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sleeve (9 cookies, 137 grams) graham crackers
- 3 tablespoons (43 grams) real seal® unsalted butter, melted
- 12 ounces (340 grams) real seal® cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (140 grams) seedless strawberry preserves
- Red gel food coloring, if desired
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup (85 grams) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup real seal® heavy cream
- 12 small strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 12-cup mini cheesecake pan with nonstick spray.
- In a food processor, pulse the graham crackers until finely ground. Add the melted butter and pulse until evenly moistened.
- Divide the graham cracker mixture among the cheesecake pan cavities, pressing firmly into the bottom, approximately 1 heaping tablespoon per cavity.
- Bake the crusts for about 5 minutes until fragrant, then remove from the oven and lower the temperature to 325°F.
Notes
You can add red gel food coloring for a more festive appearance if desired.
Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature for a smooth mixture.
These mini cheesecakes can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cheesecake
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg