Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Cheesecakes are no-bake, low-carb mini cheesecake cups.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate peanut butter cheesecakes, keto mini cheesecakes
Servings: 12
Calories: 150kcal
Author: Stacey
Ingredients
CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE MINIS
12ouncesCream Cheese(1 ½ packages) softened (full fat kind)
½cupWhole Ricotta Cheese
1teaspoonVanilla Extract
⅔cupSweetener of Choice: Erythritol for low carbor use coconut sugar for primal
2 ½tablespoonCocoa Powderunsweetened
1tablespoon Gelatin Powderunflavored unsweetened
½cupBoiling Water
PEANUT BUTTER TOPPING
2 ½tablespoonNut Butter of choice: Almond Butter, Peanut Butter, or Sunbutter (for nut free)
2teaspoonSweetener of Choice: Erythritol for low carbor coconut sugar for primal
1tablespoonCoconut Oil or Butter
Instructions
Oil or grease a silicone muffin pan or muffin cups. In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl with electric hand mixer combine: softened cream cheese, ricotta cheese and vanilla extract. Mix together on medium high to high speed, and scraping sides with a rubber scraper until combined.
In a separate large glass or ceramic mixing bowl combine: ⅔ cup sweetener of choice, 2 ½ tablespoon cocoa powder, and 1 envelope gelatin. Stir together.
In a teapot or sauce pan bring one cup of water to a boil. Pour ½ cup of boiling water into sweetener cocoa gelatin mixture. Stir thoroughly until combined and clump free.
Turn on electric mixer or stand mixer with cream cheese mixture, and slowly pour cocoa gelatin hot water mixture into cream cheese mixture. Keep mixing and scraping sides until combined. turn off mixer.
In a small sauce pan over medium heat combine all the nut butter topping ingredients and melt and stir together until combined and melted. Remove from heat.
Spoon chocolate cheesecake mixture into muffin pan cups or muffin cups about ⅔ full.
Spoon 2 tsps melted nut butter topping over each cheesecake top.
Freeze the pan of cheesecakes for about 2 hours or until solid enough to remove from pan or cups. Keep unused portions in freezer, and just defrost for a few minutes before eating each time.
Notes
*All Nutritional Data are Estimates Based on the Products I used*