Grandmother's Kitchen

Mini Reese�s Cheesecake Bites

Mini Reese�s Cheesecake Bites

Ingredients

For the crust

  • 1 cup graham crackers, crushed up
  • 2 T melted butter

For the cheesecake

  • 2- oz. cream cheese, at room temp.
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 T flour
  • 1/4 cup half-and-half
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs

For the ganache

  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup Reese�s peanut butter cups, chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 24 count mini muffin pan.
  2. Stir together graham cracker crumbs and butter. Put a teaspoon of the graham cracker mixture into the bottom of each cup.
  3. Bake for 5 minutes.
  4. While that�s baking, make your cheesecake. In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and peanut butter. Add in flour, sugar, half-and-half and vanilla. Beat until well incorporated. Stir in eggs.
  5. When the graham cracker crusts are done, turn your oven down to 350 degrees. Top each graham cracker cup with 1 tablespoon of cream cheese mixture. Bake for about 12-15 minutes until the cheesecake is done. Let cheesecake come to room temp and then stick them in the fridge for at least two hours.
  6. After the cheesecake bites are good and cold, make your ganache. In a large pot, bring some water to a boil. In a glass bowl, mix your chocolate chips and heavy cream together. Set bowl over pot, and stir until melted.
  7. Spoon chocolate ganache over cheesecake bites and top with chopped pb cups.
  8. Keep in the fridge and enjoy!

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