Lime Mini Cheesecakes with Chocolate Crust
Finish out your fiesta with a dessert that complements all those Mexican flavors! These Lime Mini Cheesecakes with Chocolate Cookie Crust are cute as can be, and perfect for your party!
So, somehow over the weekend something crazy happened and now it’s May. Um, where did April go? I think I must have blinked and missed it. Oh well.
There’s lots of fun stuff that happens in May and it all starts with Cinco de Mayo. Which, if you read between the lines of my previous paragraph there, totally snuck up on me. I had a really fun idea planned but time just wasn’t cooperating. So, stay tuned. ‘Til next year. If you can hang in for that long!
Ingredients
FOR THE CRUST
10 Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
FOR THE CHEESECAKE
12 ounces cream cheese (11/2 blocks), softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons lime zest (zest of 1 lime)
2 tablespoons lime juice (juice of 1 lime)
FOR THE TOPPINGS
3/4 cup lime curd* (approx.)
1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped softly with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
6 thin slices of fresh lime, cut in half
Instructions
TO MAKE THE CRUST:
So, somehow over the weekend something crazy happened and now it’s May. Um, where did April go? I think I must have blinked and missed it. Oh well.
There’s lots of fun stuff that happens in May and it all starts with Cinco de Mayo. Which, if you read between the lines of my previous paragraph there, totally snuck up on me. I had a really fun idea planned but time just wasn’t cooperating. So, stay tuned. ‘Til next year. If you can hang in for that long!
Ingredients
FOR THE CRUST
10 Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
FOR THE CHEESECAKE
12 ounces cream cheese (11/2 blocks), softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons lime zest (zest of 1 lime)
2 tablespoons lime juice (juice of 1 lime)
FOR THE TOPPINGS
3/4 cup lime curd* (approx.)
1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped softly with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
6 thin slices of fresh lime, cut in half
Instructions
TO MAKE THE CRUST:
- Lightly mist a mini-cheesecake pan with non-stick spray.
- Place the Oreos in a food processor or mini-chopper, and process until fine.
- Stir in the melted butter, and divide the mixture equally between all 12 wells of the prepared pan.
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