Easy Cheesecake Cups Recipe
These Easy Cheese Cake Cups are a delightful no-bake dessert featuring a creamy, smooth cheesecake filling over a crunchy graham cracker crust, perfect for individual servings and quick preparation. With a light lemon and vanilla flavor, they are customizable with a variety of toppings.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs per 9 oz cup (for 8 cups)
- Or 1 tablespoon graham cracker crumbs per 4-6 oz cup (for 12–16 cups)
Filling
- 16 oz full fat cream cheese (2 x 8 oz packages), room temperature
- 2 cups (473 ml) heavy whipping cream (1 pint)
- 1 ½ cups (169 g) powdered sugar, divided into 1 cup and ½ cup
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Prepare Cups and Crust: Choose your cup size, either 9 oz or smaller 4-6 oz cups. Place 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of each 9 oz cup or 1 tablespoon in the smaller cups to form the crust.
- Chill Mixing Bowl: Put a metal or glass mixing bowl in the freezer for 15 minutes to ensure the whipping cream whips up nicely later.
- Beat Cream Cheese and Sugar: In a separate bowl, beat the room temperature cream cheese with 1 cup powdered sugar using an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes until smooth and creamy.
- Whip Cream Mixture: Remove the chilled mixing bowl from the freezer. Add heavy whipping cream, ½ cup powdered sugar, fresh lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Beat on high with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form, about 4-5 minutes.
- Combine Mixtures: Gently fold the cream cheese mixture into the whipped cream on low speed for 1-2 minutes, until fully incorporated and creamy.
- Fill the Cups: Transfer the cheesecake filling into a piping bag or ziplock bag with a corner cut off. Pipe the filling into each cup, filling about ¾ full.
- Refrigerate: Chill the cheesecake cups in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. For extended storage, cover the cups with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight if desired.
- Add Toppings: Before serving, top each cheesecake cup with your choice of toppings such as cherry pie filling, blueberry pie filling, homemade strawberry sauce, chocolate ganache, Oreo crumbs, or chopped candies.
Notes
- Crust variations: Substitute graham cracker crumbs with a whole Nilla wafer, whole Oreo, whole gingersnap cookie, or crushed versions of these cookies.
- Topping variations: Use fresh fruit, raspberry puree, pie filling, lemon curd, sautéed apples, chocolate shavings, crushed candy bars, or mint chips to enhance flavor and presentation.
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