Red, White and Blueberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

Simple Cheesecake cupcakes made with cream cheese, Greek yogurt with a vanilla wafer crust topped with strawberries and blueberries.

Cheesecake Cupcakes

A crimson, white and blue dessert utilizing Mom Nature as my supply for meals coloring. These cheesecake cupcakes are the right July 4th, Labor day or Memorial Day weekend. They style so good and solely 100 energy! And in the event you choose a lemon dessert, attempt these lemon cheesecake cupcakes as an alternative. If you’d like them gluten free, omit the vanilla wafer or swap it for a gluten-free cookie. For chocolate lovers, you do that chocolate raspberry cheesecake.

Candy Recollections

After I was a child, my mother all the time made cheesecake cups with vanilla wafers because the crust. She topped them with canned pie filling like blueberry or cherry pie.

After I make them now, I like including Greek yogurt to my cheesecake to lighten them up, and it additionally provides a slight tang which I like. For a crimson, white and blue theme, I take advantage of contemporary strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, or simply high them with any contemporary fruit you need! A couple of causes to like them:

• Fast and Simple – they take half-hour to bake.
• Low Calorie Dessert – solely 100 energy.

Get pleasure from and have enjoyable with it! If you happen to make this, I might like to see them. Tag me in your pictures on Instagram or Fb!

Components

Right here’s what you’ll must make this cheesecake cupcake recipe. See precise measurements in recipe card beneath:

• Vanilla wafers – sufficient to line the underside of your cupcake tin
• Cream cheese – softened to room temperature (concerning the consistency of softened butter)
• Sugar – simply to sweeten the cream cheese combination, you may also use s sugar-free sweetener
• Vanilla extract – a teaspoon for a contact of vanilla taste
• Vanilla Greek yogurt – a container (round 6 ounces) of your favourite model (like Chobani)
• Egg whites – separate two giant eggs, holding solely the whites
• All-purpose flour – a spoonful to thicken the cheesecake filling barely
• Contemporary berries – a mixture of sliced strawberries and blueberries or berries of your selection

How To Make Vanilla Wafer Cheesecake Cupcakes

Simple Mini Vanilla Wafer Cheesecakes with step-by-step pictures. See precise measurements and instructions within the recipe card beneath:

Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 12-cup cupcake tin or muffin pan with paper liners.

• Put together the Crust: Place a vanilla wafer into the underside of every cupcake liner. This can kind the bottom of your mini cheesecakes.
• Make the Filling: In a big bowl, use an electrical mixer or stand mixer to cream collectively softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract on medium-high velocity till easy and properly mixed.
• Step by step Incorporate Moist Components: Slowly beat within the vanilla Greek yogurt, egg whites, and flour. Combine till simply mixed.
• Bake the Cheesecakes: Pour the cheesecake batter evenly into the ready cupcake liners, filling them about midway full. Bake within the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or till the sides are set and a toothpick inserted comes out clear.
• Cool and Chill: Let the cheesecakes cool fully to room temperature on a wire rack. Then, for one of the best texture and taste, chill them within the fridge for at the least 1 hour earlier than serving.
• High and Get pleasure from! Earlier than serving, high every mini cheesecake with contemporary strawberries and blueberries.

Variations

• Graham Cracker Crust – Use crushed graham cracker crumbs rather than the vanilla wafers.
• Chocolate – Add chocolate chips and high with raspberries.
• Oreos – place an oreo on the underside of every rather than vanilla wafers.
• Cherry Pie – Swap the contemporary berries and use cherry pie filling on high.
• Use bitter cream rather than yogurt.

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