Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bites

If you love cheesecake and peanut butter, this combination will definitely be a hit. This dessert recipe is even better with all of the peanut butter. Each bite is so delicious.

Peanut butter desserts are always a family favorite. Try these other recipes for even more ideas – Peanut Butter Icebox Cake, Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites and Peanut Butter Muffins.

Why We Love these Cheesecake Bites

Mini Peanut Butter Cheesecakes are perfect for holiday parties and more! They will quickly become a part of your annual baking menu. Go ahead and write the recipe down because your guests will ask for it once they try it!

Everyone always loves the combination of peanut butter and cheesecake. Making these bite sized dessert allows you to have more then one.

We also make Mini Oreo Cheesecakes that are just heavenly. Can you tell we love cheesecake around here?

Ingredients

• Graham Crackers – You can also use Oreo Cookies to make crust..
• Butter – We used unsalted melted butter
• Cream Cheese – Make sure cream cheese is softened at room temperature

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Variations Ideas

• Chocolate – Top with chocolate chips or drizzling melted chocolate on top. Mini chocolate chips are also delicious on top and go great with the chocolate peanut butter combination. Chocolate sauce or chocolate ganache is also a delicious addition.
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup – Top the mini cheesecake bites with mini reese’s peanut butter cup for even more flavor.
• Make in a Muffin Tins – Instead of bars, you can use cupcake pans lined with cupcake liners and muffin cups if you prefer.

How to Make Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bites

• Step 1 – Preheat oven to 325 and line a square baking pan with aluminum foil.

Step 2 – Use a food processor to finely crush graham crackers. Add sugar and butter and process for 10 seconds until coated well.

Step 3 – Pour into prepared pan.

Step 4 – Evenly press graham cracker crust into pan with the back of a spoon. Refrigerate.

Step 5 – Beat cream cheese in a bowl. Add sugar, half and half, vanilla, egg and ½ cup peanut butter. Beat well until smooth.

Step 6 – Remove crust from refrigerator and pour peanut butter cheesecake filling into crust. Smooth with the back of a spoon. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until center is no longer jiggly. Cool to room temperature and return, covered, to the refrigerator.

Step 7 – Cut bars into 16 squares. Microwave peanut butter then drizzle with a spoon over the cut bars.

Expert Tips

• Preparing Crust – I use a small food processor to make the crust. If you don’t have one, I can’t recommend it enough because it’s such a time saver in the kitchen. If you don’t have one yet, you can use a ziplock bag and a rolling pin to crush the graham crackers.
• Chill Cheesecake Bites – Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight after baking cheesecake bites. This is the perfect dessert recipe to make ahead of time.
• Prepare Baking Dish – To easily remove the cheesecake from the pan, make sure to line with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Then you can remove bars from pan by lifting up on foil and place onto a cutting board then cut cheesecake into bars.