Mini Cheesecake Recipe (White Chocolate Raspberry)
- By Amy Dong
- Published Nov. 24, 2020
- Updated Dec. 3, 2023
Everyone adores these cute little White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Bites. They are just the right size for popping into your mouth. Creamy, smooth, rich, and decadent morsels worthy of any occasion.
In This Article
- Video: Watch Us Make This Recipe
- White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
- White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake – better than Cheesecake Factory, for reals
- Tips for making the best white chocolate raspberry cheesecakes
- Mini Cheesecakes for your dessert table
- Mini Cheesecakes can be made ahead of time
- White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Commonly Asked Questions
- Did you make this?
- Mini Cheesecake Recipe (White Chocolate Raspberry) Recipe
- Cheesecake Lovers, these are for you:
Video: Watch Us Make This Recipe
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
Some choices are way trickier than others. Do you want brown butter chocolate chip cookies or fudgy brownies? Should we do strawberry pie vs. blueberry pie?
Or, the oft occurring question of whether we should have this chicken piccata recipe or this roasted Greek chicken for dinner?
Thankfully, not all choices are even slightly hard. When it comes to bite-sized treats that are as pretty as they are delicious, there’s only this: White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Bites.
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake – better than Cheesecake Factory, for reals
If someone asks me what I’d like for dessert, it takes me about a nanosecond to answer.
Cheesecake is almost always on my hit list of favorite desserts. Around here, we’ve nicknamed ourselves the Cheesecake Buffs (because buffs sounds better than snobs.)
My hands-down favorite is forever this big sharable version of our white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. It’s a decadently rich, New York style cheesecake swirled generously with real raspberry sauce, on top of a buttery Oreo crust.
We made that recipe into these individual White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Bites that are perfect for any occasion. Once you put these decadent little cheesecakes on display, they’ll disappear like nobody’s business.
Tips for making the best white chocolate raspberry cheesecakes
- Make the raspberry sauce ahead of time. You only need 3 ingredients for said raspberry sauce, and it keeps well in the fridge for up to a week.
- Crush the Oreo cookies ahead of time while you’re at it. I like to quickly scrape off the cream filling of the cookies, since those aren’t needed and you get a bigger chocolatey flavor in the crust without the center filling. Cookie crumbs keep well in an airtight zipper bag for several days.
- This one’s huge: be sure your blocks of cream cheese are very soft prior to using them. They should be so soft that they’re almost melty (but not quite melted.) This allows the cream cheese to blend seamlessly, into a smooth-velvety-creamy consistency.
Mini Cheesecakes for your dessert table
These individual cheesecake bites taste exactly like larger classic cheesecakes, but transformed into rich little bites for popping into your mouth. They are pretty, festive, and perfect for sharing.
We use nonstick mini muffin tin pans, which is also available in a handy 48-serving pan size that’s perfect for this cheesecake recipe.
These mini cheesecakes are great for birthdays, holidays, gift-giving, and any other excuse you can muster up for making these. Like I said, they’ll disappear in a flash. You’d be wise to hide a few in your freezer before serving them; otherwise, you might not get to taste any at all.
Mini Cheesecakes can be made ahead of time
This mini cheesecake recipe freeze beautifully, as most cheesecakes do. You can easily make an entire batch, bake them, and freeze them. Simply defrost at room temperature to serve. Leftovers freeze nicely, so these cheesecakes can be enjoyed a little at a time as well.
Pipe on some Homemade Stabilized Whipped Cream, stabilized to ensure that they’ll keep shape at room temp without ever turning soft and runny. In fact, you can make the stabilized whipped cream a day ahead of time and store in fridge until you’re ready to spoon it over the cheesecake.
If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers, you can freeze the cheesecakes, even with stabilized whipped cream piped on top. Perfect for mini cheesecake emergencies 🙂
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Commonly Asked Questions
Given that there are several styles of cheesecakes, this one stands out as a classic New York style cheesecake. New York style cheesecake is rich, creamy, and wonderfully thick. It’s the only way we think cheesecake should be done.
Be sure the filling ingredients are close to room temperature – the eggs should be taken out of the fridge early, and the half and half creamer can be measured out a bit beforehand as well. The biggest tip is to soften the cream cheese until it is almost melted, prior to mixing in.
Take care not to over-mix the filling ingredients, as that can incorporate too much air and create an overly soft filling. Mix only until the filling mixture is smooth. Be sure to give baked cheesecake adequate chill-time, in order to fully set.
Absolutely! Cheesecakes are the perfect dessert for making a day or two in advance. Keep them airtight in the fridge until ready to serve.
One of the best qualities about cheesecake is how freezer-friendly it is. Let baked cheesecake cool completely at room temperature. Then cover tightly and freeze for 1-2 months.
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Mini Cheesecake Recipe (White Chocolate Raspberry)
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 1 ½ cups Oreo cookie crumbs, cream centers removed (about 22-23 finely crushed cookies)
- 6 TB salted butter, melted
For the Custard:
- 6 oz white chocolate chips
- ¼ cup half and half, dairy creamer
- 12 oz cream cheese, plain, full-fat, softened to almost melted
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Raspberry Sauce:
- 5 oz frozen or fresh raspberries
- 1 TB granulated sugar
- 1 ½ tsp cornstarch, fully mixed and dissolved in 3 TB water
Instructions
- Make Crust: In a large bowl, mix fine cookie crumbs with butter until well incorporated. Should resemble wet sand. Scoop 1 slightly rounded tsp crumb mixture evenly into 48 lined mini muffin tins. Press down to form bottom crusts.
- Preheat oven to 325F, with rack on lower middle position.
- Make Raspberry Sauce: Combine raspberries, sugar, and fully dissolved cornstarch in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring often. Once mixture is thickened, remove from heat and set aside.
- Make Cheesecake Filling: In heavy saucepan, melt white chocolate chips together with half-and-half on low heat, stirring often. Remove from heat. In large bowl, mix together nearly melted cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla and the melted white chocolate mixture.
- Scoop 1 rounded TB filling evenly into lined mini muffin tins. Dollop 1/2 tsp raspberry sauce over the custard. Gently use a thin knife to lightly swirl.
- Bake 20 minutes or until tops are puffy and no longer sticky upon light touch. Let cool to room temp and then cover and chill in fridge (overnight is recommended). Top with stabilized whipped cream and serve.
Equipment
- Mini Muffin Tins, 24-cup tins
Notes
- Dry cookie crumbs can be prepared ahead of time and placed in airtight bag for a few days until ready to use.
- Raspberry sauce can be made up to a week ahead of time and stored airtight in fridge until ready to use.
- If using regular sized muffin tins, increase bake time to 25 minutes and check for doneness: they should appear puffy on top and no longer feel sticky upon light touch. They’ll settle and firm upon cooling.
- Baked cheesecakes can be covered airtight and stored in fridge 2-3 days. They can also be frozen for several weeks in airtight container. Stabilized whipped cream can also be frozen!
Nutrition (per serving)
Cheesecake Lovers, these are for you:
- New York Style White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake. This is our whole pie, grown-up-size version that you can slice up and share. Perfect holiday or birthday dessert for cheesecake lovers.
2. NY Style Pumpkin Cheesecake. This has become a social hit, for good reason. It’s great for fall and winter, and anytime you want a better-than-the-factory Pumpkin Cheesecake.
3. Perfectly Smooth NY style Cheesecake. This method of cheesecake baking prevents unsightly cracks, dips, sinking, etc. Get a beautifully smooth cheesecake every time.
4. Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookie Dough Bars. Simply scrumptious, decadent, and worth every. single. bite.
5. These Salted Caramel Cheesecake Bites are unbelievable. You have to taste them to believe them. Everyone loves these baby cheesecakes and they’ll be hitting you up for the recipe.
