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I’ve been looking at this site for a long time and just noticed these baby cheesecakes. I’ve been making them for years! We actually make ours with graham cracker bottoms and lately I’ve been doing some with chocolate graham bottoms (yum!) and adding cocoa to the batter to make chocolate baby cheesecakes. I’ve also added mini chocolate chips to them too. They are totally delicious and super easy!

Wow, I love your site
I discovered him this morning
and I’m addicted to it
haha it’s been over 3 hours since I first looked at it

This is just cookie heaven!!!

These are amazing. I’ve been looking everywhere for a good mother’s day present and this is absolutely perfect. Thank you.

Im totally in love with cheese cake. When I saw this recipe I was inspired! Thank you so much! I have now learned how to make the most delicious tasting cheesecake I know! Thanks!

Bakerella – i plan to cook these with my friend soon, the issue is i live in England, and not being an expert in the baking business, i don’t know what the wafer’s are: i feel this could be a problem. would using biscuit crumbs ruin the effect and taste of these little bites of deliciousness ? x

I made these in hopes of being a simple and easy dessert. The cheescake mix turned out being extremely lumpy (despite having warmed the cream cheese to room temperature). I’ve successfully made cheesecakes in the past, so I went back to my reliable recipe and they turned out great then. Cute idea, but definitely need to use a different cheesecake receipe.

these are amazing! but I only have one problem.. why is it that everytime i make these, the tops always collapse/break, leaving ugly cracks on the surface? is there anyway i can keep this from happening?

My 4 yr. old daughter & I were just looking at this fabulous blog and decided to whip up some of these Mini Cheesecakes! Thank you so much for inspiring us!

Hi! Big fan of mini cheese cakes here! I make them every year for the holidays. I use the Philly cream cheese Recipe and they are wonderful! I also always use paper cups in a cupcake pan without problems :) and have used vanilla waffer cookies as my crust, even though they don’t cover the bottom completly, I find it’s not a big deal IMO. This last season I followed a new recipe to make a peanut butter cup version & it was awesome!! The recipe was by Jiff, and was in the kitchenAid mixer recipe book… However it called for a dry crushed Graham cracker crust and I found it was very dry, so next time I’ll mix in butter, or find a chocolate cookie :)

I rubbed my Nilla wafer edges down to size on the little grater, they fit perfectly in the mini foil cupcake cups.

I made these for a party recently. I couldn’t find any of the mini cups, so I used regular cupcake-sized aluminum liners and just used crushed wafers in the bottom as the crust. These were absolutely delicious! Planning on making cherry and blueberry topped ones for July 4th…thanks for the recipe! :)

I’ve made a similar recipe for cheesecake bites and I’ve but brownie in the bottom instead of nilla wafers and its amazing! Just cook the brownies until they are still a little gooey and when they’ve cooled just a little i mold them into the bottom of the cup and pour cheesecake mixture over the top, bake normal. I’ve also used mini oreos, keebler fudge sandwiches, they’re a rounded square shape but hard to find because they’re new (taking the centers out of both of the cookies) and Teddy grahams. Just find something that fits in the bottom, I thought it was cute to see the little teddy bear shapes through the paper on the bottom.

The REYNOLDS CUPS are at WALMART next to the Reynolds foil on the foil and freezer bag isle not on the baking isle!!

Just what I was looking for!! Thanks for all your yummy recipes, they have never disappointed!

These look amazing! I am going to attempt them for a baby shower this weekend and was wondering if you can use “no bake cheesecake.”

Thank you!

i have made theses about 20 times since i found your website in may. everyone who i have made them for have loved them and asked for the recipe. so i just wanted to say thank you!! your website is adorable, and amazing. im so glad i found it!

I just made these and I’m (impatiently) waiting for them to cool so I can pop them in the fridge. Can’t wait to taste them! They look great even though most of them sunk a tiny bit. :) Thank you for the recipe! <3

Oh Bakerella! A made your oreo truffles for today, and everyone went nuts over them! Thanks a lot!!

My aunt makes these, but crushes the wafer before putting it in the pans.

Absolutely delicious!!

I just happen to stumble upon this part of the site and my family has been making this for years since my mom got this recipe from somewhere. These are sooo good! We also use blueberry (which seems to be rare in the markets around here) and strawberry fillings as well. So good! :P The once my brother dipped the wafers into chocolate once and placed them at the bottom. It was interesting that way, but best to have it plain vanilla wafer!

I am trying these and some of your other recipes for my daughter’s 7th birthday, which is a tea party. Can you use any filling for this recipe? Will it turn out the same?

I just found your recipe for mini cheese cakes and would like to make these for my friends going away party. I was thinking of doing a Keylime cheese cake and was wondering how I could tweak this recipe… Any help would be greatly appreciated. Your blog is wonderful and I really enjoy the photography as well. I only wish I could take photos like yours!!!
Thank you!!

Bakerella,
I am in love with your recipes and blog! I am about to try these mini cheesecakes that look delicious and sooo cute! I’ll probably make them again too for my sisters birhtday in two days!
Thanks,
Katlyn

I’m making these right now and mine came out with lumps too! I should have let the cream cheese warm up more. I am letting the mix sit for a bit, and will try to mix again. How bad is it with a few lumps?

And do the cookies stay crispy if made ahead a few days? What other mix-ins have people tried? I might try mini choco chips!

Perfect Perfect Perfect! I DO NOT bake, but your site has seriously inspired me.
I made these last week for a volunteer appreciation party. People felt very appreciated! So much so, that I only got a bite of one before someone swooped in and snagged the rest!

I’m making them again tonight and taking them to a friends to watch the Packers vs. Bears tomorrow night! I’m guessing people will prefer these over the mini weenies :)

Thank you!!!

Hi there.. I am from Malaysia and I just found out about your blog…and I am already addicted to it!! I cannot NOT visit it everyday!!

Can i just seek clarification on the recipes – it means that the total creamcheese needed is 16oz? coz the ones we have here in the general supermarket is a block of 250 grams.

Appreciate your reply. Thanks. And i Love your blog!!

These are adorable and I want to make them for the weekend and was just wondering how long they can stay in the fridge for without going bad?

HOW I TRANSPORT THESE TO A PARTY .,ON A TRAY ,BUT HOW DO I COVER THEM .UNTIL I GET TO THE PARTY.

HOW DO I TRANSPORT THESE TO THE PARTY. I HAVE THEM ON A TRAY .WHAT DO I COVER THEM WITH.I WAS THINKING PARCHMENT PAPER.IS THERE ANOTHER WAY.

I can never find nilla wafers when I want to make these so I make these with the outside of an oreo. So good!

When i first made this, the top of the cheesecake always looked bubbly. is there any way i can get rid of this and have a flat, smooth cheesecake top?

I just put these in the oven just as printed, and it made 17, not 4 dozen! Got the right size cups and everything. The batter tastes great, I’m sure they will be great.

I’m trying to make these cuties for thanksgiving:) Just wondering can i bake these cheesecake cups with paper baking cups instead of the foil ones??

i came across your webiste using Stumbleupon.com..and i JUST made these. they’re sUUPEr easy to make and taste delishhhh haha great job!

Thank you for this super easy and delicious recipe. My 11 year old daughter loves to bake and made these cheesecakes using the Graham Ready Pie Crusts. They turned out amazing, she is taking them to the middle school teachers tomorrow morning. Thank you Bakerella :)

Is there anything we could substitute for vanilla wafers? We’re in the UK and have never heard of these and don’t recognise them!

Thanks for this great recipe! I just made these for Christmas dessert and they were a huge hit. This was my first time making any kind of cheesecake and it turned out great. Thanks!

Everyone that’s having issues with the wafer being too small for the 2″ liner probably isn’t the liner. I just mesured my vanilla wafers and each one is 1.5″. Now I’m stuck with the 2″ reynolds liners and too small of a wafer.

These are wonderful! My mother and I made them for Thanksgiving, and now we’re addicted! We use slightly larger baking cups and a graham cracker crust.

Love your website! I’ll try this recipe among others. I’m not a baker so this easy recipe is perfect. I can’t find Nilla wafers, what can I use instead? I read the comments and some used Oreo cookies as the crust. Do I just get 1 side of the cookie (without the vanilla filling) and put it in the baking cup? Hope you can help! Thanks :)

Mine were lumpy. Next time I’ll beat the cream cheese until smooth first. still taste awesome though.
Thank you!!!!!!!

Hi! I was going to make this recipe for my daughter, she loves cheesecake, but I cant find vanilla wafers, i saw that i could putt oreo bottoms instead, unfortunately, she doesnt like any chocolate, or oreos for that matter, is there any vanilla substitute? thanks (:

I make these all the time. They are always the first to go at church functions. I don’t like how the wafers get soggy, so I just mix up a graham cracker crust recipe and use that. I have a rounded tablespoon that is perfect for portioning out the crust and pressing it into the cups. I also just use a regular cheesecake recipe and put it in a gallon ziploc bag and snip a hole in the corner to portion it into the cups.

I don’t think I have ever used the foil liners; I always use the paper ones. I can adjust the liner for the holiday or party I am taking them to.

I have Trader Joe’s “Ultimate Vanilla Wafers” (all natural!) and “If You Care 100% Unbleached Large Baking Cups” which are exactly the same size as the standard Reynolds aluminum cups from the grocery store. The cookies fit perfectly! Can’t wait to make these as my son requested cheesecake for his birthday and I don’t want the hassle of serving a huge cheesecake. LOVE it! Just have to adjust the baking time. YUMMY! Also Im excited to try melting some jam to put on top (as Martha Stewart suggests) and thereby avoid the fake red color in canned cherries.

I was wondering……. how long do you keep the cheesecake refrigerated?

I make these mini cheesecakes with swiss fudge cookies on the bottom. They come out to delicious!Mari

How do you know when they’re done?

You gave me a great idea for mothers day!

Looks delicious!

Thank you!

I think I can explain the difference in the number of cakes this recipe makes (if someone hasn’t done it already…couldn’t read thru all 100s of comments) It is unclear (to me at least, and maybe others) whether the recipe means 2 packages of cream cheese (for a total of 8 ounces) or 2 packages of 8 oz. cream cheese (for a total of 16 oz). The way I read it is that the total amount of cream cheese should be 8 oz. but as I can see that my mixture is not going to make 4 dozen cakes. So I think the recipe meant a total of 16 oz. Can anyone clear this up? Thanks…and I hope the cakes still come out as well with only 8 oz…keep your fingers crossed!

Can you please have a hyperlink on your page which allows us to just PRINT the recipe and not the entire section? Your site is great! One of the BEST I’ve been. Thank you!

Oh you know what, I just found it, OOPS! Sorry. You do have a PRINT hyperlink.

These are amazing, and go very well with blueberry pie filling, too. Thank you!

Also: I made these without any crust, because most of my family is allergic to wheat. If anyone’s wondering, it worked beautifully.

re the mini cheesecakes with the vanilla wafers. I have found the wafers too big for the mini cupcake liners —–UNTIL I turned the wafers upside down. Sounds too simple, but it makes a big difference. Hope this helps some.

Really tasty and Tuesday night easy. I made sure eggs were room temp as well and mixed them in one at a time. I could only find 2.5″ foil cups. I used a shortbread cookie (a vanilla wafer is just a small plain cookie- not super thin and not as heavy as shortbread) and it worked perfectly upside down to fit. Thanks!

Hello-
do you think it would be okay to use a graham cracker crust in these instead of the nilla wafer?
Thank you!

Just made these today for my mom’s birthday. Used some mini Oreos for the crust on some, mixed chocolate chips and cookie dough in some others. So much fun! My kids were psyched to help with these and eat something just their size. I’m excited to make different versions of these, maybe with peanut butter, chocolate, or lemon curd and raspberries. Awesome recipe, thank you Bakerella!

I made these today and couldn’t find the right size cups ( I went to 2 different supermarkets) so I crushed the vanilla wafers by putting them in a ziploc bag and using a rolling pin and then put about 2 tbsp of the crushed wafers in the bottom of each 2.5 inch baking cups. Then, I pressed them down with the bottom of a glass and followed the recipe as listed. They came out delicious! Thought it was a good alternative to share in case you can’t find the 2 inch baking cups suggested :c)

These are adorable and look so tasty! Thanks for sharing!

I am having trouble finding the foil baking cups… what stores would carry them?

I am making 2 batches tomorrow for my husbands work and I am so excited! Thank you so much for sharing, I know they will be a hit!

I decided to try these today but i only had mini vanilla waffers and regular cupcake cups. I layed out 3-4 mini vanilla waffes on the buttom and poured the cheesecake filling over. I hope it will turn out good. Im not sure on how long to bake them since they are much larger than yours (I was able to make 18 of them) so i will keep checking the oven until i think they are right. Thank you for the great recipe, i was wating the cheesecake filling as i was making them (I bet i could’ve made 20 of them lol)

If i were to bake this in a pan as a whole cheesecake, how long do i need to bake it for?

hi two questions pls.. one what can u subsitute for the vanilla wafers and also we dont get candy melts here what can I use instead. many thanks.

So apparently Reno is anti- 2″ baking cups, but I wasn’t about to accept defeat! So I used a mini muffin tin and a generous amount of non-stick spray. The batter goes in first (only holds about 1 1/2 Tbsp) then the vanilla wafers upside down (so the flat side is facing up) on the top. Bake for 11 minutes and they popped out perfectly! And I really enjoyed that the top of the cheesecake came out flat from being in muffin tin, so it was a great platform for the cherries. No wrapper to peel, perfect amuse-bouche!

I want to make these for my niece’s birthday next week and want to know how long do these have to be refrigerated before you can eat them?

Hello,
mine turns out to be soggy and wet, what went wrong?? :(

What grocery store did you find the Reynolds cups. I went to two and neither had them.

Have you ever frozen them?

these are in the oven as i type. im happy to say i found the reynolds baking cups you used and the nilla wafers fit perfectly! thanks, this is such a great, easy recipe.

Like a few others, my batter turned out lumpy. I searched for cheesecake fixes and add two tablespoons of flour and pureed in my mixer until smooth. (The website says you should always mix the cream cheese and sugar until smooth first and then add other ingredients slowly to avoid lumps.) They suggested a food processor but the mixer worked fine. Hopefully these will be worth all of the dirty dishes!

Just popped mine into the oven. I had the “my wafers are too big for my cups” issue. So…I trimmed/shaved them down a tad with my kitchen scissors. Worked like a dream. :-) Thanks for all of your great ideas!

As soon as I pulled the cheesecakes out of the oven all of them sunk in. Any suggestions for next time? Thank you!

Hello Bakerella!
I found your blog a few months ago.
You’re the Baking Queen to me ^-^ You have great great ideas and I thank you so much for sharing.
I tried today the mini cheesecakes but I changed a little the recipe because we can’t find vanilla wafers in France and I used raspberries.
They were delicious and easy to make!! My boyfriend really loved them too!
Thank you as well for sharing your cake pops recipes! They’re quite unknown in France and since I saw your recipe I can’t stop making them!
Don’t stop baking and making me dreaming ^-^
All the best from France!

WONDERFUL … I LOVE YOUR WORK YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU ARE AN ARTIST …!!!! YOUR RECIPES ARE AN INSPIRATION …!!!! CONGRATULATIONS …

Made these last night for a bachelorette party. Used paper party peanut cups and topped with caramel sauce. I’m surprised I still had some left for the party. Easy recipe and so delicious :)

Hi bakerella, ever since i came across this reciepe about 3 weeks ago i’ve made these cute and yummy cheesecakes about 4 times now. And since i’ve about memorized the recipe and mastered it i have a few questions,..

when you spoon the 3 tablespoons of mixture into the cups i find it too much than the actual cup can hold, i DO use the 2inch mini liners and my wafers fit perfectly into the cups but I find the mixture to spill when i spoon the 3rd tablespoon in….was the recipe only supposed to call for 2 tablespoons in the cups or am i doing something wrong?

Hello Bakerella,
My question is can these cheesecake bies be frozen? or how long can I keep them in the fridge/? I plan on making them for a wedding I will be attending. and should I wait til the day of serving to put the topping on them

love them they turned out great!!!!!!!!!! thanks bakerella

I don’t have vanilla wafers, but I do have grahm cracker crumbs… Would that work?

hello, I would like to make these for the parents at my sons birthday party but I am not a baker at all. I would like to know if I could use the no bake cheesecake and if so shoud I still place in the over to brown on top? Thanks

Love, love, love your site!!

Can you freeze the mini cheesecake cookies?

I can only make about 24-25 cheesecakes but they are delicious!

you can chop up the wafers or just use graham cracker and add a pinch of sugar and cinnamon, no need to bake ahead of cheesecake. Just put a little spoonful on the bottom of the muffin wrapper. .i use the paper too, just need to let them set because they will spread out if they are not kept in muffin pan before they are cooled. i just take them out after a little cooled and put them close together in container so they hold their shape and move on to the next batch! You can add a dollop of jelly in middle, raspberry is my favorite!

Wow! They look amazing, cant wait to try this recipe.

Hi Bakerall I know this an old post but i have been trying to find paper cases for this that are flat at the bottom and go straight up. As in they don’t go out and up like cupcake or muffin cases. I just wanted rounded straight up cases and i cant find them ANYWHERE! Help! Any ideas? I want to make the mini cheesecakes but I really anal about the shape i want them to be. I have seen this style paper cups before i just can’t find them in stores :(

can you use a pumpkin cheesecake recipe with the vanilla wafers the same way?

Can i use regular graham cracker crust from a package instead or will it come out different or soggy?

wow, am I really that spacey? I just made these and thought the batter looked a little thin so i came back to read others comments. DID YOU MEAN 2 8OZ PKGS OF CREAM CHEESE FOR A TOTAL OF 16 OZ OF CREAM CHEESE?

Can i have half measurement for this recipe ? :)

I am absolutely in love with your food, ideas, photography, etc.
I’ve been reading so many of your recipes, and hoping one day I would bake them and I am! I am going to try to make the super easy mini cherry cheesecakes.
But, for the the vanilla wafer crackers, I didn’t know they had mini ones, and honestly, do not know if regular size ones are the size you used, would it be best to crush them and piece it together with butter like a regular cheesecake and bake it for a couple minutes and pour in the mixture? I’m not entirely sure what i would do if the vanilla wafers don’t fit! :\

I “tried” making these last night. I was so disappointed. They were too “eggy” and for some reason some of the vanilla wafers floated up while baking. Did anyone else have this problem? I followed the directions, I don’t understand what happened.

can these be frozen with the cherries ontop?

How far ahead of Christmas can you make these. = Do they stay well in fridge for a couple weeks or can you freeze them?

I couldn’t find the 2″ so I got the 2 1/2″. But what if I crumble the nila wafers and add butter to it? Can I just put that as the base of the cupcake?

Hello love your site! But I’m having some trouble, I’m trying to make your mini cherry cheesecakes, but I can’t find 2″ mini foil cups anywhere in my hometown. Can I use maybe paper ones and just double them up? I need help asap please, thank you so much!

Did you just line up all the cupcake liners in a cookie pan and baked it?

I found it easier to crush cookies into bottom of paper cup and works beautifully. Everyone loves them. and you can use cherry, blueberry pie fillings or crushed strawberries.

Hello!
Can you tell me how much it’s 8 oz of cream cheese?
Because in Poland we use kg and g.

Cheers!

I made these for a group event, and got many compliments. They were all gone by the end of the night.

There seems to be a lot of confusion over how to make these. I used standard sized Nilla Wafers, and “Celebration” brand foil mini cupcake liners from Michael’s craft store. The Nilla Wafers were a bit too large to fit in my cupcake liners at first, but here is what I did to solve it:
- Placed the cupcake liners on a cookie sheet rather than in my mini muffin pan. The Nilla Wafers wouldn’t fit when I put the liners in the mini muffin pan.
- Turn the Nilla Wafers upside down as suggested by another reviewer.
- Push the Wafers down into the liners…you have to force it a bit, and it will stretch out the liner a bit so that the top becomes wider, but it worked out fine. Even if your Nilla Wafers are a bit crooked, chances are that nobody will notice once all the filling is covering them.

I used slightly less lemon juice than suggested, since some reviews said the lemon was overpowering. I didn’t find the lemon to taste strongly at all, so in my opinion, a whole Tb would be just fine as long as you are going to offset the flavor with the cherry topping.

I baked my cheesecakes for 15 min. It was a little tricky to get the lumps out, so I would suggest to look up a recipe for a regular cheesecake and follow their technique on how to add the ingredients one at a time (rather than dumping everything together at the same time). With the mini cupcake liners that I was using, I got 75 mini cheesecakes. There were roughly 70 cherries in my 21 oz can of cherry pie topping, in case people are looking for a guesstimate on how many cans of pie topping to buy.

One tip from another reviewer that I found to be especially helpful was to put the filling into a ziplock bag and then pipe the filling into the cupcake liners…much less messy!

I just made these, and they were good but, but they looked like bowls. Raised up on the side and low in the middle. That’s ok if you are going to fill them with fruit., but if you don’t they look funny. Is there any way to avoid that?

Question: How many mini cupcakes will this make. If I wanted to make he cheese cake in a regular cup cake size, in your opinion how many will it make and what do you think the new cooking time would be
Thanks