Ingredients
For the crust:
- 18 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- For the cheesecake:
- 2 pkg (8oz each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup sour cream (full fat)
- 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
For the ganache:
- 1 cup milk chocolate
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- For the peppermint candy:
- 4 oz chocolate candy coating (chocolate bark)
- 4 oz vanilla candy coating (vanilla or almond bark)
- 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy
- whipped cream, optional
Instructions
- Prepare your crust by adding your chocolate cookies to a food processor. Process until fine crumbs. Add in the melted butter and pulse until fully combined.
- Line cupcake tins with paper cupcake liners. Spoon crust into each cupcake (about 1 heaping Tbsp per cupcake). Press into the bottom of the liner gently, until crumbs combine. Set aside.
- For the filling, beat cream cheese with sugar for 3-5 minutes, until smooth. Beat in the sour cream and eggs. Add flour and peppermint and beat an additional 2 minutes. Spoon into cupcake liners evenly, until all the filling is used.
- Bake cheesecakes in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes. Turn oven off and let cheesecake sit 10 minutes. Remove from oven, gently, and allow to cool completely in tins.
- Once cooled, remove from tins and refrigerate.
- For the ganache, in a glass bowl, add heavy cream and microwave for 30 seconds, until warm. Add milk chocolate and heat an additional 60 seconds, stirring until smooth. Spoon about 1-2Tbsp onto each cooled cheesecake.
While cheesecakes are cooling, prepare the mint candies. Melt chocolate candiquik according to package directions. Pour melted chocolate into a small plastic bag, snip off the corner and drizzle into the bottom of a mini muffin tin. Fill about 24 bottoms evenly. Refrigerate for about 10 minutes.
Melt vanilla candy coating and drizzle over the top of the chocolate. Sprinkle immediately with crushed peppermints. Allow to set, about 10 minutes. Remove from pans with a butter knife.
To assemble, right before serving, place a small dollop of whipped cream onto the chocolate ganache. Press the candy into the whipped cream and enjoy!
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