Mini Red Velvet Oreo Cheesecake

This recipe for mini red velvet Oreo cheesecake is every bit as decadent and rich as you imagine. Make this when you really want to impress somebody.

Mini red velvet Oreo cheesecake is a dessert you make when you want to win over a crowd. Or if you have a huge favor to ask someone.

It’s perfect for a Valentine’s Day or Galentine’s party, or for keeping a whole plate to yourself while you binge-watch fast-food franchise produced rom-coms. Honestly, when you have these in front of you, it doesn’t matter what else you’re doing.

Easy Mini Red Velvet Oreo Cheesecake!

Mini red velvet Oreo cheesecake is every bit as good as it sounds. This is a simple dessert with a few steps required but don’t let that scare you. They are ALL SIMPLE! These little miracles require no less than four different sets of ingredients and cooking instructions. We have laid them out for you so they are easy to follow.

This recipe is easy to make just has a few steps but believe me it is all worth it in the end! Always, always set your ingredients out and your halfway there!

You will need to make the Oreo crust, the red velvet cheesecake, the chocolate ganache, and the silky smooth chocolate whipped cream (with a mini Oreo on top of course).

It might seem like a lot of work, (it’s really not) but it’s worth the effort to see this recipe through. Start with the simplest step, the chocolate cookie crust, and never look back.

How to Cook a Mini Cheesecake

One of the rules to cooking a cheesecake is that you bake it in a water bath. The water bath softens the cooking effect, which yields better results with the delicate custard as it slowly bakes.

Not using a water bath results in a rubbery texture. Although you don’t need to use a water bath with these mini red velvet cheesecakes, you are welcome to.

Just place the cupcake pan in a shallow pool of water as the cheesecake bakes. If you are used to using this process for your cheesecakes it’s no big deal. If you bake your cheesecake without a water bath then carry on with your usual method.

The important thing is that you watch the mini red velvet cheesecakes as they cook and make sure they don’t dry out. You should keep an eye on the surface of the cakes for clues that the baking is complete. You don’t want it to be overly dry. instead, remove the cake while the center still jiggles after it no longer looks wet.

Don’t be so hasty that you pull the cake out before it sets. Taking your cheesecake out too early may result in a caved-in center.

Chocolate Cookie Crust for the Mini Red Velvet Oreo Cheesecake

This is a great way to start on your journey toward red velvet cheesecake bliss. It’s a simple and short process. Although there are 6 steps for preparing this part of the dessert, they are small steps that you will easily complete.

You’ll get a pretty instant payoff for this one and it will give you a sense of accomplishment while you build momentum.

This part of the process goes so quickly, I recommend that you start preheating the oven first. Since the next step is making the cheesecake and that recipe needs the oven, it’s a good idea to let it have more advance warm-up time.

Layering is an important factor in making these mini red velvet Oreo cheesecakes. Even the name of the dessert is layered. That’s great for the crust because it means you only have to press down on it.

This recipe won’t have you awkwardly trying to stick wet cookie crumbs to the side of the pan, hoping they will stay in place long enough to pour your cheesecake mixture.

Ingredients for Chocolate Cookie Crust :

• 16 Oreos
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Directions :

1. Using a food processor, blend up the Oreo cookies and the melted butter
   until combined and wet sand like
2. Set aside
3. Line a cupcake pan with white cupcake liners
4. Using a tablespoon, scoop the crust into the cupcake liners
5. Using a flat bottomed cup or measuring cup, press the crust down firmly
6. Set aside

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Mini Red Velvet Oreo Cheesecake

Two cakes baked into one delicious cupcake. It shouldn’t be possible, but here it is. Everything you need for a rich dense creamy cheesecake and a decadent smooth red velvet cake is right here in one place. It’s a perfect romance.

There are ten steps and a very specific order to the process, but this is also very easy to do. The important thing is to have all of your ingredients out and measured. This is something you should do with all your recipes. It makes life so much easier.

For the eggs, make sure they sit out for a while on the counter to become room temperature. Using room temperature eggs in your cheesecake mixture helps the cake to avoid cracking as it bakes.

Another thing to keep in mind is that this is a lot of work if you don’t have a mixer. Use a stand, or a hand mixer to smooth out your cake batter as efficiently as possible.

After baking this part, be sure to give it adequate time to cool before you put it in the refrigerator. While it’s cooling, you can work on the next part, the ganache.

Ingredients for Red Velvet Cheesecake:

• 2 – 8oz Cream Cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons Sour cream
• ¾ Cup Sugar
• ¼ Cup Hershey Cocoa Powder
• 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
• 2 tablespoon Red Gel Food coloring
• 2 Large Eggs
• 1 Cup chopped Oreos

Directions :

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Using a hand mixer, beat the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and cocoa
   until combined
3. Beat in the vanilla until combined
4. Beat in the eggs, one at a time until combined
5. Beat in the Red Gel Food coloring until combined
6. Fold in the chopped Oreos
7. Scoop about 1 ½ tablespoons of the cheesecake batter into the cupcake liners
8. Bake in the oven for 20-22 minutes or until the top is firm
9. Remove from oven and allow to cool to room temperature
10. Once cooled, place in the fridge overnight

Chocolate Ganache

Believe it or not, the hardest part is over. The chocolate ganache is nothing compared to the work of pulling off a two cake hybrid like mini red velvet cheesecake. Nothing in terms of difficulty. In terms of smooth chocolaty goodness, it’s pretty spectacular. To make the ganache, only two ingredients are required.

There are five steps to the ganache and the last one is literally doing nothing. Once you have added it to the top of the crust and the cheesecake layers, you simply put it back into the refrigerator to let the cupcakes chill a while longer.

When these three layers are finished, there is only one thing left to do. The Whipped Cream is the easiest of all four segments to this elaborate recipe, but it does require more skill with a piping bag.

Ingredients for Chocolate Ganache

• 1 C semisweet chocolate chips
• ½ C heavy whipping cream

Directions

1. Using a small saucepan, heat up the heavy whipping cream to a slow simmer
2. Pour the chocolate chips into a medium bowl and pour the hot cream over the chocolate chips
3. Allow to sit for a minute before whisking until smooth
4. Spoon on about 1 ½ tbsp of the ganache onto the cheesecakes and smooth evenly
5. Allow to harden in the fridge

Chocolate Whipped Cream

This is how you top a mini red velvet cheesecake. In order to do it justice, you need a piping bag with a star tip. This part of the recipe is probably the most technical. You will need to be comfortable finishing off these elaborate cupcakes with a suitably pleasing design.

It requires that you rotate your arm and apply pressure to the bag at a consistent rate to apply the whipped topping evenly around the entire surface. This may take a practice run if you aren’t confident that you can do it. Trust me, it’s worth the extra time and effort to make sure they look every bit as Instagram worthy as you imagine they could be.

Ingredients for Chocolate Whipped Cream

• 1 Cup heavy whipping cream
• ¼ Cup Hershey cocoa powder
• ¼ Cup powdered sugar
• ½ Cup mini chocolate chips
• 12-14 mini Oreos

1 large piping bag with star tip

Directions

1. Using a standing mixer, beat the ingredients for the whipped cream together until stiff peaks form
2. Scoop the whipped cream into the piping bag
3. Pipe dollops of whipped cream onto the top of the cheesecake and top
   with mini chocolate chips and a mini Oreo

Now that you have a sense of how each of these four components comes together to form an epic dessert, you’ll have no problem churning these beauties out anytime you get a special request for more sensational red velvet cheesecake goodies.

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