In a perfect world, all desserts would be miniature. They would all also have sprinkles. And no calories (of course). It’s not a perfect world, as the headlines of any major news outlet will quite emphatically remind you, and these cheesecake dessert shooters probably do have calories (if I don’t calculate them, though, we’ll never know for sure), but they come just as close as they possibly can to dessert perfection. Sweet and single-serving-sized (so you can have multiple “single”-servings), these dessert shooters have all of the richness of cheesecake, packed with the fun flavor of birthday cake.
Appropriately, we happened to be celebrating Zach’s brother’s birthday last weekend over at my in-law’s house. The celebration included a table piled high with heavy, steamed Maryland Crabs (leftovers saved to make my favorite crab cake recipe), and for dessert I brought along a Tupperware container crammed full of these little cake batter dessert shooters in lieu of cake. By the time we left they were nearly all gone — Zach’s brother ate about 6 of them on his own (so I think it’s safe to say they were a success). I think just about everyone picked the cherries off the tops, though… they’re optional, but they looked so perfect on top of the dessert shooters I have to recommend them!
One of the reasons that I love making cheesecake desserts so much is that the cream cheese does a great job of keeping a dessert from being too sweet. Cream cheese makes for rich desserts with a lot of flavor, and here, infused with cake batter and vanilla extract, it’s a fairly rich treat. However, made single-serving-sized and lightened up with plenty of whipped cream, they’re hardly cloying or sickeningly sweet.
Enjoy, and let me know if you’re able to make a batch and not eat six of them yourself! (If so, I admire your willpower and you definitely deserve another batch of these cheesecake shooters as a reward). PS. You won’t see a post from me on Friday because I’ll be in Cleveland watching the Orioles play the Indians, but I’ll be back with something (probably chocolaty, I haven’t decided for sure yet) on Monday! This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you purchase anything through these links I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Please view the disclosure policy for more information. You Might Also Like: Lemon Lush Dessert Shooters
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