No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites

These No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites are a delicious, super easy treat to make. Smooth, creamy pumpkin cheesecake filling is mixed with graham crackers and stuffed with a vanilla cheesecake center. The bite size treats are topped with a white chocolate coating and a drizzle of homemade caramel sauce.

I love a no bake treat any time of the year, but no bake treats especially come in handy around Thanksgiving when you know your oven space will be taken up by everything else on your menu. These pumpkin cheesecake bites are so easy to make. The hardest part is waiting for them to firm up in the freezer, before you can try one! Well, I guess you can sneak a bite before they completely firm up :).

These pumpkin cheesecake bites will be making their way to our Thanksgiving dessert table. I love that they are bite size, and truly so easy to make. Plus, with my young kids a dessert that you can just pick up and eat on the go is the perfect treat. Kids are always on the move, which in turn means, I’m always on the move too!

I love that these pumpkin cheesecake bites have a vanilla cream cheese center. It adds a delicious creamy vanilla flavor to the pumpkin cheesecake and it’s fun to bite into them and see a surprise in the center. I dipped half of these bites into white chocolate, but certainly you can dunk the entire thing into white chocolate. Either way, they will be delicious!

The details

Ingredients

• Pumpkin Cheesecake
  • cream cheese, softened – what’s cheesecake without the cream cheese, right!? Cream cheese makes this pumpkin cheesecake filling creamy and have that characteristic tangy cheesecake flavor from the cream cheese.
  • powdered sugar – powdered sugar is used to sweetened the cream cheese. Powdered sugar is ultra fine, and easily blends into the ingredients. This helps the cheesecake filling stay ultra smooth.
  • pumpkin puree – the pumpkin adds delicious pumpkin flavor to these pumpkin cheesecake bites.
  • vanilla extract – vanilla extract enhances the flavors in the pumpkin cheesecake bites.
  • graham cracker crumbs – the graham cracker crumbs most important role in these is to hold the bites together. They also add flavor to the pumpkin cheesecake bites.
  • ground cinnamon – the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves add a pumpkin pie spice flavor to these. I’ve never been a huge fan of the store bought pumpkin pie spice, so I always make my own version of it, depending on the recipe.
  • ground ginger
  • ground nutmeg
  • ground cloves
• Cheesecake Filling
  • cream cheese, softened – this is the main component of the cheesecake filling.
  • powdered sugar – the powdered sugar sweetens the filling just enough. It is not overly sweet.
  • vanilla extract – the vanilla extract enhances the flavors in the cheesecake filling.
• Topping
  • white chocolate chips – I like coating half of the pumpkin cheesecake bites in white chocolate, but certainly you could coat the entire ball in the white chocolate, if you prefer.
  • coconut oil – coconut oil helps the chocolate melt more evenly and gives it a beautiful shiny, glossy appearance once it hardens.
• Caramel Sauce – you can make a homemade version, or use store bought. The caramel drizzled on top can make these a little messy, so you can certainly skip the caramel if desired.

Here’s how to make these Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites

This pumpkin cheesecake bites recipe couldn’t get any easier. If you can mix ingredients together in a bowl, then you can certainly make these!

I like to begin making this recipe by making the cream cheese center filling. This is because the center filling needs to solidify in the freezer so that you can easily add it into the center of the pumpkin cheesecake bites. To make the cream cheese center, beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Make sure your cream cheese is room temperature. This ensures the cream cheese will mix together to create a smooth and creamy filling. You can either let the cream cheese sit out overnight, or zap the cream cheese in the microwave for 20 seconds at 50% power.

Once the center filling is mixed, add 16 dollops onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. If you want larger or smaller pumpkin cheesecake bites, then you can make more or less dollops, accordingly. Place this in the freezer to solidify.

Now, it’s time to make the pumpkin cheesecake balls. In a bowl, mix together the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy. Add in the remaining ingredients and mix until smooth and creamy. Use a cookie scoop. I used a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop balls of the pumpkin cheesecake mixture. Use your index finger to make an indent in the center of the pumpkin cheesecake mixture, then place the frozen cream cheese filling in the center. Use your fingers to spread the pumpkin cheesecake mixture over top of the cheesecake center. Place the ball on your parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Once you have all of your pumpkin cheesecake bites scooped and on your parchment paper lined baking sheet, place in the freezer. These take about an hour to firm up. Once they are firm, you can dip them in white chocolate.

Can these be made ahead of time?

Yes they certainly can! If you are making these pumpkin cheesecake bites for a special occasion, like Thanksgiving dessert, these can certainly be made the night before or even a couple nights before. Just place them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. You can stack these after the white chocolate hardens with a piece of parchment paper in between the layers. If you plan to use caramel sauce on these, drizzle the caramel sauce on top just prior to serving.

Here are a few other recipes you may like

• Mini Pecan Pie Cheesecake
• Cranberry Orange Muffins
• Apple Crumble Cheesecake
• Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler

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