With Fourth Of July right around the corner we have the perfect dessert for you, Low Carb Mini Cheesecake Bites. You can stop worrying about what you'll bring to the party and start getting ready to make this simple dessert recipe that will impress your friends! The dense chocolate crust is the perfect complement to the rich and creamy, colorful cheesecake topping. Watch me make it below!
Festive Cheesecake Bites
You can of course leave out the coloring if you don't have any, but then they won't be festive! Although the Fourth Of July is already highly celebrated with drinks, fireworks and delicious grilling foods, another little reminder in the form of heavenly cheesecake bites won't hurt. To be frank, I only want to be eating red, white and blue foods on the Fourth Of July anyway.
Easy Cheesecake With A Chocolate Crust
The chocolate crust is my favorite part. It was actually Matt's idea and at first I thought it would make the cheesecake bites look terrible. Brown is my favorite color, but it's not really a festive color and does in fact clash with red and blue. However, it tastes incredible! The rich cream cheese and sour cream blend of the filling a top a decadent, moist, chocolate crust is a match made in heaven. I kid you not! I honestly wouldn't even go the route of a non chocolate crust. Trust me on this one, your friends and family will love it.
Low Carb Mini Cheesecake Bites
We have a bit of an obsession with cheesecake in bite size form, hence why we have three other cheesecake recipes! If you're looking for a mo re no bake style you should definitely make our Cashew Cheesecake or Chocolate Cheesecake. If for some reason you think a pumpkin recipe is appropriate to bring to a Fourth Of July event, you should give our Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes a try! Now that I've sold you on all my other cheesecakes, I should say that these Fourth Of July mini cheesecake bites aren't going to be the way you want to go this year!
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Low Carb Mini Cheesecake | Fourth Of July!
Ingredients:
Chocolate Crust
- 3 tbsp Coconut flour
- 3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 3 tbsp Low Carb Sugar Substitute
- 3 tbsp Butter
Filling
- 8 oz Cream Cheese
- 5 tbsp Low Carb Sugar Substitute
- 1 large Egg
- 3 tbsp sour cream
- 3 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Colors
- 25 drops red food coloring
- 25 drops blue food coloring
Instructions:
Crust
- In a bowl combine the coconut flour, coco powder and erythritol.
- Cut up 3 tbsp of cold butter into little chunks and add to the dry ingredient bowl.
- Using your hands combine everything creating a sand like texture.
- Press the chocolate mixture into the bottom of a greased muffin tin to create the crust (should make 11-12).
- Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
Filling
- Using a hand mixture combine cream cheese and erythritol.
- Add the sour cream, egg, vanilla extract and heavy whipping cream and combine well.
- Split the filling into three even bowls.
- Set one aside for the white portion.
- Add 25 drops of blue to one bowl and 25 drops of red to another bowl.
- Using a spoon combine the drops into the filling completely.
- Fill three ziplock bags with the three colored fillings. Push the filling to one corner of the bag and cut the tip about a 1/4 of an inch.
- Squeeze out the filings onto the cooled crusts as evenly as possible in their own section (you'll have 3 equal color sections like a piece sign).
- Using a toothpick swirl the colors around.
- Bake at 300 for 50 minutes. When complete check with a toothpick. If it comes out clean it is done.
- Let it cool for 15-20 minutes before placing in the fridge to set. The cheesecakes will deflate slightly.
- Store in fridge up to 10 days or freeze up to 2 months!
Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
I made these for the 4th of July last week and they were awesome! For my oven, however, 12 minutes to bake the crust was way too long. I had to re-do those since they burned (AND I only made 9 since I prefer a thicker crust). I only baked them for about 8 or 9 minutes. Also wish I had watched the video before starting to know to use muffin liners to make it easier to get out of the tin, but they still came out fairly well just greasing the muffin tin.
Made these yesterday and they tasted great. The crust was a bit crumbly though. Next time, I’ll bake them in cupcake papers and double the recipe. The topping cracked in the oven, but that didn’t bother us any. The crust ratio is spot-on. It tasted perfectly chocolate, so don’t change a thing there.
Hola! I want to try these so bad today but I am snowed in with everything needed ASIDE from coconut flour. I however do have some almond flour on hand. How would you reconmend I sub the almond in-more, less, same measurement?? Thanks!
You usually need around 4x as much almond flour than coconut flour.
I love cheesecake but can not tolerate the heavy cream- any suggestions?
Canned coconut cream!
I have a monkfruit/erithrytol mix. Can I use this? Same measurements?
Yes that should work.
Hiiii!
I am concerned about baking the crusts again @ 350 for 50 mins!
I baked them the first time 9 instead of 12 & they r perfect-
However, i m worried they will burn once i bake ‘em again…does the batter soak them & keep em from burning???
THANX ?❤️???
Bake at 300 for 50 minutes, not 350. They should be fine!
Any suggestions on how to get them out of the cupcake pan easily? They kept breaking on me. 🙁
The ingredients say 3 tbsp of butter, but directions say 4 tbsp. =/
It’s 3 tbsp!
Anyone have issues getting them out of the tins without breaking ??
How long do you leave these in the fridge? I left them in for about an hour and a half and they seemed too soft but then I left them in longer and they were falling apart. They tate great though.
Can you make this in a full size cheese cake instead of mini ones?
Yeah that should work! Depending on the size of your pan, you may need to double the recipe.
Hi Matt & Megha!
I just made these today minus the food coloring in the batter and minus the cocoa powder in the crust. I used almond flour (super fine) in my crust. I also used 4 tablespoons of everything in the crust to ensure I had enough. That’s where it started. I ended up doubling everything. So, I used 8 tablespoons of everything in the crust and doubled all ingredients in the batter. Let me tell you, these cheesecakes came out freaking fantabulously!!!!! They are by far one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten. I used the same bake times. My muffin tins were filled to the top and even puffed over as they baked, but as Matt mentioned they did fall which was fine. They are YUMMO! Funny enough, they still look the same size as yours in the picture. Go figure!