Mini Cup Choc-Cheesy | Christmas Treats

Christmas vibes everywhere ho ho ho. Anyone has start preparing or thinking what kind of gift or treats you can share with your friends, families or your buddies ? Hang in there-homemade sweet treats always one of the options. If you are hestitating because you need to have an oven or microwave to make sweet treats-no more worries. The recipe below is super simple and anyone can do it.

It taste really amazing in tiny bites size. Buy a nice container, a ribbon, and a tag-voila you have your very own sweet treats to be shared. Just keep in mind, this treats need to be keep in fridge :)

Uttensils : mini muffin pan, piping bag, paper cups Ingredients : 250gr cream cheese, at room temperature 2 Tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest 2 1/2 cups semisweet or dark chocolate chips 2 teaspoons vegetable oil/olive oil 2 Tablespoons large flake sea salt

Directions : 1. In a bowl, mix well the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon juice and lemon zest. Ensure your cream cheese already at the room temperature. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag, sealed, and refrigerate.

2. Combine the chocolate chips and vegetable oil in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30-second intervals, stirring between each interval, until the chocolate is fully melted and smooth. (Alternately, you can melt the chocolate with the oil in a double boiler). 3. Line the mini muffin pan with the paper candy cups. Spoon 1 teaspoon of the melted chocolate into each cup, tap the pan on the counter so the chocolate flattens out then refrigerate the pan for 15 minutes until the chocolate is firm. 4. Remove the pan and the cheesecake mixture from the fridge. Pipe a portion of the cheesecake mixture in the center of each cup, then top the cheesecake with another 1 to 2 teaspoons of melted chocolate. Sprinkle the tops of each cup with sea salt then return the pan to the fridge for 20 minutes until the chocolate has fully hardened.

5. If not serving immediately, store the cups in an airtight container in the fridge.

You can use the same recipe and steps to explore with more flavors, you can put jam, kaya, crumbled peanut, cookies crumb, melted marshmallow, peanut butter, nuttela, just anything-beside the cream cheese. You can also use any other cake mold to make more variety. Happy exploring :)

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