{"id":1421,"date":"2011-10-12T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2012-10-31T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T19:18:06","slug":"mini-pumpkin-swirl-cheesecakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1421","title":{"rendered":"Mini Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello there lovely readers of the Colourful Palate!\u00a0 I\u2019m Kelly from Eat<\/strong><\/a>Yourself<\/strong><\/a>Skinny<\/strong><\/a> and I\u2019m so excited to be guest posting for Charissa today!<\/p>\n

\"Kelly<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t already tell by the title of my blog, me and Charissa sure have a lot in common {aside from the obvious fact she\u2019s an amazing singer and I sound like a dying cat<\/span> can\u2019t even carry a tune\u2026sigh}. BUT, we both<\/em> believe in creating healthy, balanced recipes that still taste satisfying and delicious!<\/p>\n

So since it\u2019s officially Fall (and I must admit I absolutely LOVE this gorgeous season!) I wanted to make something sweet and festive that was still<\/em> healthy and guilt-free!\u00a0 Folks I give you my Mini Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecakes!<\/p>\n

\"Mini<\/p>\n

As most of you know, it has been quite<\/em> the little task trying to find canned pumpkin this year SO when I came across this hot commodity actually on the shelves, I wiped out the entire section.<\/p>\n

Literally\u2026I did.<\/p>\n

It was totally worth it though because now I can make all the yummy pumpkin dishes my little heart desires!\u00a0 This would be one of them.\u00a0 I chose to modify the original recipe using my skinny<\/a>cheesecake<\/a> recipe and then incorporated the pumpkin mixture and graham cracker crust.\u00a0 Mmmm, they turned out so delish!!\u00a0 The perfect little treat to satisfy that sweet tooth without having to stress over the unnecessary calories a typical slice of cheesecake would give you.\u00a0 Oh and did I mention??\u00a0 This is super easy to whip up and absolutely no baking required!<\/p>\n

\"Mini<\/p>\n

This dessert would make the perfect addition to any fall party or<\/em> you could even use the same recipe and make a FULL sized cheesecake to bring to your Thanksgiving feast!\u00a0 The possibilities are endless and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!<\/p>\n

Mini Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecakes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Mini<\/p>\n

Here are your ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recipe adapted from Gingerbread<\/a>Bagels<\/a><\/p>\n

Crust<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

7 graham cracker sheets<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp. ground cinnamon<\/p>\n

2 Tbsp sugar<\/p>\n

4 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted<\/p>\n

Cheesecake Mixture<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

8 oz. Cool Whip Free<\/p>\n

1 (8 oz) package fat-free cream cheese<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup sugar (or 6 Splenda packets)<\/p>\n

2 tsp. vanilla extract<\/p>\n

Pumpkin Mixture<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/3 cup pumpkin puree<\/p>\n

1 tsp. ground cinnamon<\/p>\n

1 tsp. ground nutmeg<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp. ground ginger<\/p>\n

1\/8 tsp. allspice<\/p>\n

In a food processor, grind up the graham cracker sheets into fine crumbs.\u00a0 {If you don\u2019t have a food processor or blender, place the graham crackers into a bag and crush them with a rolling pan or a cup.}\u00a0 Place the graham cracker crumbs into a bowl and add in the ground cinnamon and sugar.\u00a0 Melt the butter and add it to the graham cracker crumbs.<\/p>\n

Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and put one tablespoon of the graham cracker crumb mixture in the bottom of each liner.\u00a0 Press down the crumbs with your hand.\u00a0 Set aside.<\/p>\n

In a large bowl, whip the cream cheese, vanilla extract and sugar (or Splenda) for a few minutes until fluffy.\u00a0 Add the Cool Whip and whip until smooth.\u00a0 To make the pumpkin mixture, combine the pumpkin puree, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground ginger and allspice.\u00a0 Add 2\/3 cup of the cheesecake mixture to the pumpkin mixture.\u00a0 Stir with a spatula until the two batters are completely combined and there are no lumps.<\/p>\n

Using a cookie dough scooper (or spoon), fill each cupcake liner with 1 1\/2 scoop fulls of the cheesecake mixture.\u00a0 Each liner should be filled almost to the top.\u00a0 Now place three dots of pumpkin batter onto the cheesecake batter in the liner.\u00a0 I used a 1\/4 teaspoon to scoop the pumpkin batter.\u00a0 Use a toothpick to swirl the two batters.<\/p>\n

Once each cheesecake cup is swirled, placed the cupcake pans into the fridge to chill for a few hours (I chose to keep mine in overnight) until firm.\u00a0 Serve and enjoy!<\/p>\n

\"Mini<\/p>\n

Serves 12
\nServing Size: 1 mini cheesecakes
\nCalories: 106
\nFat: 3.8 g
\nCarbs: 12.1 g
\nFiber: 0.3 g
\nProtein: 2.8
\nWW points: 3 points<\/p>\n

Thanks again Charissa for inviting me over to your fabulous blog!!\u00a0 If you\u2019d like to see more skinny<\/a>recipes<\/a> or are just in the mood to say hello, feel free to stop by my blog<\/a> any ol\u2019e time! \u00a0XOXO<\/p>\n

Thank you so much Kelly for helping me today with this awesome guest post! Those cheesecakes looks seriously delicious…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello there lovely readers of the Colourful Palate!\u00a0 I\u2019m Kelly from EatYourselfSkinny and I\u2019m so excited to be guest posting for Charissa today! If you can\u2019t already tell by the title of my blog, me and Charissa sure have a lot in common {aside from the obvious fact she\u2019s an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[264,385,384,382,383],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1448,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions\/1448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}