I love, love, love me some cheesecake! But I do not love making it. It’s not hard…but there are too many steps. Water baths? Please. Who has time for that? I barely have time for me to take a bath! On the 6th Day of Christmas, I simplified the holiday cheesecake making!
I really love a Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake…and then, I saw Peppermint Oreos at my grocery store…so, I bought two bags and scoured Pinterest for a good method to use. And voila! I give you my Peppermint Oreo Cheesecake Bites! But wait? You don’t love peppermint? I’ll give you an alternative method. You’re welcome.
Simple, quick, delicious, festive, done.
Shopping List
36 Peppermint Oreos, divided (or use regular Oreos)
1/4 cup butter, melted
4 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon peppermint extract (or use vanilla if you’re not making the peppermint version)
4 eggs
1 cup white chocolate chips
Christmas sprinkles
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Line a 9×13 baking dish with heavy duty foil making sure to allow the foil to hang over the edges (you’re going to use them later as handles to pull the bars completely out of the pan). Spray the foil lined pan with Pam.
Crush 24 Oreos (I used my food processor) and mix with your melted butter. Press into the bottom of your prepared pan to form the “crust”.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar with a mixer until blended. Add in sour cream and peppermint extract and beat well. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg until blended. Chop up remaining 12 cookies into chunks and stir them into your cream cheese mixture. Pour over your crust.
Bake the cheesecake 35 to 40 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned and the center is almost set.
Cool completely on a wire rack in the pan.
Once cooled, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours (I refrigerated mine 24 hours). Once chilled, remove the cheesecake using the foil overhang and cut the cheesecake into bite sized pieces. I placed each piece in a cupcake liner to make it easier for my guests to pick up and eat.
Melt your white chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave (stirring every 30 seconds). Using a spoon, drizzle your white chocolate down over each cheesecake bite and garnish with a few Christmas sprinkles.
Refrigerate until you’re ready to serve.
A BIG thanks to Mel’s Kitchen Cafe for the original recipe!!
You could make a big batch of these and freeze them too! All holiday season long, you can pop a few out of the freezer for parties or just for you to much on. Such a simple (and delicious!) cheesecake recipe!
And Meal Planning Monday will be back next week! In the meantime, check out my Meal Planning Monday posts from this fall by clicking here. Any of those menus would work for you this week!
On the 3rd Day of Christmas: I made easy Rice Krispies Treats!
On the 4th Day of Christmas: I made Red Velvet Pancakes!
On the 5th Day of Christmas: I made Hot Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting
Katie Paladino says
What a fun and relaxing snow day!! They are the best:)
Sheaffer {Pinterest Told Me To} says
Water baths? PLEASE! Who has time for that! HILARIOUS! And these look soooooooo good!
Jenna Cocke says
Can't wait to try these for our family Christmas party!
bwallac says
That looks amazing!
The Fagans says
Yummy!
Megan says
These look perfect for a Christmas work Party!
Abby says
Yummo!
Mary says
Yum! This looks delicious!
Leslie says
Anything with Oreos is a winner in my book!
Kate Gilbert says
Mmmm can't wait to make these!
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Rachel says
Wow, do those sound good!!
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Laura Seiferd says
Yum! Sounds so good! Also love your meal planning posts, thank you!
Tricia C. says
These look delish!
Grace says
YUM!!
Deena Faseler says
These look awesome!
Cami says
This looks delicious. Love oreos and cheescake!
Cinder3209 says
I love oreos and cheesecake! Yum!
TrishCF says
This recipe looks so yummy, I can't wait to try it.
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anything for a giveway! loving your 12 days posts!
Lauren Chudzik says
These are baking right now in the oven and I can't wait to taste them. I'm making them for a holiday party tomorrow night, but I just went ahead and made a double batch b/c I know my family will want some as well and I love that they can be frozen. Thanks for the idea of serving in cupcake wrappers – that will look so nice for my party! Merry Christmas to you and your family.