Greek Yogurt Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes

The best healthier mini strawberry cheesecakes! Lightened up with greek yogurt and less sugar than the traditional recipe. This recipe can be made gluten-free using your favorite graham crackers or crunchy cookies. Mini cheesecakes are always a hit!

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You will not believe how delightful these little strawberry cheesecakes are.

AND, they’re easy to make.

If you love cheesecake but have been a little too scared to try and bake a full-sized one, baking cheesecake in a muffin pan for individual ready-to-go single servings is the way to go.

Healthy Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes

We’re using a combination of cream cheese with greek yogurt and lowering the amount of added sugar to lighten this strawberry cheesecake recipe up.

Ingredients You Will Need

• graham crackers or crunchy cookies – for the crust. You could also use chocolate cookies if you’d like!
• unsalted butter – this will get mixed with graham cracker crumbs to make the crust.
• cream cheese – you can use lowfat or regular, either work.
• strawberry greek yogurt – I like to use strawberry yogurt here but you can also use plain. The nice thing about this recipe is that you just need one 5.3 ounce container of strawberry yogurt.
• granulated sugar – I used white to keep the color of the cheesecakes more pink. Note if you’re going to use coconut sugar, or another darker sugar, the color of the cheesecake filling will change.
• egg and egg white – helps create a sturdy
• vanilla extract – flavor!
• strawberries – a little more flavor boost to the strawberry filling, plus strawberry slices for serving with.

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GLUTEN-FREE TIP: You can use gluten free graham crackers to make these mini cheesecakes gluten free friendly. I’ve also used grain-free crunchy cookies – I like these.

Step 3 – Bake

• Evenly distribute cheesecake batter into liners with baked graham cracker crusts. I like to use my medium cookie scoop for this. Swirl with leftover strawberry puree using toothpick, about 1/2 tsp each.
• Bake strawberry cheesecake for 15-18 minutes, or until the middle is set (moves ever so slightly in the middle but done around edges). If the edges are golden, the cheesecakes should be done. 
• Remove from oven and allow the pan to cool for about 15 minutes, before placing in the fridge to chill.

Mini Strawberry Cheesecake FAQ’s

• How do I store these? – Best kept in the fridge in a covered container, enjoyed within 3-4 days. Make sure to leave the extra toppings off here too, of the filling may get a little soggy.
• Can I sub the eggs? – Unfortunately I don’t have a good sub here, as the eggs really help the filling set.
• Is this a gluten free cheesecake recipe? – Yes, it can be! Use your favorite gluten-free graham crackers. I also really love using crunchy grain-free cookies too. You just need to process whatever you’re using into a flour-like, fine crumb consistency.
• Can I use low-fat cream cheese? – Yes! Using a low-fat cream cheese won’t affect this recipe.
• Do I have to use strawberry yogurt? – No, but it does add more strawberry flavor into this recipe.

Have more questions, leave a comment below!

Let me know if you make these mini strawberry cheesecakes by leaving a comment and rating below the recipe card. It helps others learn more about the recipe too! Xx Ashley

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