Variety Picnic Cheesecake Cupcakes

Monday, June 6, 2011

Pictured: Blueberry, Mandarin Orange, Heath Bar, Chocolate Chip, Rainier Cherry, Strawberry, Raspberry and Hershey Kiss

One of the easiest and most posted recipes on the net, perfect for summer picnics, office parties and you can really be imaginative in creating your favorite toppings. Chocolate chips, white chips, nuts, marshmallow, favorite candy bars, preserves of any kind, fruit slices, to include fresh peach, cherry, mandarin orange, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, pineapple just to name a few and caramel topping all make wonderful choices for your family and friends. Have ice cream toppings in the fridge? Mix and match and make several kinds to please everyone. They are easy, fun to make and sure to please a crowd.. This batch using smaller tin cups the size of the wafer made 30 cupcakes.

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2 packages 8oz each of cream cheese softened
2 eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar plus 1 tablespoon
1 box nilla wafers
1 bottle of triple berry smuckers ice cream topping or jam
1 bottle of strawberry ice cream topping or jam

Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes (my families favorite!)

Prepare tins. Add paper liners to cupcake tins. Put wafers in each paper cup. Set aside.
In a separate bowl mix cream cheese, eggs, sugar and flavoring and beat till smooth and creamy no lumps.

Triple berry ice topping added to the batter and swirled

Using a ladle spoon onto wafers. Top with a teaspoon of toppings, swirl with the tip of a knife . Bake at 350 degree oven, till the center is solid around 25 to 30 minutes.

Strawberry ice cream topping swirled in the batter

33 comments

BlackswanJune 6, 2011 at 12:41 AM
Oh my, just look at these lovely cupcakes! Claudia, u're a doll to makes these....... Yum!
FedericaJune 6, 2011 at 12:55 AM
What a large fine assortment of delicious mini cakes. There's plenty of choice. Great ^__^ Bye bye dear, have a wonderful week
Belinda @zomppaJune 6, 2011 at 7:13 AM
These are so delightful. I bet folks would have a hard time keeping their hands off.
PamJune 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM
YUMMMMMMMM!!!!! Love those cupcakes and would like a sample of them all right now. I could never eat just one! I'm having no problem with comments but sure am with line spacing on blogger. Don't know why there are so many spaces between paragraphs. There's an award for you on my blog today.
Emily MalloyJune 6, 2011 at 2:13 PM
These look so tempting! And delicious!
AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 4:58 PM
Lovely mini-cheesecakes! The fruit topped ones look fresh and the chocolate ones look scrumptious :)
ClaudiaJune 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM
I'm a sucker for these. I could (and would) eat them all! As for commenting: I seem to be fine with google chrome. Internet explorer does not work well.
Chris's Gourmet FashionJune 6, 2011 at 7:09 PM
These cupcakes look so pretty and colorful. I love them.
Debbi Does Dinner HealthyJune 6, 2011 at 7:28 PM
I might just make these for a party coming up, they are so pretty! For the orange, did you use a different kind of topping to swirl in it?

What did you do to make the mint chocolate ones?

I finally figured that out with the comments, it wsa super frustrating not being able to comment.
GregJune 6, 2011 at 7:52 PM
Cheesecake for those of who have to watch our calorie intake. Just eat one to get a taste and I bet my wife will like them as she can throw a couple in her lunch.
SandraJune 6, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Ok I would take one of each..LOL!
What a fantastic way to serve cheesecake..I love all the flavors, looks so fresh and beautiful!!
LizzyJune 6, 2011 at 8:20 PM
Beautiful cheesecakes! You've given me some new ideas for toppings :)

PS..there are some WP blogs I can't respond to via Food Buzz...but if I enter via the web, I can post. You may want to try that if you get a blank page after clicking comment. I'm glad to know that changing my settings has solved the commenting problem for you on my blog! xo
ErinJune 6, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Super cute! A build your own cheesecake cupcake bar - a fun idea!
RedkathyJune 6, 2011 at 10:14 PM
Comments seem to be working now. The mini cheese cakes are brilliant GF! Wish I had all of the ingredients, I would make them tonight. Haven't been sleeping much lately and would to love try these.

Perhaps you should install a comment system to avoid the blogger issues. I can help you with it if you want. Email me
TorviewtorontoJune 6, 2011 at 10:33 PM
lovely cheesecakes and variety
regards
CatherineJune 6, 2011 at 11:34 PM
Dear Claudia, These look adorable and delicious. Blessings, Catherine xo
Angie's RecipesJune 7, 2011 at 12:02 AM
Those mini cheesecakes look so lovely and delectable!
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BeckyJune 7, 2011 at 7:06 AM
These are such cute little bites of cheesecake. they are perfect for the shower for my future daughter in law.
TheChocolatePriestessJune 7, 2011 at 9:15 AM
I really don't like baking during the summer which is early for us this year -- can you believe about 10 days of 90+ temps all ready? But at a certain level the air con is working non-stop so why not bake? These look very spring or summer like, thank you for sharing.
mobileJune 7, 2011 at 11:33 AM
not a very easy recipe but it looks delicious so i will give it a try for sure. Thanks a lot for sharing this recipe with us, i wish you to have a very nice day.
GosiaJune 7, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Cool idea!
ElisabethJune 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Love the mini bites of the yummy cheesecakes...Thanks, I'll take them all. I'm not being choosy. Such fun, and a totally genius idea!!!
Magic of SpiceJune 7, 2011 at 4:41 PM
These all look so fun and agreed they are a perfect picnic treat :)Well for me cheesecake is an anywhere anytime deal :)

P.S. I have had trouble on some sites but some I had trouble with recently seem to be OK now? I still have a hard time if the site is not in English and that has been for weeks now :( I do hope they fix everything soon...
DrickJune 7, 2011 at 6:17 PM
cute as buttons but I know they taste much better - so clever...
Hungry JennyJune 7, 2011 at 6:39 PM
Individual cheesecakes, including a version with strawberry swirl ice cream? Claudia, you're officially a genius.

Hungry Jenny x
kankanaJune 7, 2011 at 9:07 PM
yum yum yum ... cupcakes are one of my fav type of cake and this one if looking great.
AnonymousJune 7, 2011 at 11:17 PM
They look delicious! I making something very similar for my nieces "all cheesecake" wedding cake! She'll have a 3 tier cheesecake and 200 individuals!
Kate@DiethoodJune 8, 2011 at 12:36 AM
Do you know that I could eat all of those?! I really can... I love them all!!
Angelina @ April VioletJune 10, 2011 at 7:56 AM
Thank you for this!! We all love cheesecake in our home and this looks like it will work perfect for the little ones to help with!
SandraJuly 7, 2011 at 10:16 PM
Oh this is fantastic Claudia! I love all different kind and options! Very well done!!
Kim BeeJuly 8, 2011 at 1:43 AM
Such a lovely assortment. Just lovely.
Adora's BoxJuly 8, 2011 at 7:19 AM
This is great, Claudia! This just does away with the squabble over what flavour of cheesecake to make next.