Thin Mint Mini Cheesecakes

Chocolate, Dessert

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A few weeks ago I was talking to one of my students when she told me she had a note in her bookbag for me.  I opened up her bag and as I grabbed her folder I noticed she had several boxes of Girl Scout cookies in her bag!   When I asked her about them she told me she sold them a few weeks ago and that she was delivering them to another teacher.  I couldn’t believe I had missed out on ordering Girl Scout cookies!   I told her how much I love the cookies and when I got home from school that night I had an e-mail from her mom.

Thin Mint Mini Cheesecakes

She told me that her daughter said I might want some cookies and if I really did she had some extra she could sell me.  I was so excited and quickly told her I’d take two boxes of each of my favorites; the Thin Mints and the Trefoils.   They are the classic Girl Scout cookies and the best in my opinion.   The next day my student showed up with all four boxes of cookies and a sticky note telling me how much I owed.  I went to my purse to get my wallet and realized I had a $10 bill…and a ton of change.  As embarrassing as it was, I ended up using the $10 bill and paid the remaining $6 in coins.   The look the girl gave me when I handed the envelop of money to her was priceless.Thin Mint Mini Cheesecakes

Now that I had the cookies I wanted to eat the immediately.  In an effort not to eat all four boxes in one sitting I quickly looked for some recipes using the Thin Mints and came across a cheesecake recipe that looked amazing.  It was for bite sized cheesecakes which I thought were too small so I change them into mini cheesecakes instead.Thin Mint Cheesecakes from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks

The crust was made of Thin Mints and butter and then the cheesecake was a classic, fluffy cheesecake with a few crushed Thin Mints mixed in.  On top I chopped a few of the cookies in half and stuck them in the cheesecakes.  The results were so delicious.   The chocolate and mint paired so well with the creamy cheesecake.  I took them to school and everyone that tried one was raving over them!   I’m saving the second box to make these mini cheesecakes for Easter dessert!

Thin Mint Mini Cheesecakes

Ingredients

  • 1 box Thin Mint cookies, divided
  • 3 T. melted butter
  • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 2 eggs

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Line a muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners.
  3. Remove 1 sleeve of Thin Mint cookies from the box. Place them in a food processor and process until the cookies are in small crumbs. Combine the crumbs with the melted butter.
  5. Divide the cookie mixture between the 12 cupcake liners and press into the bottom.
  7. Place the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat with a hand mixer until well combined. Add in the eggs and beat well.
  9. Place 6 Thin Mint cookies in the food process and process into crumbs. Pour the crumbs into the cheesecake mixture and mix until just combined.
  11. Pour the cheesecake mixture into the muffin tins, on top of the cookie crumbs, filling them cups almost to the top.
  13. Bake for 30-33 minutes or until cooked through.
  15. Remove from oven and cool for 30 minutes.
  17. Cut 6 Thin Mint cookies in half and stick in the cheesecakes.

Notes

Source: Anne Strawberry

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