*Diet* Cheesecake for those that just cannot resist dessert

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CorlissaEats
CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
You could lighten these up a bit by using light cream cheese if you wanted, but 141 Calories per muffin cup is not a bad treat. Plus the protein from the greek yogurt makes them healthy, or at least more nutritionally viable. They arent especially sweet, but you could top them with some sugar-free fruit spread if you wanted. A muffin cup doesn't look like a lot when you start but it sure is satisfying when you are done!
They also freeze well...just so you dont get tempted to eat the whole batch in one sitting.

Mini Cheesecakes (Gluten-free)
Ingredients:

Crust

1 1/2 cups (375 mL) Honey Nut Chex* cereal, crushed to 1 cup/250 mL
2 tbsp (25 mL) butter or margarine, melted

Filling

1 pkg (8 oz/250 g) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cup PLAIN greek yogurt
2 tsp cornstarch

Method:

•Heat oven to 300ºF. Line 12 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups.
•In medium bowl, mix crust ingredients. Press about 1 tablespoon crust mixture into bottom of each lined muffin cup.
•In medium bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add sugar and the egg. Beat on medium speed about 2 minutes or until smooth. Add yogurt and cornstarch. Beat on low speed until smooth. Spoon about 3 tablespoons batter into each muffin cup.
•Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until edges are firm and centre is jiggly. Turn off oven; cool in oven 30 minutes with door closed. Remove from oven to cooling rack; cool at room temperature 30 minutes. Cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours. Remove from muffin pans.

Per Serving: 141 Calories 13g Carbs / 8g Fat / 5g Protein / 0g Fibre / 9g Sugar