Description
Delectable red velvet cheesecake bites combine classic Southern dessert charm with creamy cheesecake indulgence. Rich chocolate undertones and smooth cream cheese create an irresistible treat you won’t be able to resist.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- 16 oz (454 g) cream cheese, room temperature
- 4 tbsps (57 g) butter, room temperature
- 2 cups (240 g) graham crackers, crushed
- ½ cup (60 g) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Ingredients needed for the cake mix (as per package instructions)
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper, ensuring smooth surface for easy removal.
- Cake Foundation: Craft red velvet cake according to package instructions, allowing complete cooling and transforming into fine, uniform crumbs. If overly moist, spread crumbs on baking sheet and dry in oven for 5-6 minutes.
- Cream Cheese Fusion: Whip cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar using electric mixer until achieving light, pillowy consistency. Pulverize graham crackers into delicate powder, then fold into cream cheese mixture with vanilla extract, creating smooth, integrated filling.
- Shaping and Chilling: Utilize small cookie scoop to form consistent cream cheese spheres, rolling between palms to create perfect rounds. Arrange on prepared baking sheet and refrigerate for one hour to solidify structural integrity.
- Final Assembly: Delicately enrobe each chilled cream cheese sphere with red velvet cake crumbs, ensuring complete and elegant coverage. Gently reshape bites to maintain pristine round form if needed.
- Serving: Present immediately or preserve in refrigerator, ready to delight taste buds with luxurious texture and rich flavor profile.
Notes
- Crumb Consistency Matters: Ensure cake crumbs are completely dry and finely ground to prevent soggy or clumpy texture in the final bites.
- Chill for Perfect Shape: Refrigerating the cream cheese mixture for one hour helps solidify the balls, making them easier to coat and preventing crumbling.
- Even Coating Technique: Roll the cream cheese balls gently in cake crumbs, using light pressure to create a uniform, smooth exterior without breaking the delicate spheres.
- Temperature Control: Keep bites refrigerated to maintain their shape and prevent cream cheese from softening, which can compromise the elegant presentation.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes (including cake baking)
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 22
- Calories: 159
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 170 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg