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Healthy Cheesecake Bites in a Quinoa Crust

Servings 12 cheesecake bites
Calories
Author Louisa

Ingredients

For the Crust

  • 3/4 cup cooked quinoa (full instructions on how to cook quinoa, check out the blog)
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 4-5 dates , pitted
  • 2 Tablespoons honey

For Filling

  • 4 ounces Greek Cream Cheese , softened
  • 1 cup nonfat Greek Yogurt
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup dark chocolate , for topping (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a mini muffin tin with non-stick spray (up to 12 cheesecakes).
  • In a food processor, combine all ingredients for the crust. Pulse food processor until all ingredients come together and start to form a dough. This will be a perfect weekend for a pie crust!
  • Place a scoop of about 1 and a half Tablespoons of "dough" to each muffin tin receptacle. Set aside.
  • Combine cream cheese, Greek Yogurt, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla in the bowl of your stand mixer.Once combined completely. Spoon filling into the quinoa crusts so that the cups are full up to the top of the crust.
  • Cook for about 25 minutes, or until the cheesecake has mostly set. Let cool in the refrigerator for about 8 hours, or overnight, to set completely
  • Once cooled, melt optional chocolate down. I just did this in the microwave in a micro-safe bowl for about 20 seconds at a time, stirring each time, until all melted.
  • Drizzle on the top of each cheesecake bite.