Published: Last updated: by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Our Ritz Crumb Topped Cheesecakes are mini delights, baked to perfection in a muffin pan, topped with a sweet and salty peanut butter crumb topping and drizzled with luxurious caramel.
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Ritz Crumb Topped Cheesecakes aremini cheesecakesbaked to perfection in a muffin pan with a ritz cracker crust, peanut butter cracker crumble, and caramel topping. Thisamazing cheesecakerecipe is bound to become your newest dessert obsession.
❤️Why you'll love it
Delicious flavor and texture: this cheesecake has a creamy baked filling that has with aritz cracker crust. A peanut butter cracker crumble and caramel topping adds a layer of sweet and salty flavor and texture.
Perfect Bite Sized Treat:mini cheesecakesare the perfect bite-sized sweet to share with your fellow game day lovers.
Fuss free: this cheesecake recipe doesn't need awater bath!
🥘Ingredients
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Ritz crackers: the whole cracker will be the crust base of the cheesecake.
Hot fudge topping: a thin layer is spread over the top of the cracker
Caramel topping:used with the peanut butter to create a drizzle topping
Creamy peanut butter
Ritz peanut butter cracker bites:these will be broken up , mixed with the brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter, and crumbled overtop of the cheesecake.
Large eggs
🔪Instructions
BOTTOM CRUST
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Line themuffin tinswithcupcake liners.
- Spread 1 teaspooncold hot fudge sauceover top of cracker. Place ritz cracker in paper lined muffin tin, chocolate fudge side up. Set aside.
CRUMB TOPPING
- In asmall bowl, combine thecrushed Ritz bits peanut butter sandwich crackers, flour,light brown sugar, cinnamon, andmelted butteruntil the mixture has a “wet” look. Set aside.
CHEESECAKE FILLING
- In alarge bowl, using an electric mixer,blend cream cheeseand sugar until smooth.
- Add theegg yolk, and eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Mix insour cream,lemon juice,vanilla extract, andmelted butterand mix until incorporated.
- Pour thecheesecake batterinto the paper lined muffin tin over top of the fudge topped cracker until about ¾ full. You will use approximately ⅓ cup of batter per muffin tin.
- Bake cheesecakesin preheated oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove cheesecakes from the oven and evenly distributecrumb toppingover each individual cake.
- Return crumb topped cheesecakes to the oven and continue to bake for another 25 minutes, untilCrumb toppingis golden brown and a toothpick inserted into cheesecake comes out clean.
- Remove cheesecakes from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, transfer toairtight containerand refrigerate up to 2 hours before serving.
PEANUT BUTTER CARAMEL SAUCE
- In a 2-cup microwave safe glass measuring cup, add the peanut butter and caramel sauce. Microwave for 30 seconds.
- Remove from microwave and stir to combine. Microwave another 30 seconds, remove from microwave and stir.
- Drizzle thepeanut butter caramel sauceovertop of cheesecakes.
🥄Equipment
Muffin pan
Small bowl
Large bowl
Electric mixer
Food processor or blender
Cooling rack
2 cup microwave safe glass measuring cup
🥫Storage
Refrigerate:store cheesecakes inairtight containerup to 5 days.
Freeze: store in a freezer safe,airtight containerup to 3 months.
Thaw: thaw frozen cheesecakes overnight in the fridge. To serve, drizzle withpeanut butter caramel sauce.
📖Variations
Candy topping: sprinkle thetop of the cheesecakewithchocolate chipsor choppedpeanut butter cupsinstead of the peanut butter cracker crumble.
Crust variation: use avanilla waferinstead of thebuttery crackerfor the base of the cheesecake.
💭Tips
- Allow the cream cheese to come toroom temperaturebefore mixing to ensure a smooth filling.
- Don't over mix thecheesecake batterto prevent cracks during baking.
- Let the cheesecakes cool completely before refrigerating or adding the caramel drizzle.
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🍽Serve with..
Serve cheesecakes with the peanut butter caramel drizzle and a dollop of whipped topping orvanilla ice cream.
The Last Word..
I created this recipe in collaboration with Allrecipes website and Ritz Crackers as a football food idea for the big game in January 2014. I was not compensated in any way for this recipe. The idea for this cheesecake and recipe created is my own however, Allrecipes does house this on their site as well.
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📖 Recipe
Ritz Crumb Topped Cheesecake
Shelby Law Ruttan
Our Ritz Crumb Topped Cheesecakes are mini delights, baked to perfection in a muffin pan, topped with a sweet and salty peanut butter crumb topping and drizzled with luxurious caramel.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 188 kcal
Equipment
Food processor or blender
2 cup microwave safe glass measuring cup
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Ingredients
FOR THE BOTTOM CRUST
- 24 ritz crackers , whole
- ½ cup hot fudge topping , cold
FOR THE CRUMB TOPPING
- 1 cup ritz peanut butter cracker bites , crushed
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 tablespoon unsalted butter , melted
FOR THE FILLING
- 16 ounces ⅓ less fat cream cheese , room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3 large eggs
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butter , melted
FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER CARAMEL DRIZZLE
- ½ cup smooth peanut butter
- ½ cup caramel topping
Instructions
FOR THE BOTTOM CRUST
Preheat the oven to 325°F.
Line the muffin tins with cupcake liners.
Spread 1 teaspoon cold hot fudge sauce over top of cracker. Place ritz cracker in paper lined muffin tin, chocolate fudge side up. Set aside.
FOR THE CRUMB TOPPING
In a small bowl, combine the crushed Ritz bits peanut butter sandwich crackers, flour, light brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter until the mixture has a “wet” look. Set aside.
FOR THE CHEESECAKE
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, blend cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
Add the egg yolk, and eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Mix in sour cream, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and melted butter and mix until incorporated.
Pour the cheesecake batter into the paper lined muffin tin over top of the fudge topped cracker until about ¾ full. You will use approximately ⅓ cup of batter per muffin tin.
Bake cheesecakes in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
Remove cheesecakes from the oven and evenly distribute crumb topping over each individual cake.
Return crumb topped cheesecakes to the oven and continue to bake for another 25 minutes, until Crumb topping is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into cheesecake comes out clean.
Remove cheesecakes from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
Once cooled, transfer to airtight container and refrigerate up to 2 hours before serving.
FOR THE CARAMEL SAUCE
In a 2 cup microwave safe glass measuring cup, add the peanut butter and caramel sauce. Microwave for 30 seconds.
Remove from microwave and stir to combine. Microwave another 30 seconds, remove from microwave and stir.
Drizzle the peanut butter caramel sauce over top of cheesecakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 188kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 193mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 234IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 54mgIron: 1mgNet Carbohydrates: 18g
Keyword Ritz Crumb Topped Cheesecakes
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About Shelby Law Ruttan
Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.
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Michele @ Flavor Mosaic
These look fantastic! I'm going to have to give them a try!
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honeyb
These seriously look and sound so good. And there's chocolate hiding in there. 😉
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Meg Falciani
These are so cute! I love NYC - it does have a life all its own. I'm a city girl at heart - hubby takes me there at least once a year so I can charge my batteries.
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Angie
Sounds delish - I'll have to give these a try!
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Renee P
Great post! yum, yum, yum!
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Unknown
Yummy small bites of deliciousness!
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Scrappy Geek
Wow - these are so cool, and look delicious. They would make a perfect after dinner treat for our house parties. Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
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5 from 1 vote (1 rating without comment)
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