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Almost Instant Cherry Cheesecake Bites

Modified: May 1, 2024 · Published: Mar 5, 2015 by Carissa · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

These Cherry Cheesecake Bites need only 4 ingredients and minutes to make. Perfect for times that you want dessert, but don't want to bake.

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I was lying in bed, trying to fall asleep the other night, thinking about food (which, by the way, is pretty much the norm, especially in these last weeks of pregnancy).

I was thinking about this enormous jar of delicious cherry preserves I bought at Costco last week, and what I would do with it all. I thought about cherry cheesecake, and how much I love it, but I knew I didn't want to make it right now since we weren't planning on having dinner guests anytime soon (and really, as much as I'd love to, I cannot polish off an entire cherry cheesecake myself).

So my mind wandered to a smaller (and healthier) version of cherry cheesecake that is super simple and requires no baking. Plus, only four ingredients are needed! I call them Almost Instant Cherry Cheesecake Bites.

Cherry cheesecake bites ingredients

How to Make Almost Instant Cherry Cheesecake Bites:

Note that the recipe I've written below is somewhat of a "non-recipe". It doesn't list quantities of ingredients, or tell you how many cherry cheesecake bites it will make.

It is meant to be flexible, allowing you to customize how much of each ingredient you use, as well as to make how many (enough to feed your whole family?) or few (just a couple for you to eat while the kids are still at school?) bites it will make.

All you need to make these little beauties is vanilla or honey-flavored Greek yogurt (or plain, and add your own sweeteners to taste), light cream cheese (feel free to substitute Neufchatel, if you'd like), cherry preserves, and graham wafers.

I've found that all kinds of cherry products are much more common here in Wisconsin than back in Edmonton, probably because there are a lot of sour cherries grown around here. However, you shouldn't have trouble finding a jar of cherry preserves wherever you live. It is like a thicker cherry pie filling with many, MANY more cherries. You will find it in the jam aisle.

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The first step to making these is to mix equal parts of the Greek yogurt and cream cheese together. This is, by far, the hardest part of the process, but really not that hard at all.

You can make as much or as little of the spread as you want, and keep any leftovers in the fridge for your future snacking needs. I used ¼ cup of each yogurt and cream cheese. This was enough to make 6 of the crackers, with about half or a little less left over.

To make mine mix smoothly, I first added the cream cheese to the bowl and smeared it around with my spatula to soften it. Then I added the yogurt and kept smearing. It came out with no lumps of cream cheese. You could also use a hand mixer if you are making a lot of it.

Now all that's left is assembly. Just smear 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese/yogurt mixture onto each wafer. This will be what I consider a fairly generous amount. Top each with 1 teaspoon of the cherry preserves and voila: you've got a super simple but delicious snack/dessert.

Despite my love for all things make-ahead, I would not recommend assembling these ahead of time, for fear that the wafers would get soggy. And really, with anything this fast, you really don't need to anyway.

cherry cheesecake bites

Almost Instant Cherry Cheesecake Bites Ingredients:

  • Light cream cheese
  • Vanilla or honey-flavored Greek yogurt (or simply use plain yogurt and add a tiny bit of vanilla, and sweeten it to taste with the sweetener of your choice)
  • Graham wafers (Feel free to use gluten-free graham wafers to make this recipe gluten-free)
  • Sour or sweet cherry preserves

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Almost Instant Cherry Cheesecake Bites Nutrition Notes:

Nutrition info is for 2 graham wafers (eg. 1 sheet of graham wafer broken in half into two pieces) served as the recipe indicates. This portion size can be considered a reasonable snack, or a light dessert.

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Quick and Easy Cherry Cheesecake Bites

Carissa Serink
These Cherry Cheesecake Bites need only 4 ingredients and minutes to make. Perfect for times that you want dessert, but don't want to bake.
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Universal
Servings 2 pieces
Calories 142 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • Light cream cheese
  • Vanilla or honey flavored Greek yogurt
  • Graham wafers
  • Sour or sweet cherry preserves
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Instructions
 

  • Mix equal parts light cream cheese and Greek yogurt together using a silicone spatula. You can make as much or as little of this spread as you want, and keep any leftovers in the fridge for several days.
  • Spread 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese/Greek yogurt mixture on each graham wafer.
  • Top the each graham wafer with 1 teaspoon of the cherry preserves. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 93IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg
Keyword cheesecake, cherries, cherry, dessert, easy dessert, snack
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