Jack Skellington Cheesecakes

Jack Skellington Cheesecakes

Ingredients

Crust:

    2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
    5 tablespoons light brown sugar
    8 tablespoons butter, melted

Cheesecake Filling:

    16 ounces 2 blocks cream cheese, softened
    2/3 cup sugar
    2 large eggs
    2/3 cup sour cream
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

Chocolate Ganache:

    3 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped or chips
    3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Jack Skellington Cheesecakes

Instructions

•     Preheat your oven to 350 Fahrenheit.

•     Stir together the chocolate graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and melted butter.

•     Press about 2 tablespoons of the crumbs into 18 paper-lined muffin cups.

•     Beat cream cheese on medium speed, scraping down the bowl, as needed, until creamy and smooth.

•     Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

•     Add egg and vanilla and beat until creamy.

•     Stir in the sour cream.

•     Equally divide cheesecake filling among the 18 muffin cups, spooning about 2 tablespoons of filling into each.

•     Bake on the middle rack in the oven for 15-18 minutes until the cheesecakes no longer look wet, but the center still jiggles.

•     Remove and set on a cooling rack.

•     Allow to cool for about an hour.

•     Combine chocolate and heavy whipping cream in a small glass measuring cup.

•     Heat in the microwave on high power for 40 seconds.

•     Let the cup sit in the microwave for 3 minutes then remove and stir until melted.

•     If needed, heat for 10 more second bursts of power, stirring after each until melted.

•     Allow this chocolate ganache to cool until slightly thickened.

•     Pour into a pastry bag or squeeze bottle fitted with a #3 round tip.

•     Pipe two eyes, two nostrils, and a mouth onto each cheesecake to make them look like Jack Skellington.