Jump to RecipeAnytime we need to bring a little sweet treat to a new place, this is exactly what I make.These oreo cheesecake cupcakes are bite size, and they only require 5 ingredients! Just chocolate sandwich cookies, softened cream cheese, an egg, sugar and vanilla, and you're on your way to mini cheesecake heaven.Please note that this recipe makes 4 mini treats, but you can scale it up easily.

This recipe might feel like it's too good to be true.Just five ingredients and 15 minutes of bake time feels too easy, right? I'm so happy to prove you wrong! The big time savings in this recipe comes from the fact that instead of crushing Oreos, mixing them with butter and extra sugar to make that traditional cheesecake crust (like we do with my no bake chocolate cheesecake), we're just dropping a whole cookie in the bottom of a cupcake liner.While we all love the traditional graham cracker crust (like in my basic mini cheesecakes recipe), it's just one step that we can skip here.

We're only making mini oreo cheesecake cupcakes, and the whole cookie fits so perfectly in the muffin pan! I've used an entire cookie for a crust many times before, like with my mini strawberry cheesecakes.A vanilla wafer cookie also fits perfectly in a muffin tin.We also use a whole graham cracker for the crust in my smores cupcakes recipe, too! How to Make Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes This recipe is so simple--just gather all 5 ingredients and leave them out to soften at room tempe

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