Chocolate Caramel Baileys Mini Cheesecakes
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Chocolate Caramel Baileys Mini Cheesecakes are so creamy and luscious. They’re perfect for casual or fancy entertaining but there isn’t anything fancy about putting them together!
This delicious recipe was first published on 7/10/17 and has been updated to improve the reader experience.
We love to entertain, and we’ve thrown a few formal gatherings and a lot of casual ones. These Decadent Chocolate Caramel Baileys Mini Cheesecakes are perfect for any gathering. I love individual servings that let guests help themselves to as much as they want!
I’m usually a fairly organized person. I like having everything in its place, and I get just a little too excited creating spreadsheets and organizational documents. I can actually spend more times organizing a task than actually doing it. So when I originally made this recipe, I had it on my “Google Calendar” to post before St. Patricks Day. It would have been perfect except for the fact that I couldn’t find where I’d put the dang recipe. I write all of my recipes down as I make them in a spiral notebook. That way if I don’t like how something goes together, I can make notes on how to change it.
After believing that it was gone forever, it finally turned up in the wrong notebook. I was so happy to bring these mini chocolate cheesecakes to you that I didn’t want to wait until next St. Patricks day to do so.
These little cheesecakes are the perfect St. Patricks dessert. Another favorite of mine are White Chocolate Irish Cream Cupcakes. They’re adorable and delicious!
These mini cheesecakes are so creamy. Their size just makes them a little more special since everyone can have one of their very own. They are also so easy to transport to your next gathering by leaving them in a muffin pan.
Tips for making mini cheesecakes
- Don’t over process the cookies. Use a pulse and stop when crumb resembles sand.
- Any flavored cookie will do. Change chocolate for vanilla, lemon or even gingersnaps.
- Set cheesecakes on a level surface while chilling.
- You can buy chocolate shavings or use a vegetable peeler and run it down a chocolate bar.
The tools you may need
- 12-cup Non-Stick Muffin Pan – I have 3 of these pans so I can fill one while another is baking. It reduces precious time when I don’t have to wait for a pan to cool in order to use it.
- Cuisinart 9-cup Food Processor – This beast handles the toughest of jobs. It grinds, mixes, chops, and shreds. I couldn’t live without it!
- Cupcake carrier will keep your cake from drying out at home or allow you to transport your goodies. It will also hold cake!
If you like this recipe I’d appreciate it if you would comment and leave a 5-star rating.
If you love cheesecake desserts as much as we do here are a few keepers for you!
- So Good Cheesecake Cookie Bars – Hostess At Heart
- Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirl Bars – Hostess At Heart
- Mini Lemon Cheesecakes with Berry Swirl – Kylee Cooks
- Key Lime Cheesecake Jars – Take Two Tapas
Decadent Chocolate Caramel Baileys Mini Cheesecakes
Ingredients
Crust
- 36 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 1/4 cup butter melted
Filling
- 16 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup Baileys with Caramel flavor liqueur
- Chocolate shavings for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 12 count muffin pan with muffin papers.
- Using a food processor, grind cookies into a crumb consistency. Add melted butter and process until the mixture resembles wet sand. Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon of mixture into the bottom of each cup and press evenly. (I used the end of my ice cream scoop)
- Bake for 5 minutes. Allow cheesecakes to cool completely.
- Using an electric mixer, blend cream cheese and sugar together for 3 minutes on medium. Add salt and eggs, one at a time, mixing between each addition. Add Baileys and mix until blended.
- Spoon filling on top of chocolate crumb crusts. Bake for 15 minutes or until cheesecakes still wiggles slightly.
- Allow cheesecakes to cool to room temperature and then garnish with chocolate shavings.
- Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Cover with plastic wrap if not serving right away.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
Most of the recipes that I have from my mom are written on the back of envelopes or bank deposit slips and usually in fading pencil. I’m not sure where my OC organization tendencies come from but I know where my daughter, the school teacher, got hers!
These look incredible! Can I serve them to kids do you think? tysm
These little tarts are so good! I wouldn’t give it to the kiddos so why not split the batter into adult and children tarts. Exchange the baileys with cream and a little mint extract?
Mini cheesecakes are my favorite dessert and these were the hit of our family get together!
Thank you! So easy any we love them too!
Love these little bites! Huge fan of Baileys. YUM!
Thank you, Steve! We love them too!
Very lush.
Been there and done that the whole writing recipe on back on the envolope and still do that
Thank you, Misbah! Some of those recipes don’t even have titles so please put the name of the recipes on your envelopes LOL!
I love ‘mini’ anything — especially when cheesecake is involved! So perfect for entertaining!
Thank you Michele! We really loved being able to just grab one. Too often it goes to waste because we can’t get through a whole cheesecake.
Mmm…these look wonderful! I’ve never tried the Baileys with caramel variety, but it sounds delicious. I’m so glad you didn’t make us wait until St. Patrick’s Day 2018 for these! Treats made with Baileys are welcome in my house any day of the year 🙂
Thank you Mara! I liked the small servings so I could snatch one here and there too.
So cute Mini Cheesecakes, these bite-sized treats are easier to manage for parties! I am sure they taste just as they look! Scrumptious!!
Thank you Hadia! I love small treats that people can help themselves and you’re right they’d be perfect for a party!
I’m drooling, and would like to have one.
Thank you Christine!
As if I didn’t already love Bailey’s enough! These look divine!
Thank you Ann! I’m a Baileys lover too. Unfortunately, it goes down to easy!
As if I didn’t already love Bailey’s enough! These look heavenly!
Wow! Every single word in the name of this recipe has me drooling and needing one of these!!!
Wow! Every single word in the name of this recipe has me drooling and needing one of these!!!
I am always attracted by cheesecakes, especially the creamy part. But it ís not good for my waist size 🙁
Thank you Vivian! My waistline doesn’t love them either but my taste buds sure do! Time to get to the Gym!
Julie, if these are bite sized do you suppose that the serving size could be ramped up to 2 or 3… LOl After all they are small but mighty delicious. I know exactly how you must have felt… You had the recipe somewhere. Photos on some drive somewhere in some folder named something else… The pure amount of data we need to keep and back up is overwhelming. Glad you found this delicious one. Pinning!
Thank you so much! It drove me crazy until I finally found it. I almost trashed the pics because every time I saw them I went nuts LOL!
Yum! I gain 10 pounds every time I visit your blog, Julie!
Thank you Patti! I’m getting a little fluffy from some of these recipes and need to start posting water recipes LOL!
LOL
Yum! They look divine 🙂
Thank you Pamela! You’re so darned sweet!
This is one liqueur I always have on hand and adds such great flavor to sweets. I have been collecting recipes for “mini cheesecakes” and I am adding this dessert to my recipe file. Looking forward to my next party as my desserts will be a hit 🙂
Thank you Judi! They are so easy to make and I can’t wait to see what you serve. I love using liqueurs in treats at get-togethers too.
Because these are minis, I can eat the whole batch and pretend that I didn’t eat an entire cheesecake, right?
Hahaha, I love the way your think Jeff. I can justify about anything I eat too!
My moms recipes are on scraps of paper too…. and usually with no instructions or qualities..I get it now, thats how some of mine are because I have made them so often I just “know” …. but when I was learning to make her recipes… it drove me nuts! These look great Julie! You had me at Bailey;s then with the caramel… made me swoon!
Thank you, Michele! Often these scraps don’t even have a title! My mother-in-law gave me her recipe box and the majority of them are typed! These little cheesecakes were a lot of fun to make and hard not to devour.
What a brilliant idea adding Baileys to the mixture. I make these mini cheesecakes with various toppings and tastes for carol my daughter. I think I will definitely be adding some boozey Baileys the next time
Thank you, Loretta! The booze was fun and delicious too. It would have been more timely in March but oh well, I’d eat them anytime.