Salted Caramel Mini Cheesecakes

These creamy cheesecakes can be refrigerated up to 24 hours before drizzling with caramel sauce and sprinkling with remaining salt. Refrigerate 1 hour as directed.

Yield: 24 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup Graham cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, divided*
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 1/2 (8 ounce) packages Philadelphia Cream Cheese (12 ounces), softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
12 Kraft Caramels
1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
Combine Graham crumbs, brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt and butter; press onto bottoms of 24 paper-lined mini muffin cups.
Beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add egg; beat just until blended. Spoon into muffin cups, adding about 1 tablespon cream cheese batter to each.
Bake for 15 minutes or until centers of cheesecakes are almost set. Cool completely.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Place caramels in small heatproof bowl. Add milk and 1/4 teaspoon of the remaining salt. Place over pan of boiling water, making sure boiling water does not touch bottom of bowl. Cook until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently.
Drizzle about 1 teaspoon caramel sauce over each cheesecake; sprinkle with remaining salt.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Notes

* Prepare using coarse sea salt, if desired.

Spicy Caramel Sauce: Stir 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne) into the prepared sauce before drizzling over cheesecakes.

Pumpkin Spice Caramel Sauce: Stir 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice into the prepared sauce before drizzling over cheesecakes.

Smoky Sweet Caramel Sauce: Stir 1/4 teaspoon smoked chili powder into the prepared sauce before drizzling over cheesecakes.

Chocolate-Caramel Sauce: Add 2 tablespoons milk chocolate chips to the caramels and milk before microwaving as directed.

White Chocolate-Caramel Sauce: Add 2 tablespoons white chocolate chips to the caramels and milk before microwaving as directed.

Nutrition

Per serving: Calories 110 Calories From Fat 0

% Daily Value* Total Fat 7g 9% Saturated Fat 4g 20% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 25mg 8% Sodium 140mg 6% Total Carbohydrates 11g 4% Dietary Fibers 0g Sugars 9g 18% Protein 2g 4% Vitamin A 6% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 2% Iron 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

* Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin and freshness of ingredients used.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Kraft Heinz Company