Description
Creamy no-bake pumpkin cheesecake cups made with just three ingredients: pumpkin puree, cream cheese, and graham crackers, layered in individual cups and chilled.
Ingredients
1 can (15 ounces / about 1 7/8 cups) pure pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
6 ounces (170 g) cream cheese, at room temperature
2 graham crackers (1 sheet), broken into 1-inch pieces
Optional flavor boosters, not counted in the three ingredients: 1 to 2 tablespoons maple syrup, 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Make sure the cream cheese is fully softened at room temperature. Set out 8 small cups, jars, or ramekins.
2. In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese with a mixer or sturdy whisk until completely smooth and creamy.
3. Add the pumpkin puree and beat or whisk until smooth and evenly combined. If you like, stir in the optional maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla and taste.
4. Spoon the pumpkin cheesecake mixture evenly into the cups.
5. Chill the cups in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, until cold and set.
6. Just before serving, top each cup with the broken graham cracker pieces.
Notes
Adapted from the Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Cups by Cookie and Kate, which a recipe listing describes as 3 ingredients, 30 minutes, and 8 cups: 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree, 2 graham crackers (1 sheet), and 6 ounces cream cheese at room temperature. Those three amounts, the 8-cup yield, and the use of plain puree (not pie filling) follow that listing. The listing did not show a sweetener or spices, so the optional flavor boosters are my own suggestion and are not counted as ingredients. The method steps, the 30-minute minimum chill, and the nutrition estimate are estimates, and the recipe has not been tested.
Use plain pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.
Cream cheese must be fully softened or the cups will be lumpy.
Add the graham cracker pieces right before serving so they stay crunchy.
Nutrition is an approximate estimate per cup (8 cups), without the optional flavor boosters.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes (30 minutes chilling)
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 98
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 68mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 23mg