These adorably cute Jack Skellington Halloween Cheesecakes are fun to make and easy to decorate with melted chocolate. They are incredibly creamy and spookalicious mini cheesecakes with Oreo cookie crusts that everyone will love to eat and create.
Want more hauntingly cool Halloween treats? Then try our Halloween Platter Ideas (Jack is there too), Mummy Rice Krispie Treats, Easy Bat Peanut Butter Cups, or Witch’s Fingers.
The Jack Skellington face made with melted chocolate gives the cheesecakes a quirky and creepy look which is perfect for a Halloween dessert and a Halloween party!
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What is in Jack Skellington Cheesecakes?
This delightful little cheesecake recipe uses very simple ingredients and celebrates the delicious flavor of chocolate on the bottom and the top of these little treats. No need for even a springform pan; just a muffin tin works great.
Ingredients
Crust / Base:
Oreo cookies
Unsalted Butter
Cheesecake filling:
Full-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
Granulated sugar
Eggs
Vanilla extract
Greek Yogurt or Sour Cream
For decor:
Melted dark chocolate chips
Canola or coconut oil
How to Make Mini Halloween Cheesecakes
Preheat the oven to 350 F / 180 C, line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and keep aside.
Place the Oreos in a food processor and blitz till you get a sand-like texture. Take it out in a large bowl.
Melt the butter in the microwave and add to it the Oreo crumb; mix well.
Now, spoon around 2 tbsp of wet Oreo crumbs into the prepared muffin tin and press down evenly with the help of the back of a spoon or your fingers. Keep aside.
Take a large bowl and beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract using a hand mixer till they are free of lumps and the mixture becomes smooth. It is important to have your cream cheese at room temperature to get a smooth consistency.
Next, add the egg, followed by Greek yogurt, and beat well until all the ingredients are well combined.
Pour the cheesecake batter over the prepared individual crust cups till almost full and bake for 15-16 min. The center would be slightly wobbly, but it should not look wet. Remove from the oven immediately and let them cool in the pan for about 20 min, and then refrigerate them for 2 hours before decorating.
How To Decorate a Cheesecake for Halloween?
To decorate:
Once chilled, lift the cheesecakes carefully from the pan. You can remove the liners or keep them on if you like.
Melt the chocolate chips with 1 tsp of canola oil in the microwave at 20-second intervals, stirring properly after each interval and reheating as necessary.
Fill up the piping bag with the melted chocolate fitted with a small round tip nozzle or just cut off the corner and decorate as mentioned!
First, pipe two eyes on the upper part near the edges. Next, pipe two nostrils in the middle of the cheesecake and below the eyes; lastly, pipe a huge smile on the lower part and add vertical stitches all over it.
Note – Make a variety of faces (for e.g. – add eyebrows) as I have done for a more distinct look. The faces don’t have to be perfect!
- Serve and enjoy!!
NOTES:
HALLOWEEN JACK SKELLINGTON CHEESECAKES will remain fresh for about 4-5 days when stored in an airtight container in the fridge. You can also freeze them for around 2 months.
You don’t necessarily have to set up a water bath or pan of water to bake these cheesecakes; just make sure you don’t over-bake them.
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Jack Skellington Halloween Cheesecakes
Ingredients
Crust / Base:
- 24 whole Oreo cookies
- 5 tbsp Unsalted butter
Cheesecake filling:
- 8 ounces full-fat cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt at room temperature
For decor:
- 1/3 cup melted dark chocolate chips
- 1 tsp. canola or coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F / 180 C, line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and keep aside.
- Place the Oreos in a food processor and blitz till you get a sand-like texture. Remove and set into a large bowl.
- Melt the butter in the microwave and add to it the Oreo crumb; mix well.
- Now, spoon around 2 tbsp of wet Oreo crumbs into the prepared muffin tin and press down evenly with the help of the back of a spoon or your fingers. Keep aside.
- Take a large bowl and beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract using a hand mixer till they are free of lumps and the mixture becomes smooth.
- Next, add the egg, followed by Greek yogurt, and beat well until all the ingredients are combined well.
- Pour the cheesecake batter over the prepared individual crust cups till almost full and bake for 15-16 min. The center would be slightly wobbly, but it should not look wet. Remove from the oven immediately and let them cool in the pan for about 20 min, and then refrigerate them for 2 hours before decorating.
To decorate:
- Once chilled, lift the cheesecakes carefully from the pan. You can remove the liners or keep them on if you like.
- Melt the chocolate chips with 1 tsp of oil in the microwave at 20-second intervals, stirring properly after each interval and reheating as necessary.
- Fill up the piping bag with the melted chocolate fitted with a small round tip nozzle or just cut off the corner and decorate as mentioned!
- First, pipe two eyes on the upper part near the edges. Next, pipe two nostrils in the middle of the cheesecake and below the eyes; lastly, pipe a huge smile on the lower part and add vertical stitches all over it. Serve and enjoy!!
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