Chocolate Petite Cheesecakes

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 3/4 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs, about 12 2 x 5 "cracker
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 4 eggs
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 3/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 line a muffin pan with aluminum foil muffin cups.
• 2 to make crust, mix graham cracker crumbs, butter, and sugar in a bowl.
• 3 press a tablespoonful of mixture into bottom of each muffin cup.
• 4 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 5 for filling, beat cream cheese in a bowl until fluffy.
• 6 beat in sugar gradually.
• 7 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 8 beat in melted chocolate chips.
• 9 add whipping cream and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• 10 spoon about 1/4 cup filling over crust in each muffin cup.
• 11 bake 18 to 22 minutes or until centers are set.
• 12 cool in muffin pan.
• 13 remove cheesecakes from pan; chill overnight.
• 14 to serve, spoon 1 tablespoon pie filling in center of each cheesecake.