I tweaked this recipe from The 30-Day Low Carb Diet Solution book by the Drs. Eades.
I found the cheesecake to be very creamy and quite good; the crust was the best ever. My high-carb loving Handyman didn’t agree, which was fine by me. I got to eat the whole thing all by myself and didn’t have to worry about even my kids getting into it. Yeah! It lasted a week so I was glad to have dessert ready for when I had those sweet cravings which is most of the time.
The recipe calls for individual cupcake cheesecakes, but I baked it in a pie dish as my springform pan wasn’t handy at the time. The original recipe is at the bottom of the page. Forgive the cruddy photo.
Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Crust:
1 cup very finely chopped pecans
3 packets Splenda
2 T butter, melted
1 tsp. cinnamon
Cheesecake:
2 large eggs, beaten
16 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup Splenda (granular) or other sweetener blend
1 tsp vanilla
3 T semi-sweet mini choc chips or
chopped up SF chocolate bar
Place the finely ground pecans, 2 pks of Splenda, the butter and
cinnamon in a food processor and combine thoroughly. Press the crust mixture in a springform pan or a pie dish. Bake for 10 minutes and then cool.
Place the eggs, granular Splenda, cream cheese and vanilla into a mixer and blend until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour the cheesecake mixture into the crust and bake for 35-50 minutes at 350º or until it looks like it is set or kinda firm in the middle . Cool in the oven for
a few hours. Refrigerate overnight.
ORIGINAL RECIPE:
Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes
8 T finely chopped pecans
2 packets Splenda
1 T butter, melted
1 large egg, beaten
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup Splenda (granular)
1/4 tsp vanilla
2 T semi-sweet mini choc chips
Place the nuts, 2 pks of Splenda and the butter in
a small bowl and combine thoroughly. Line the
wells of a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners
and distribute the nut mixture evenly, about 2 tsp
per well.
Place the egg, granular Splenda, cream cheese
and vanilla into a mixing bowl and blend until
smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips. Divide the
mixture evenly among the 12 cups. Bake for 15
minutes at 350º . Cool and refrigerate for at least
one hour.
