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    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Mini Cheesecake Pumpkins

    Published: Oct 5, '19 · Modified: Aug 16, '23 · By: Beth Klosterboer · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    These creamy Mini Cheesecake Pumpkins are a Halloween treat that will have your party guests lighting up with excitement! Each orange-colored bite-sized cheesecake can be served plain or decorated like a Jack-O-Lantern using mini chocolate chips.

    mini cheesecake pumpkins served plain or decorated to look like Jack-O-Lanterns with chocolate chip faces.

    Cheesecake just makes me happy and these little jack-o-lanterns with their chocolate chip smiles look happy to be cheesecakes too.

    Each little pumpkin has a delicious vanilla custard flavor and a smooth and creamy texture. Plus, they are super cute.

    They are decorated to look like pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns using colorful cheesecake filling and mini chocolate chips. They are easy to make using a silicone mold and they'll make a fun Halloween dessert.

    So, let's get baking!

    Halloween cheesecake pumpkins mini Jack-O-Lanterns on white square plates.

    Ingredients

    butter - to coat the inside of your pumpkin mold
    cream cheese - Use full-fat cream cheese for the best flavor. I don't recommend using low-fat or no-fat cream cheese for this recipe. Be sure to set it out to soften at least 3 hours before you plan to make the cheesecake filling.
    sugar
    heavy whipping cream - This will add a rich and creamy flavor and texture but it will also thin out the cheesecake filling so that it is easier to paint into the molds.
    eggs
    vanilla extract
    orange and green food coloring - You can use natural food coloring if you prefer.

    Supplies

    mixing bowl and hand-held mixer
    2 Mini Pumpkin Molds with 24 cavities in each
    2 baking sheets
    food use only paintbrush

    NOTE the silicone molds that I used to create my cheesecake pumpkins have been discontinued. I have included links below to some of the silicone pumpkin molds that will work for this recipe. I've also shared links to some fun cupcake wrappers.

    Instructions

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 

    Butter the inside of the pumpkin cavities in your silicone molds.

    Cheesecake filling in mixing bowl.

    Cheesecake Filling Recipe

    • Beat the cream cheese on low speed until creamy. Scrape down the bowl as you are mixing to make sure you have no lumps remaining in the bowl.
    • Add the sugar and beat on low speed until smooth and creamy.
    • Add the heavy whipping cream, eggs, and vanilla and beat just until combined.
    a bowl of green-colored cheesecake filling.

    Color cheesecake filling green.

    • Remove about 2 tablespoons of filling and color it green.
    • Color the remaining filling using orange food coloring.
    painting green cheesecake filling into the stem of the pumpkins in a silicone mold.

    Create Pumpkins using a silicone mold.

    • Paint the green filling into the stems of 40 cavities.
    • The filling is thick enough to stay in place nicely, but just to be safe, pop these filled molds into the freezer for 5 minutes before filling the mold with the orange cheesecake.
    a silicone pumpkin mold filled with colored cheesecake filling.

    Fill the mold with orange cheesecake filling.

    • Set silicone pumpkin mold on a baking sheet.
    • Fill the pumpkins with orange cheesecake filling. I filled a disposable pastry bag with the cheesecake filling and piped the orange filling into the molds.
    • Leave a small amount of room in each mold for the filling to expand while baking (about a 16th of an inch.)

    Bake.

    • Bake 12-14 mins until the tops look set but the cheesecake pumpkins are still jiggly.
    • Allow to cool for 30 minutes at room temperature, then place in the freezer for at least 1 hour. You can, at this point, wrap the mold well and store them in the freezer for up to several weeks.
    unmolding orange and green pumpkin cheesecakes from a silicone mold onto a silicone mat on a baking sheet.

    Unmold.

    • Remove the molds from the freezer, turn the mold upside down, and press the pumpkin cheesecakes out.
    • I set mine on a non-stick baking mat just to be sure they wouldn't stick later once they thawed. It will be easiest to move these now to a serving platter or dessert plates.
    mini orange pumpkin cheesecakes on a white plate.

    Storage

    • Store the mini cheesecake pumpkins in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or keep frozen for a few weeks.
    • Thaw frozen cheesecakes in the refrigerator for several hours.

    Before serving, decorate with mini chocolate chips, if desired. Simply press the chocolate chips into the cheesecakes creating jack-o-lantern faces.

    chocolate Halloween cupcakes stuffed with cheesecake pumpkins are frosted with chocolate ganache frosting with Halloween sprinkles on top

    You can even bake these pumpkin-shaped cheesecakes into these delicious Chocolate Cheesecake Stuffed Halloween Cupcakes

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    Recipe

    Originally Published on September 18, 2013. 

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    Mini Cheesecake Pumpkins
    Prep Time
    40 mins
    Cook Time
    12 mins
     

    Cute little creamy pumpkin-shaped cheesecakes that are decorated using colored cheesecake filling.

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: cheesecake
    Servings: 40
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • butter to coat the inside of your pumpkin molds
    • 16 ounces cream cheese softened (do not use low fat or no-fat cream cheese)
    • ⅔ cup sugar
    • ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • orange and green food coloring - you can use natural food coloring if you prefer
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter the cavities in your pumpkin molds.
    2. Beat the cream cheese on low speed until creamy. Scrape down the bowl as you are mixing to make sure you have no lumps remaining in the bowl. Add the sugar and beat on low speed until smooth and creamy. Add the heavy whipping cream, eggs, and vanilla and beat just until combined.

    3. Add the sugar and beat on low speed until smooth and creamy. Add the heavy whipping cream, eggs, and vanilla and beat just until combined.

    4. Remove about 2 tablespoons of filling and color it green.
    5. Color the remaining filling using orange food coloring.
    6. Paint the green filling into the stems of 40 cavities.
    7. The filling is pretty thick and should stay in place nicely, but just to be safe, pop these filled molds into the freezer for 5 minutes before filling with the orange cheesecake.
    8. Set silicone pumpkin mold on a baking sheet.
    9. Fill the pumpkins with orange cheesecake filling.
    10. Leave a small amount of room in each mold for the filling to expand while baking (about a 16th of an inch.)
    11. Bake 12-14 mins until the tops look set but the cheesecake pumpkins are still jiggly.
    12. Allow to cool for 30 minutes at room temperature, then place in the freezer for at least 1 hour.
    13. Remove the molds from the freezer, turn the mold upside down and press the pumpkin cheesecakes out.
    14. Store the mini cheesecake pumpkins in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or keep frozen for a few weeks.
    15. Before serving, decorate with mini chocolate chips, if desired. Simply press the chocolate chips into the cheesecakes creating jack-o-lantern faces.

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    1. Sharon Schroeter

      October 14, 2018 at 12:10 pm

      Hi Beth,
      I love these cute pumpkin cheesecakes Where did you get the molds? I can't find them on Amazon or anywhere else/
      Keep up the good work--so fun!!
      Sharon

      Reply
      • Beth

        October 14, 2018 at 4:09 pm

        Thanks! I used a Wilton mold which has sadly been discontinued, but they do have a new mold (although it is smaller and has fewer pumpkin cavities per mold). You can find them on amazon here https://amzn.to/2CggoHx

        Reply
    2. Yasmin

      October 14, 2017 at 5:31 pm

      Is there a way to add some actual (canned) pumpkin without messing up the texture? Should I add less of something else?

      Reply
      • Beth

        October 15, 2017 at 8:49 am

        I created a pumpkin cheesecake for Tablespoon.com. It would work great for this. You can find the recipe here - https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/painted-chocolate-pumpkin-cheesecake/309b5785-165f-4aec-a80f-e7df9d2adfde

        Reply
    3. Danielle S.

      October 25, 2014 at 10:06 pm

      I just made these after dying to try them ever since I first saw this page 🙂 They taste amazing and look so sweet! I'm taking a whole tray to a Halloween party this evening.. 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        October 26, 2014 at 1:31 pm

        I'm so happy to hear you made these pumpkins and hope they are a huge hit at the party.

        Reply
    4. Nicolee Stewart

      November 19, 2013 at 6:03 pm

      AWESOME! I've really wanted to make your cupcakes with these, but haven't found a way. I'm going to add peanut butter extract to t he cheesecake and make a peanut butter frosting! Thank you for your help!

      Reply
      • beth

        November 19, 2013 at 6:11 pm

        I'd love it if you let me know how this works for you. Good luck. Sounds yummy! I love peanut butter:)

        Reply
    5. Nicolee Stewart

      November 19, 2013 at 4:27 pm

      Is there a way to make these without a silicone mold. I cannot for the life of me find a mold in any of the stores here..

      Reply
      • beth

        November 19, 2013 at 4:35 pm

        I haven't done this, but you could line a 9x13 baking pan with non-stick tin foil. Pour in the batter then bake in a water bath. Set the pan inside a larger pan, add some boiling water, being sure it doesn't get into the cake pan. I really can't give you an exact time, but would estimate it will take about 30 minutes. Cool completely, then freeze for an hour or so. Cut using a small pumpkin cookie cutter. I think that will work. Let me know if you give it a try.

        Reply
      • beth

        November 30, 2013 at 1:10 pm

        Hi Nicolee,

        I just finished making a Christmas version of these. I made green cheesecake Christmas trees to stuff inside cupcakes. I didn't have a mold, so I poured the cheesecake into a non-stick tin foil lined 9x13 pan. I baked it in a water bath and it only took 18 minutes to cook. I cooled the cheesecake for 30 minutes then froze it for a few hours. I lifted the cheesecake out of the pan then used a tiny cutter to cut out the Christmas trees. It worked quite well.

        The recipe is now available at Tablespoon.com and the tutorial with step-by-step pictures will be available there on December 10th. You can see one picture of the finished Cheesecake Stuffed Christmas Tree Cupcakes, here - > http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/cheesecake-stuffed-christmas-tree-cupcakes/3e2d43d7-ec9b-46b9-b30c-a407bf2a5cfd?src=SH

        Reply
    6. Elettra

      November 09, 2013 at 2:12 pm

      Hi Beth,
      thank you for your answer 🙂
      Yes, I was able to bake them (it was quite adventurous 😉 ) but I had my problems to press the pumpkins out of the mold because some of them fell to pieces.
      And I guess you are right because I used a mixture of light and full fat cream cheese.
      Nevertheless, the cupcakes were soooo delicious 🙂
      And next time I will use the full fat cream cheese 😉

      Reply
      • beth

        November 09, 2013 at 2:29 pm

        Hi Elettra,

        I just added a comment in the ingredients list to avoid the low fat or no fat cream cheese. Sorry I hadn't done that before you made them. I'm just happy some of them turned out nicely and you loved the flavor!

        Reply
    7. Elettra

      November 08, 2013 at 12:46 pm

      Hi Beth,
      last week I made your chocolate cupcakes with the cheesecake pumpkins. First of all - best chocolate cupcake recipe ever! 🙂
      But I had my difficulties with the pumpkins...I didn't get them thick at all! The mixture was too liquid and even after adding more creamcheese...no improvement 🙁
      Do you have an idea what I did wrong?
      Regards from Germany,
      Elettra

      Reply
      • beth

        November 08, 2013 at 2:34 pm

        Hi Elettra,

        I'm so happy you made these, and I agree the chocolate cupcakes are amazing. As far as the cheese cake, my only guess is that the cream cheese you used has more water or whey in it than what I used. I have discovered recently that if you don't use full fat cream cheese the cheesecake mixture will be much thinner. So, if you used a light or no-fat version the mixture will be thin. I'm not familiar with cream cheese in Germany, unfortunate. I will be visiting there this summer, and may have an opportunity to try some, though! The liquid nature of the cheesecake mixture shouldn't have been a problem once it was baked, but I'm sure it made it difficult to paint on the stems. Where you able to bake them?

        Reply
    8. Renata McDonald

      October 30, 2013 at 1:36 pm

      Just made them last nite and they're great 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        October 30, 2013 at 1:54 pm

        Hi Renata,

        I'm so happy to hear you made these and like them. If you snapped any pictures, I'd love to share them in my Reader's Gallery. You can send them to beth@hungryhappenings.com. Have a great Halloween:)

        Reply
    9. Crystal

      September 26, 2013 at 8:58 pm

      Thanks for sharing these cute treats at my weekly linky party at Crystal & Comp. I just pinned it as well and shared with my facebook page. 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        September 27, 2013 at 2:00 am

        Thank you, Crystal. I appreciate you sharing this recipe with your readers. Have a wonderful weekend:)

        Reply
    10. Jenn Kurkiewicz

      September 23, 2013 at 5:04 pm

      WOW! These are so cute, I will have to make these for our upcoming Halloween Party! I am so glad I found you at the Made By You party!

      ~ Jenn

      Reply
    11. Amberly Steele

      September 23, 2013 at 1:11 pm

      These look so yummy and they are super cute too!

      Reply
    12. Sarah Vanderkooy

      September 23, 2013 at 1:43 am

      These are adorable! Love the links to your other holiday inspired cheesecakes too. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    13. Anonymous

      September 21, 2013 at 1:58 pm

      Plan to make these for my kindergarten class as we do the senses. I will let them make their faces. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • beth

        September 21, 2013 at 7:50 pm

        Sounds like fun, I hope the kids enjoy them.

        Reply
    14. The Bearfoot Baker

      September 19, 2013 at 12:39 pm

      These have to be the cutest pumpkin cheesecakes ever!!

      Reply
      • beth

        September 21, 2013 at 7:55 pm

        Thank you:)

        Reply
    15. The Partiologist

      September 19, 2013 at 12:10 pm

      Always love seeing your cheesecake projects! I have that pumpkin mold so maybe
      just maybe I'll have time to make some! 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        September 21, 2013 at 7:55 pm

        I love using the silicone molds for cheesecakes. They are really so easy to make!

        Reply
    16. Engagement Rings

      September 19, 2013 at 10:22 am

      ummm.. Amazingly simple and cute cheesecakes. I am craving for them right now, but I know I won't get anything like that in my local bakery stores.

      Reply
      • beth

        September 21, 2013 at 7:54 pm

        I'd share some with you! They are really tasty:)

        Reply
    17. Hani/Hanielas

      September 18, 2013 at 10:35 pm

      These are so cute! You are the master of molded cheesecakes!

      Reply
      • beth

        September 21, 2013 at 7:54 pm

        Thanks, Hani. I do love making and eating cheesecake:)

        Reply
    18. Meme @ Living Well Kitchen

      September 18, 2013 at 5:48 pm

      These are so adorable!! I need one of those pumpkin molds
      Can't wait to see what your surprise is tomorrow 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        September 21, 2013 at 7:53 pm

        Thanks. I love using silicone molds. I highly recommend adding some to your kitchen collection.

        Reply
    19. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff

      September 18, 2013 at 2:12 pm

      I like the face options ... faces for Halloween ... plain pumpkins for Thanksgiving! Smart idea 😉

      Reply
      • beth

        September 21, 2013 at 7:52 pm

        Thanks, Brenda:)

        Reply

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