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57 minutes
4.69 from 63 votes
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Matcha Mini Cheesecakes

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by: Joanna Cismaru
10.03.20

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Matcha Mini Cheesecakes with White Chocolate Covered Strawberries – creamy and delicious and full of that great green tea flavor. These little bites of cheesecake are totally yummy and completely addicting!

3 Matcha Mini Cheesecakes topped with white chocolate strawberries on a white plate

What we have here are a dozen Matcha mini cheesecakes with an Oreo cookie crust and white chocolate covered strawberries, which I finally drizzled with some chocolate ganache. Well that’s a mouthful, no pun intended!

Don’t be scared to whip up some of these chocolate covered strawberries. They’re way easier to make than you may think, all we have to do is melt down some white chocolate chips, dip it in, and plunk it down on our cheesecakes. That white chocolate will add some great sweetness to our dessert!

What Is Matcha?

Matcha is a high grade green tea that is from Japan. They take high quality green tea leaves and grind them into fine, bright green powder that is then whisked with boiled water. If you’re familiar with green tea lattes at your local coffee shop, then you’ve had matcha!

Did you know that matcha packs the nutritional benefits of 10 cups of green tea?! It’s full of antioxidants, rich in vitamins and chlorophyll, and also gives you a great caffeine boost. I highly recommend just picking up some of this stuff, it’ll change your mornings for the better!

mini cheesecake pan with crushed oreo cookie crust

Ingredients

Detailed instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page.

Crust

  • Oreos – You can either crush up whole Oreo cookies or use boxed Oreo crust, look for it in the baking aisle.
  • Butter – Unsalted as we need to control the sodium content of our dish.

Cheesecakes

  • Cream cheese – Ideally you want something that is full fat and softened to room temperature. I’ve included a section below if you’re wondering what cream cheese I use for cheesecakes.
  • Sugar – Granulated white sugar for a crisp clean sweetness to our dessert.
  • Eggs – Be sure to keep your eggs at room temperature before incorporating!
  • Matcha – This green tea powder can be found at local specialty teas shops, health food stores, or even some grocery stores. Just be wary of any flavored matcha, they sometimes contain additional sugar.
  • Vanilla – This ingredient is a secret little flavor weapon that helps enhance the flavors in our cheesecakes. I used extract today to make things easy!

Strawberries

  • Strawberries – Keep the stems and leaves on! It’ll ensure we have a little handle for dipping.
  • White chocolate – We’re using white chocolate chips today to form that perfect little chocolate shell over our strawberries.

Chocolate ganache

  • Cream – Heavy cream, some very full fat cream is important for the base of the ganache!
  • Chocolate – Semi sweet chips, melted to and drizzled over top at the end.
a mixer bowl with matcha cheesecake batter

How To Make Matcha Mini Cheesecakes

  1. Preheat oven: To 350 F degrees.
  2. Bake the crust: In a bowl mix together the Oreo cookie crumbs with the butter. Divide the mixture equally into each cup in the pan and press down. Bake for 7 minutes. Reduce heat to 300 F degrees.
  3. Form the filling: Add the cream cheese and sugar to the bowl of your mixer and mix until smooth for about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and continue mixing. Add matcha green tea powder and vanilla extract and mix until fully incorporated. Do not over mix.
  4. Assemble the cheesecakes: Spoon cheesecake batter into each cup and fill to the top. There should be enough batter for all 12 cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Refrigerate cheesecake for a couple hours.
  5. Make the chocolate covered strawberries: Place the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and melt it in the microwave in 30 second intervals. After each 30 seconds stir the chocolate. Mine took about 1 min and 30 seconds to melt. Dip each strawberry in the white chocolate and carefully place over top of each cheesecake.
  6. Finish the cheesecakes: In a small saucepan add the heavy cream, chocolate chips and cook it over a double boiler over boiling water until smooth and warm. You will need to stir occasionally, this won’t take long to make, under 5 minutes. Let cool completely. Drizzle some chocolate ganache over strawberries. (This step is optional)
before an after baking matcha mini cheesecakes in a mini cheesecake pan

Tips For Making Cheesecake Bites

  1. If you don’t have a mini cheesecake pan, muffin or cupcake pans can be used instead. Just be mindful that the crust and cheesecake may need longer to bake. A 9 x 13 inch baking pan also works if you prefer to make a whole cake rather than bites, however, it will take longer to bake, about 45 minutes.
  2. Gluten free flour can be used in the crust to make this dessert gluten free.
  3. Always use ingredients that are at room temperature. Especially when it comes to the cream cheese. If your cream cheese is at room temperature, it’s a lot easier to mix and won’t leave lumps.

What’s The Best Cream Cheese To Use For Cheesecake

I prefer using Philadelphia cream cheese because it always makes a super silky cheesecake. However, if you can’t find the Philadelphia brand, use a cream cheese that is full fat for best results.

Find Your Mini Cheesecakes Keep Cracking?

My little cheesecakes cracked, all but one, mostly because I probably over mixed the cheesecake ingredients and too much air got in, so don’t overmix. Even if yours do crack, I wouldn’t worry about it too much, we’re going to cover the top with a decadent little chocolate covered strawberry. Nobody will see the cracks, so don’t stress over it.

Matcha Mini Cheesecake topped with white chocolate covered strawberry on a white plate

Storing Cheesecake

This recipe made enough crust and cheesecake mixture for 6 additional mini matcha cheesecakes. As I didn’t have another mini cake pan on hand I just popped each mixture separately into the fridge till I was ready to make more.

Cooked cheesecake also freezes really well, just place the cakes fully cooled and uncovered on a pan in the freezer and allow to freeze entirely. Remove them and wrap fully in plastic wrap and aluminum foil till ready to eat. This method should ensure the cheesecake lasts 3 months.

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matcha mini cheesecakes with white chocolate covered strawberries

Matcha Mini Cheesecakes with White Chocolate Covered Strawberries

4.69 from 63 votes
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 27 mins
Total: 57 mins
Author: Joanna Cismaru
Serves: 12
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Matcha Mini Cheesecakes with White Chocolate Covered Strawberries – creamy and delicious and full of that great green tea flavor. These little bites of cheesecake are totally yummy and completely addicting!

Equipment

  • Mini Cheesecake Pan

Ingredients

For Crust

  • 1 cup Oreo cookies crushed, 4.8 oz or 135 g
  • 2 tablespoon butter unsalted, melted

For Cheesecake

  • 16 ounce cream cheese 2 pkg, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoon matcha green tea powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For Strawberries

  • 12 strawberries with stems on
  • 1 cup chocolate chips white

Chocolate Ganache

  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 4 ounce semisweet chocolate chips
US Customary – Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
  • In a bowl mix together the oreo cookie crumbs with the butter. Divide the mixture equally into each cup in the pan and press down. Bake for 7 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to 300 F degrees.
  • Add the cream cheese and sugar to the bowl of your mixer and mix until smooth for about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and continue mixing. Add matcha green tea powder and vanilla extract and mix until fully incorporated. Do not over mix.
  • Spoon cheesecake batter into each cup and fill to the top. There should be enough batter for all 12 cups.
  • Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Refrigerate cheesecake for a couple hours.
  • Place the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and melt it in the microwave in 30 second intervals. After each 30 seconds stir the chocolate. Mine took about 1 min and 30 seconds to melt. Dip each strawberry in the white chocolate and carefully place over top of each cheesecake.
  • In a small sauce pan add the heavy cream, chocolate chips and cook it over a double boiler over boiling water until smooth and warm. You will need to stir occasionally, this won’t take long to make, under 5 minutes. Let cool completely. Drizzle some chocolate ganache over strawberries. (This step is optional)

Recipe Notes

  1. To freeze, place the cakes, fully cooled and uncovered, on a pan in the freezer and allow to freeze entirely. Remove them and wrap fully in plastic wrap and aluminum foil till ready to eat. This method should ensure the cheesecake lasts 3 months.
  2. Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 1cheesecakeCalories: 374kcal (19%)Carbohydrates: 39g (13%)Protein: 8g (16%)Fat: 21g (32%)Saturated Fat: 12g (75%)Cholesterol: 63mg (21%)Sodium: 266mg (12%)Potassium: 251mg (7%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 32g (36%)Vitamin A: 515IU (10%)Vitamin C: 7mg (8%)Calcium: 104mg (10%)Iron: 2mg (11%)
Course:cake, Dessert
Cuisine:American
Keyword:cheesecake, matcha mini cheesecakes, mini cheesecakes
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  1. Mary says

    January 13, 2021 at 10:04 am

    Can I use a different base than oreo?

    Reply
    • Jo Cooks Team says

      January 13, 2021 at 10:14 am

      Absolutely! You can use your preference 🙂

      Reply
  2. Keely says

    August 26, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    4 stars
    Excited to try match in a cheesecake! I do layered cakes with a cheesecake layer in the middle so my next one will be devils food cake and matcha cheesecake with chocolate frosting as to bind the layers and cream cheese frosting with raspberry compote. ***oh! And don’t pull your cheesecake out of the oven too soon! That’s why they crack. Let it set for 30min to an hr depending on the size of your pan

    Reply
  3. Florence says

    August 12, 2020 at 8:06 am

    If I want to bake this in a 8″ round cake tin, is the recipe the same?
    You did mention the baking time should be 45 minutes instead but I’m wondering if its the same amount of ingredients
    Thanks

    Reply
    • jo says

      August 12, 2020 at 2:42 pm

      It might take about an hour to bake. To check if the cake is done, shake the pan and the cake should pretty much be set, except for the center which should still jiggle slightly.

      Reply
  4. Kathy says

    June 12, 2020 at 6:09 am

    5 stars
    Thank you for the recipe! my family loves it so
    much.

    Reply
  5. Christal says

    June 2, 2020 at 5:28 pm

    Did you grease the pan or is it enough from the cream cheese in the cheesecake to not stick?

    Reply
    • jo says

      June 3, 2020 at 11:41 am

      You don’t need to grease them, I didn’t grease mine and they didn’t stick.

      Reply
  6. J. Knight says

    March 11, 2020 at 5:28 am

    Thanks for sharing!! Can you tell me what matcha tea you used? I’m not seeing the link in your post.

    Thanks so much!

    Jacqueline.

    Reply
    • Jo Cooks Team says

      March 11, 2020 at 10:39 am

      Any regular matcha will work! I don’t recall exactly which brand we used.

      Reply
  7. Rachel says

    February 10, 2020 at 7:20 pm

    Possible if the recipe is cut into half , for 6 mini cakes instead ?

    Reply
    • Jo Cooks Team says

      February 11, 2020 at 10:09 am

      For sure!

      Reply
  8. Marinela says

    September 7, 2019 at 10:19 am

    5 stars
    Hello Jo,
    I have tried your recipe, it looks fabulous and taste so good.
    Thank you very much! 😀

    Reply
  9. Sarah says

    May 3, 2019 at 9:58 am

    Is it possible to use a standard cupcake pan for this recipe?

    Reply
    • Nicole Beaulieu says

      May 3, 2019 at 12:36 pm

      Yes you can! The cheesecakes will be a bit bigger in a muffin tin so you’ll yield less and may have to bake them longer.

      Reply
  10. Kath says

    February 24, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    Hi! I just want to confirm something; 2 pkg means 2 pkgs of cream cheese 16oz EACH? So that will be 32oz?

    TIA! 😄😄😄

    Reply
    • Joanna Cismaru says

      February 24, 2019 at 2:20 pm

      No, a pkg is 8 oz, so 16 oz – 2 packages. 🙂 You only need 16 oz of cream cheese in total. 🙂

      Reply
      • Sharon says

        June 27, 2020 at 2:45 am

        Ohhh. That means I used double the amount of cream cheese.

  11. anaimal jam says

    July 28, 2018 at 1:04 am

    5 stars
    These mini cheesecakes look so good~~ Wow! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

    Reply
  12. Nikki says

    July 10, 2018 at 6:10 pm

    If I were to use a standard spring form pan, how long would you recomended I bake it?

    Also, do you have metric conversions for this?

    Reply
    • Nicole Beaulieu says

      July 11, 2018 at 9:54 am

      We’re just in the process of adding metric conversions to all the recipes- I’ve updated it now, you can convert to metric in the recipe card 🙂 I would bake this at 350F for 30-40 mintutes.

      Reply
  13. v-bucks says

    June 7, 2018 at 12:55 am

    5 stars
    Your pan looks awesome. I need one like that!

    Reply
    • Nicole Beaulieu says

      June 7, 2018 at 10:37 am

      It’s from Amazon! You can get it here.

      Reply
  14. html color says

    March 12, 2018 at 3:56 am

    5 stars
    These mini cheesecakes look so good~~ Wow! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

    Reply
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