Your guests will delight in the “you can’t pop just one” decadence of Cinnamon Sugar Cheesecake Bombs! They are perfect to serve at your next party!
As much as I love cake, I will never be able to leave cheesecake for it. Cheesecake has been my birthday “cake” of choice so many times through out the years. While I L-O-V-E cheesecake, it’s not the most party friendly food. It’s hard to walk around and mingle with a slice of cheesecake and a fork and a drink. Sure there are usually tables, but that feels like sitting down to have dessert after dinner…not party food. Let’s turn cheesecake on it head!
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Leave it to me to find a way to make cheesecake carb-a-rific. These little cheesecake balls are wrapped in homemade pizza dough, for stability, and then rolled in cinnamon sugar for a sweet holiday party treat you just can’t resist. I’m not kidding. I ate one for “taste testing” purposes, and immediately another one was in my hand. They take a few bites to eat, but they are D-AN-G-E-R-O-U-S my friends. In the best possible way.
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Cinnamon Sugar Cheesecake Bombs
Ingredients
- ½ recipe Homemade Pizza Dough or store-bought dough
Cheesecake:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
Garnish:
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Chocolate sauce or chocolate whipped cream optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a mini muffin tin (24 cups) with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese, egg, sour cream, and 3 tablespoons sugar until smooth. Portion 1 tablespoon of the cheesecake mixture into each of the mini muffin tins.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until just beginning to set. Remove from oven and cool completely.
- Run a spoon around each muffin tin, and remove cheesecake. Roll each mini cheesecake into a ball and set back in it's tin until you're ready to stuff the dough.
- Portion pizza dough into 24 pieces, and roll each piece of dough into a ball. Flatten one dough ball into a disc. Place a cheesecake ball in the center of the dough, and then pinch the dough closed around the cheesecake to form a ball. Make sure all the seams are sealed. Repeat with remaining pizza dough and cheesecake.
- In a small bowl, mix together cinnamon and sugar. Roll each dough ball in the cinnamon-sugar until well coated. Place the dough ball onto a Sil-Pat or parchment paper lined baking sheet, spacing the dough balls about 1-inch apart.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until dough has cooked through and cinnamon-sugar forms a light crust. Remove from the oven and let sit for at least 5 minutes before serving. The filling will be hot!
- Serve warm or at room temperature. Our boys like to dip their bombs in chocolate sauce, and I like them dipped in chocolate whipped cream.
Notes
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
Delphine Long says
what would happen if you put the cream cheese mixture inside the dough and baked it at the same time? Have you tried that? Also could you use something like Crescent rolls or canned biscuits or any other ready made dough or bread. just asking, I am always looking for a shortcut, as long as it works!!!
Julie says
You know, I’ve never put the cheesecake mix in while they baked. I’ll have to try that sometime. If you, I’d love to know how it comes out! Biscuit dough would work just fine (or even pisbury ready made pizza dough). Crescent dough would be delicious, but flaky and a bit more messy once cooked (see: flaky happiness) – so that one’s your call. 🙂
Rachel says
i bought 1 pound pizza dough from pizza shoppe. Will I need all of it or more?
Julie says
Did they say it’s enough for one medium sized pizza, or more? I don’t know the amount by weigh, just by the recipe! When I buy pre-made dough at my local pizza place, it’s usually enough for one batch.