Spiced Pumpkin "Cheesecakes" with Chocolate

Holiday desserts don't have to be fancy. When you have a casual get-together this season these bite sized cheesecake desserts on a cracker crust are the best choice!

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 min

Servings:

Makes 24 servings, 2 topped crackers each.

Ingredient list

1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
½ cup canned pumpkin
½ cup powdered sugar
¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
⅛ tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon juice
48 RITZ Crackers
¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
¼ cup white chocolate chips

Directions

Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add pumpkin, sugar, spices and lemon juice; mix well. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with large round tip.

Place crackers in single layer on parchment-covered rimmed baking sheet. Pipe about 1 heaping tsp. cream cheese mixture onto each cracker. Refrigerate 15 min.

Microwave semi-sweet chocolate chips in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec.; stir until completely melted. Spoon into small resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag; use to drizzle melted chocolate over cream cheese mixture. Repeat with melted white chocolate chips using separate plastic bag. Refrigerate 10 min. or until chocolate drizzles are firm.

Recipe Tips

Snack MindfullyTune in to your hunger and fullness cues. This can help you manage portions and become more aware of how much to eat.
VariationFor a fun variation that the kids are sure to love, sandwich about 2 tsp. cream cheese mixture between 2 RITZ Crackers. Repeat with remaining cream cheese mixture and crackers. Drizzle with melted semi-sweet and white chocolate chips as directed. Refrigerate 15 min. Makes 24 servings, 1 cracker sandwich each.
Make it EasyInstead of using the pastry bag to pipe the cream cheese mixture onto the crackers, and plastic bags to drizzle the melted chocolates onto the crackers, just spoon the cream cheese mixture onto the crackers. Refrigerate as directed. Use small spoons to drizzle the 2 melted chocolates over the cream cheese mixture.