Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookie Cups
Gingerbread Cookie Cups are the ultimate Christmas dessert recipe you’ll want to bake, share, and savor this season.
Baked in a mini muffin tin so they form little cup shapes, the cookies are soft and chewy with the warm, spiced flavor you’d expect from gingerbread—think molasses, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
They’re bite-sized, easy to serve at parties, and make a playful, edible container for holiday flavors that bring warmth and cheer to any occasion.
How to Make Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookies
- Prepare a spiced gingerbread dough with butter, sugar, molasses, and warm spices, then chill and bake it in a mini muffin tin to form cookie cups. The cold dough is easier to shape and helps the cookie cups keep their form while baking.
- While the cups cool, whip together a creamy cheesecake filling made with cream cheese, sugars, vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger.
- Pipe or spoon the filling into the cooled cups, garnish with festive toppings like mini gingerbread men cookies, and chill before serving.
These taste even better after chilling for a few hours or overnight, so they’re perfect for prepping before a holiday party.
Yes! Freeze them (without filling) in an airtight container for up to 2 months. Thaw, then fill before serving.
Yes, it helps create the cup shape. A regular muffin tin will make larger cookie cups, so you’ll just need to adjust the bake time slightly.
Try whipped cream, chocolate mousse, pudding, or even ice cream for a fun twist.
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Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
Cookie Cups:
- ¾ cup butter softened to room temperature
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 TBSP molasses
- 2 cups flour
- 2 ½ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- Small pinch of cloves
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cornstarch
Cheesecake Filling:
- 12 oz cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat mini cupcake pan with cooking spray.
- Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the molasses and egg, beat until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients, then to the wet ingredients and mix until fully combined..
- Make balls of about 2 tbsp. of cookie dough. And place into each muffin cup.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and using a the back of a small teaspoon measuring spoon press in the cups of the cookie to form the bowl.
- Allow cookies to finish cooling.
- While cookies are cooling, make the cheesecake filling.
- Mix the cream cheese, brown sugar, powdered sugar, ginger and cinnamon together until smooth.
- Pipe the cheesecake filling into cookie cups.
- These are best stored in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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