Petite Chocolate Cherry Cheesecakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

24 chocolate chip cookies, reduced fat (smaller to fit in bottom of paper cups)
1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
1/4 cup maraschino cherry, well drained finely chopped (about 14 cherries)
2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips
24 paper baking cups

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 place paper liners in cups of a muffin pan. Place one cookie in each liner.
In a small bowl mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, until well blended. Add egg, mix well. Stir in Sour cream.
Drain Cherries on paper towels chop finely, and drain again on paper towels before stirring into batter. Using a small scoop, top each cookie with a rounded scoop of batter, spread evenly. Sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips.
Bake 18-20 minutes or until filling is almost set. Cool completely in pan. Remove cheesecakes from pan and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.