Daring Bakers – 7th Challenge: Cheesecake Pops
Where has the month gone!… Back to working fulltime, my food blogging has come to a veritable stop, 
though I’ve been cooking and baking more than ever. 
This month’s challenge was hosted by Elle – Feeding My Enthusiasms and Deborah – Taste and Tell.
The recipe involved making cheesecake and turning it into lollipops coated with chocolate. I decided to do half the recipe – the original calling for five (5) 8 oz bricks of cream cheese – way too much cheesecake to have around the house. Everything turned out fine. My baking time was more 1h15 hours than the 35 minutes called in the recipe. The consistency was really nice and silky, and a snap to do in the mixer, meaning this is a recipe I’ll definitely be turning to again. Though the process was simple, there was a lot of time involved in letting things cool, then freeze. I tried to form the balls using an ice cream scooper, which sort of worked. The resulting shapes weren’t the most delicate (or lollipop-like), but looked a bit better once coated with the chocolate. In retrospect, I should have slightly frozen the cheesecake before scooping.
Thanks for the challenge, ladies!
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Rosa 1:12 am on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
Great job! Those pops look delicious!
Cheers,
Rosa
Dolores 1:41 am on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
Yeah, I used a cookie scoop with pretty much the same results. I think par-freezing the cheesecake might be the solution.
Jerry 6:34 am on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
Lovely!
marye 8:55 am on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
Melted chocolate fixes nearly anything!
Susan 10:09 am on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
Very nice. I agree about the freezing before scooping — I’m going to try that next time.
JennyBakes 4:55 pm on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
I froze before scooping and mine still looked pretty messy.
Nice job on yours, you sound busy but you still fit it in!
Deborah 6:34 pm on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
I’m glad you were able to fit the challenge in, despite your busy work schedule! They look great!
Molly W 10:08 pm on April 27, 2008 Permalink |
Your pops do look yummy, even though I don’t like cheese cake. Isn’t it interesting how cookbook recipes have these little glitches, like needing to cook it twice as long. Makes you think.
Lucy V 1:38 am on April 28, 2008 Permalink |
Beautiful looking cheesecake pops, despite the hassles with shaping them. When it comes to cooking times, I realized that my current oven cooks so much faster than my last oven that I have to check everything early! For the most part, I always consider a time in a recipe as an indication and never the rule.
Lisa 9:23 pm on April 28, 2008 Permalink |
Yep, a good dip in chocolate makes ANYTHING look good – and when your talking about cheesecake – well the chocolate doesn’t have to work very hard
Tina 4:04 pm on April 29, 2008 Permalink |
Great Job!! mine were messy either way hehe.. But they were great and your look wonderful!