Desserts served in jars have always had a special place in people’s hearts and these Passion Fruit Cheesecake Jars require less than 10 ingredients to come together! They are super easy to make, are portable and look beautiful at parties!
Whoever thought of serving dessert in jars is a genius and I can’t believe I haven’t tried this before! These Passion Fruit Cheesecake Jars were so much fun to assemble that I can’t wait to do more versions. Plus I have a ton of homemade cream cheese lying in the fridge, waiting to be used. BONUS — Less than 10 ingredients were used, which makes these mini cheesecake jars waaaay more awesome.
Ingredients
225 grams Cream Cheese at room temperature
1/4 cup Sugar Granulated + 1 tablespoon
1 Lemon Zest of
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
75 grams Heavy Cream
1/2 cup Granola
1 1/2 tablespoons Butter Melted
4 Passion Fruits Pulp
Method* In a bowl, whisk together cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, lemon zest and vanilla extract for 2-3 minutes.
* Add the heavy cream and whisk for 2 more minutes with a hand blender till the cream is properly combined.
* Pulse the granola a few times in a food processor till it resembles bread crumbs.
* Add butter and the remaining tablespoon of sugar to this and combine.
* To assemble, divide the granola mixture into 4 small jars.
* I used the back of a spoon to press the granola mixture evenly in the jars.
* Pipe the cream cheese mixture into the jars till about halfway full.
* Spoon two tablespoons of passion fruit pulp and spread it evenly.
* Fill the rest of the jar with cream cheese mixture.
* Top with whipped cream (optional) and more passion fruit pulp.
* Cool in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving.