Recipe
Velvety Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls with a Cookie Crunch
Pumpkin cheesecake balls are coated with white chocolate and strike the perfect balance between seasonal spice, sweet and salty flavors.
Prep: 15 minCook: 0 minTotal: 15 min
Servings: 30 balls 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 8 oz. room temperature cream cheese
- 1/2 cup agave nectar, honey or maple syrup
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (can use store-bought or make your own using gluten free graham crackers)
- 1/4 cup oat flour
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 gingersnap cookies, chopped in chunks
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons refined coconut oil
- turbinado sugar and flakey salt for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine room temperature cream cheese, pumpkin puree and agave nectar until smooth.
- Mix in graham cracker crumbs, oat flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt.
- Crush gingersnap cookies into small chunks. I like to make sure they are chunkier so that you get little bites of cookie throughout the balls. Fold the cookies into the cheesecake ball batter.
- Use a cookie scooper to take portions of the cheesecake mixture and place them on a cutting board or baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Chill in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate and refined coconut oil together in a microwave or on a stovetop using a double boiler until smooth.
- With clean hands, roll the chilled balls between your hands to make smooth balls. Using a fork, dip each cheesecake ball into the melted white chocolate mixture, ensuring it’s evenly coated. Place them back onto the parchment paper lined cutting board or baking sheet.
- While the white chocolate coating is still wet, sprinkle turbinado sugar and flakey salt on top of each cheesecake ball to add extra sweet and salty flavor.
- Refrigerate until the white chocolate coating hardens, about 1 hours. Once the pumpkin cheesecake balls have set and the white chocolate is firm, they are ready to be served.
Nutrition Info:
- Serving Size: 1 ball
- Calories: 137
- Sugar: 10.5g
- Sodium: 135mg
- Fat: 6.9g
- Saturated Fat: 3.9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17.6g
- Fiber: 0.8g
- Protein: 1.8g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
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