Star Wars Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cupcakes!

These cupcakes were made for a Star Wars fan...  She loves cheesecake, peanut butter, oreo's & Star Wars...  After looking around on the web, I wasn't finding anything I was happy with... So, I decided to just experiment.  The result?  DELICIOUS!  You also don't have to make them Star Wars... that just happens to be what I did:)

I purchased the chocolate molds on eBay a few weeks ago and the ended up being the perfect cupcake topper!

Here's my recipe:

Crust:

Crush 18 peanut butter oreos & mix in 1 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter.

Filling:

• 16 oz cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 egg white
• 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Topping:

Melted Chocolate (enough to coat)

Chocolate Jimmies (enough to coat)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Prepare crust and spoon crust into the bottom of the cupcake paper.  Use enough to cover bottom (approx 1 tablespoon).  Place that in the refrigerator until you are ready to fill them.  

Beat together the cream cheese & sugar until smooth, mix in peanut butter, egg, egg white, & vanilla.  Fold in chocolate chips.  

Next, fill the remainder of the cupcake holder with the cheesecake mix.  Fill until 1/4 inch from the top (they won't rise).

Bake for approx 25 min.  While they are baking you can if you choose to make choc toppers, get those prepared.  I just used melted chocolate that I got from a chocolate shop, however you can simply use something like Bakers chocolate.  

After cupcakes are complete, allow them to cool.  I put mine in the freezer to speed up the process.  Once they are cooled, top with melted chocolate and coat with jimmies.  Allow to cool & harden.  Add chocolate toppers or whatever you choose.

Enjoy!!