Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 23 min
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Description

A creamy pumpkin mixture spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves and scooped over vanilla wafers bakes up into yummy cheesecake cupcakes.

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages low-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1/2 cup white sugar
2 egg whites
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
24 vanilla wafer cookies

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.
2 Combine cream cheese, pumpkin puree, sugar, egg whites, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves in a large bowl; mix until well blended and no lumps remain.
3 Place 1 vanilla wafer in the bottom of each lined cup. Scoop in batter using an ice cream scoop, filling each cup approximately 3/4 full.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until set, 23 to 26 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 1 hour.