Strawberry Pretzel Salad using Mini-Cheesecake Pan

This dessert is a favorite for its combination of both salty and sweet flavors. It takes some time to make and chill (still easy though), but it is worth the wait. Find a recipe for Strawberry Pretzel Salad here. It really is a dessert though with a pretzel crust, cream cheese middle and strawberry jello top layer. Great for a baby/wedding shower, bbq or just for fun.

I decided to make it in my new mini-cheesecake pan that I purchased from Amazon, so I could have individual servings. For less than $20.00 you can get this pan to make amazing looking desserts. Previously I posted about making mini-oreo cheesecakes that look and taste great. I recommend spraying the pan for the dessert to slide out easily.

The pan makes the perfect bite size portions that can be held in the hand or perfect on a small plate.

Mini Oreo Cheesecakes -- Mini Cheesecake Pan

Mini Oreo Cheesecakes

I found the recipe for these cheesecakes on Sprinkle Charms blog. 

I needed a dessert for a baby shower, and since I have been using my muffin tin, I thought these looked perfect. We ended up having 3 trays of dessert--two different cupcakes and the mini-oreo cheesecakes. 

The table looked beautiful! 

Back to the mini-cheesecakes...

They were easy to make and looked/tasted great. I made a practice batch the week before and took them to work--they were gone within 10 minutes. Both times the recipe made a batch of 24 mini cheesecakes. Everyone commented on how cute they looked. It wouldn't have been possible without the use of the mini-cheesecake pan I bought from Amazon. For less than $20 it makes 12 beautiful mini-cheesecakes. 

The bottom of each slot has a removable bottom and the sides are tall, which works much better than using a traditional muffin tin. I highly recommend the Norpro 3919 Mini Cheesecake pan. Recently I made strawberry pretzel salad using the mini-cheesecake pan and they turned out great too.

The mini-cheesecakes and the whipped topping all held up well and didn't melt while on the table. The mini-oreo on top really dressed up the bite size dessert. They also tasted good the next two days, but the  Oreo crust (one big Oreo) did get a little soggy the longer, so I suggest serving that day or the next day.

Great for a party or just for fun!