Chocolate Key Lime Cupcake Pies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 ounce) package chocolate wafer cookies
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons key lime zest
• 1/3 cup fresh key lime juice
• 3 large eggs
• sweetened whipped cream, fresh cherries and blackberries, fresh mint leaves

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 place 12 jumbo-size aluminum foil baking cups in lightly greased muffin pans, and coat with cooking spray.
• 3 pulse chocolate wafer cookies in a food processor 8 to 10 times or until finely crushed.
• 4 stir together cookie crumbs and butter; firmly press on bottom and two-thirds up sides of each baking cup (about 3 tablespoons crumbs per cup).
• 5 beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• 6 add lime zest and lime juice, beating at low speed until well blended.
• 7 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition.
• 8 spoon mixture into prepared cups, filling completely full.
• 9 bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until set.
• 10 cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes.
• 11 remove from pans to wire racks, and let cool 15 minutes or until completely cool.
• 12 cover and chill 4 hours.
• 13 garnish, if desired.