Description
These Mermaid Tail Cheesecake Cups are a playful, no-bake dessert with a creamy teal cheesecake filling and a sweet cookie crust. Perfect for parties, they are colorful, easy to make, and delightfully eye-catching.
Ingredients
1 (11 oz) box vanilla wafer cookies, crushed
1 (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
Teal food coloring (a few drops)
12 edible sugar mermaid tail cake toppers
Instructions
- Crush the vanilla wafer cookies into fine crumbs and divide evenly into 12 small clear cups, pressing down to form the crust.
- In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth and creamy.
- Add a few drops of teal food coloring and mix until the color is evenly distributed.
- Spoon or pipe the cheesecake mixture over the cookie crusts in each cup.
- Gently press one mermaid tail topper into the center of each cup.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving to set.
Notes
Graham crackers or shortbread cookies can be used instead of vanilla wafers.
Add a splash of vanilla extract for extra flavor.
Top with whipped cream, sanding sugar, or candy pearls for decoration.
Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Best served chilled; freezing may alter texture slightly.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg
