My Confession of Love for Dessert

I love sweets, just in case frequent readers haven't realized that yet ;) My largest board on Pinterest is the one I have devoted to dessert recipes (with over 200 pins to date) and I am especially obsessed with chocolate and cupcakes.

My version of a "Super Sweet 16" party meant that all my guests had to eat was colorful candy in pretty dishes and a few desserts. Seriously. They begged for veggies. Fortunately we had a platter of those made up just in case. My graduation party was also all desserts. Cookies, cupcakes, mini cheesecakes, some scones...

One of my favorite desserts though, is cheesecake. I have weirdly vivid memories of eating All to Myself Cheesecakes at various rainy Easter celebrations and in high school I once tried to woo my crush by bringing a chocolate cheesecake I'd made into class on my birthday. I love eating at the Cheesecake Factory and I fondly remember the days when our family friend Patty got on a cheesecake experimentation kick, my favorites from those being Turtle-Brownie-White Chocolate and White Chocolate-Strawberry.

The point of all that being, well, I really love cheesecake! So, naturally when I saw a recipe for Cheesecake in a Mug, I had to try it! When I'm trying something new, I like to make things according to the recipe the first time, then make some changes the next time.

Since I'm not a huge fan of cheesecake that's totally plain, I decided to mix it up with some peanut butter (another of my favorite things) and Nutter Butter cookies I've had in my cupboard. The results weren't aesthetically beautiful... I'll still have to work on that for the pictures, but it was delicious:

Peanut Butter Cheesecake

2 oz cream cheese, softened

2 Tablespoons sugar

1 egg

2 Tablespoons sour cream

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

2 Nutter Butter cookies

1 Tablespoon peanut butter

In a mug, combine the cream cheese and sugar until smooth with a fork. Add the egg, vanilla, and sour cream and mix thoroughly. Break the cookies into smaller pieces or crumbs and add them. Drop the peanut butter into the mixture, about a teaspoon at a time. Stir or swirl the peanut butter and cookies into the batter then microwave about 1 1/2 -- 2 minutes or until the edges are set but the middle isn't quite (cheesecakes continue to bake a little after they're removed from the oven, or microwave). Let cool and keep in the fridge until you're ready to enjoy you're super quick and easy cheesecake.

There's so many alterations that you could make to this cheesecake! I can't wait to try it with Oreos, chocolate chips, cookie dough, try adding a crust... Endless possibilities! I'd love to see some comments with what you try! Happy nuking!