Mini Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes

My husband and I made a startling discovery over the past couple of weeks...

Our two year old daughter does not like cheesecake!

Gasp.

It first started when we were at our local Sam's Club doing a little shopping. One of baby girl's favorite things about going to Sam's is the little sampling stations.

And who am I kidding?

It is definitely one of my fave perks as well. ;) 

On this rare occasion, my husband was off from work and joined us on our shopping trip.

They were passing out New York cheesecake samples at one of the stations, and my husband grabbed three little paper cups of cheesecake- one for each of us.

Now you see, my husband and I just love cheesecake. 

But baby girl? 

Not so much. She took one bite, immediately made a gagging sort of noise, and then spit it out.

Yes, folks- she spit it out!

My husband and I just looked at each other in wide-eyed disbelief. The little girl who eats and likes just about anything doesn't like cheesecake??

Maybe it is an acquired taste that she will learn to appreciate with age, but for the meantime I am going to fully enjoy and take advantage of the one dessert that my two year old doesn't actually want to share with me.

Yes, the cheesecake is mine all mine... for now.

I certainly had no desire to share this creamy & delicious Mini Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cheesecake with anyone anyways. ;)

I adapted this recipe from the Mini Cheesecakes recipe I found in my Ninja 3-in-1 Cooking System recipe booklet and made my own lightened up version- no butter in these babies and I subbed some of the cream cheese with healthy, nonfat Greek yogurt...

12 Slow Cooker Sweet Treats

A round-up of a dozen delicious desserts you can make in your slow cooker!

We all know our slow cookers are stellar for making soups & stews, and for slow cooking meats all day until they are tender and juicy.  But have you ever used your slow cooker... for baking?  For creating sweet, sticky, delicious desserts? 

I have to admit that I have only used my slow cooker just once to "bake" a dessert.  A few months after moving into our home, our oven went on the fritz... and just when I had finished whipping up a new cookie batter recipe. 

Yes, I could have just froze the dough and defrosted it once my oven had been repaired, but I really wanted homemade fresh baked cookies that day! ;) So, I did a little research, improvised a bit, and baked my Crock Pot White Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie Bars in my slow cooker and they turned out ooey, gooey and amazing. 

I have spent the past few days searching the web for more sweet treats to share with you all that you can just dump into your crock pot and come back a few hours later to find a freshly "baked", effortless dessert.  Surprisingly, slow cooker dessert recipes are hard to come by on the internet!  (Ahem... my food blogger friends, you all need to step it up in that area. ;) ) But I was able to find 12 delectable crock pot dessert recipes that will satisfy your sweet tooth...