{"id":19756,"date":"2016-10-26T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=19756"},"modified":"2021-05-05T09:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:12:52","slug":"low-fat-pumpkin-cheesecake-pops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/low-fat-pumpkin-cheesecake-pops\/","title":{"rendered":"90-Calorie Pumpkin Cheesecake Pops Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53490\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53490 size-full\" title=\"Low-Fat Pumpkin Cheesecake Pops Recipe\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Low-Fat-Pumpkin-Cheesecake-Pops-Recipe.jpg\" alt=\"Low-Fat Pumpkin Cheesecake Pops Recipe\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photos by Perry Santanachote<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swap Halloween candy for a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/healthy-chocolate-hazelnut-homemade-granola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homemade<\/a>, delicious <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/microwave-cake-mug-cake-single-serve-dessert-recipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dessert<\/a>. These pumpkin cheesecake pops are seasonal and sure to please. And if you\u2019re watching your waistline, you\u2019ll be happy to know they clock in at only 90 calories and 5 grams of fat each!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/healthy-pumpkin-recipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16 Healthy Pumpkin Recipes for Every Meal<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Low-Fat Pumpkin Cheesecake Pops<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><i>Serves 24<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Prep time: 45 minutes (plus 4 hours for chilling time)<br \/>\nCook time: 25 minutes<\/p>\n<p>[skinnybox]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">8 ounces 1\/3 less fat cream cheese, softened<br \/>\n1\/2 cup sugar<br \/>\n1 large egg<br \/>\n1 cup canned pumpkin<br \/>\n1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice<br \/>\n24 lollipop sticks<br \/>\n1 pound semi-sweet chocolate chips<br \/>\n4 tablespoons shortening<br \/>\n2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs or your topping of choice<\/p>\n<h3><b>Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Heat oven to 300\u00b0F. Grease a 9-inch pie plate.<\/li>\n<li>Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, then beat in egg until combined. Add pumpkin, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice and mix on low speed until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Pour batter into pie plate and bake for 25 to 30 minutes (should still be wobbly in the\u00a0 center). Transfer to a rack to let cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Cover cheesecake with a round of parchment paper then wrap in plastic and chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.<\/li>\n<li>Scoop out tablespoon-sized chunks of cheesecake and roll them into balls with your hands (keep your hands wet with water to prevent sticking). Place the balls on a wax paper\u2013lined baking sheet and push a lollipop stick \u00be of the way into each one. Freeze until frozen solid, at least 1 hour.<\/li>\n<li>Combine half the chocolate and half the shortening in a small bowl and microwave on medium, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Working with half the batch of cheesecake balls, dip each one into the chocolate and let excess chocolate drip off, and return coated ball to wax paper\u2013lined pan. Sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs or other toppings. Repeat with remaining balls. If cheesecake begins to soften, return to freezer to harden. Refrigerate finished pops until serving.<\/li>\n<li>Melt remaining chocolate and shortening and coat remaining cheesecake balls.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19774 alignnone\" title=\"Pumpkin Cheesecake Pops\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10053439\/Pumpkin-Cheesecake-Pops_PS_close_2.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Cheesecake Pops\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10053439\/Pumpkin-Cheesecake-Pops_PS_close_2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10053439\/Pumpkin-Cheesecake-Pops_PS_close_2-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Originally posted October 2013. Updated October 2016.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheesecake may seem off-limits if you\u2019re watching your weight, but these pumpkin cheesecake pops clock in at only 90 calories each!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[428,27,9,427],"tags":[39,177,59,87,341,381],"class_list":["post-19756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dessert","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-snacks","tag-dessert","tag-halloween","tag-healthy-substitutions","tag-snacks","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}