Petite Chocolate Cherry Cheesecakes

I got this recipe out of The Pampered Chef Delightful Desserts (from easy to elegant). I used to work for them and have a ton of their recipes. I have not made many of them in such a long time because I mostly use zaar. So decided I would post my favorties on here (in hopes of using them again). I thought I would share them too hope you enjoy!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 24 mini cheesecakes

Ingredients

• 24  chocolate chip cookies, reduced fat (smaller to fit in bottom of paper cups)
• 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1  egg
• 1⁄4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1⁄4 cup maraschino cherry, well drained finely chopped (about 14 cherries)
• 2  tablespoons  miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 24  paper baking cups

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 place paper liners in cups of a muffin pan. Place one cookie in each liner.
2. In a small bowl mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, until well blended. Add egg, mix well. Stir in Sour cream.
3. Drain Cherries on paper towels chop finely, and drain again on paper towels before stirring into batter. Using a small scoop, top each cookie with a rounded scoop of batter, spread evenly. Sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips.
4. Bake 18-20 minutes or until filling is almost set. Cool completely in pan. Remove cheesecakes from pan and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.