Sweet Potato Cheesecake Pops

People love little things on a stick. Even my 4-year-old niece told me she wanted "little purple cakes on a stick" and not a birthday cake at her party.

Desserts on sticks are everywhere. People are drawn to them because the are little, cute and help control portions. Desserts on sticks are everywhere, both sweet and savory, they have certainly become the trend.

During our 'vegetable' week at school, we made a sweet potato cheesecake pops. Sweet potato is a flavor similar to pumpkin and is very popular in the south and the perfect way to incorporate vegetables into to pastry! I would make these again, they are perfect for a small party.

 

Production:
Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Ingredients: 6 lbs cream cheese; 1 lb 2.5 oz sugar; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 4 tablespoons cornstarch;  2 teaspoons of lemon juice; 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract; 1 lb 5 oz granulated sugar; 3 cups of sweet potato puree; 15 egg yolks; 6 eggs; 2 tablespoons of cinnamon; 4 tablespoons of ground ginger; 1/2 tablespoon of salt; 1lb of graham cracker crumbs; 4 oz of sugar; 8 oz melted butter

Process: Beat the cream in the mixer with the first sugar until smooth. Mix the corn starch and heavy cream, lemon juice and vanilla then add it to the cream cheese. Create a sweet potato puree by peeling and boiling the potatoes, the processing them with the eggs, sugar and spices. gradually add this to the to the cream cheese mixture. Adding the eggs or liquid is critical point in a cheese cake recipe.

Combine the butter and the graham crackers. Do bot add too much butter, otherwise the graham crackers will become super greasy. Once the batter is finished, press crumbs into the bottom of a silicon mold. then press the cheese cake mixture on top. Bake in a water bath on low heat (240F is usually good) for an hour and a half. Once the cheese cake is done, let it cool in the refrigerator over night.

To assemble the pops, place sticks into the the bottom/middle before unfolding. remove from the mold, dip in slightly warm chocolate, the roll in graham cracker crumbs.