I know that I’ve made mini cheesecakes in the instant pot before, but I still have some strawberry powder and strawberry cheesecake crumbs that I need to use up and for whatever ever reason it just seemed fitting to put them together in these Instant Pot Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Bites.

The way I was able to pack so much strawberry flavor into these cheesecakes was to use a strawberry powder. It’s basically freeze dried strawberries that have been ground down to a fine powder. That’s it. That’s all. Nothing more added than that - no added colors or artificial flavors there. Just pure strawberry goodness!

To lighten these cheesecakes up I used a reduced fat cream cheese, some stevia in place of some of the sugar, and some reduced fat grahams too for the crust. Other than that, these cheesecakes are pretty standard when it comes to what goes into them.

These end up being perfectly portioned little bites of strawberry shortcake crunch heaven.

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