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Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set it aside.
Step 2
Add the flour and unsweetened cocoa powder to a small mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Set it aside.
Step 3
Add the melted butter, sugar, red food color, vanilla, and eggs to a medium-sized mixing bowl. Whisk to combine.
Step 4
Stir in the flour mixture. Continue stirring just until the flour mixture is well incorporated. Do not overmix.
Step 5
Add the cream cheese to a separate medium-sized mixing bowl. Use a handheld mixer at medium-high speed to beat the cream cheese for 1 minute.
Step 6
Add the sugar and vanilla. Mix for another 1-1½ minutes until well combined.
Step 7
Add the egg yolk and mix just until no yellow streaks are visible.
Step 8
Add the cheesecake mixture to either a disposable piping bag or a quart-size ziplock bag.
Step 9
Add 1 tablespoon of the red velvet base to the prepared mini muffin pans.
Step 10
Snip the end of the piping bag or ziplock bag off. Squeeze about 2 teaspoons of the cheesecake filling into the center of the red velvet bases.
Step 11
Bake for 8-9 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the cheesecake bites to cool for 20-30 minutes before removing them from the pan and transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.