Beauty Bar Chocolate “Cheese” cake: A chocolate cream pie that is not only stunningly delicious; it’s good for your inner health & skin too. I am not pulling a fast one on you; this is the real deal.
What is Beauty Bar Chocolate?
Beauty Bar Chocolate is “Amazingly Delicious Chocolate That Promotes Beauty & Wellness” and after tasting it, I absolutely 100% agree. To be honest, I wanted to take out a chunk of chocolate and devour before adding to the pie. You would have never known; but I let myself lick the bowl clean instead.
Beauty Bar Chocolate is made with Fairtrade Cacao! This is very important to me (read up at their web site). Their chocolate is also free of sugars; using monk fruit instead. Therefore, it’s Sugar-free, Dairy-Free, and Gluten-Free with collagen. Chocolate as a skin treatment: Genius! I implore you to head to their website for Beauty Bar Chocolate 3-Year Anniversary for “Peace, Focus & Glowing Skin” for some kick-butt chocolate.
Chocolate “Cheese” cake: Vegan & Gluten-Free is Tastier Than Ever
In staying with the theme of Beauty Bar Chocolate, the “cheese” cake I made also has no added sugars and it’s 100% gluten-free & vegan. And, hello, it’s good for your skin too!
Some of my friends & family automatically thought that the words Vegan, Gluten-Free, Keto, Dairy-Free, meant no taste, weird textures, or just so-so. That could not be further from the truth. Without a lot of extra effort the goals of making a scrumptious dessert with all of those traits is a piece of cake. In this instance, actually a slice of pie.
I am not usually brand specific, but I am today. I will not bad-mouth products I didn’t use, but I will tell about the superior products I did use. (No, none of these products are paid sponsors; I truly love them.)
For the cheesecake type filling I always use Follow Your Heart vegan cream cheese. I have no gassy side effects after consuming it’s lusciousness; I trust all their products implicitly. For anything that calls for butter; Earth Balance is my go to. It tastes and melts like butter. It’s a little salty, but as long as you don’t add extra salt, you’re golden.
For the filling, beat the vegan cream cheese with the monkfruit (if adding unsweetened cocoa***) until creamy. *** See recipe below for instructions/options. You don’t need a big electric mixer for this, my KitchenAid hand-mixer was perfect.
Add in the melted Beauty Bark Chocolate and beat some more. If you want a slightly darker chocolate, you can add 1/2 of an additional melted Beauty Bar.
Now add in the So Delicious coconut whipped topping. Now, this is the only product that has added sugar. If you want a truly sugar-free pie, omit this. The filling will be richer and more decadent. I love both versions; with & without whipped topping. The important point here is that you have a vegan option for whipped cream? How great is that?
Spread the filling into your prepared gluten-free crust and refrigerate.
Your biggest decision will be with or without whipped topping. I loved the “cheese” cake both ways. So damn tasty; I can’t describe in words how much I loved this. It’s so creamy, melts in your mouth, and not so heavy that you can’t enjoy a second slice in the same sitting.
My daughter swiped a couple of slices and just like that; the creamy piece of heaven is gone. A true sign of how fabulously heavenly this chocolate “cheese” cake is. There was no last slice to save for anyone!
Beauty Bar Chocolate “Cheese” cake
Ingredients
- 12 ounce Follow Your Heart vegan cream cheese (1-1/2 containers)
- 1 60-gm package Beauty Bar Chocolate (each box is about 2.11 ounces, 9 individual squares) See notes below for additional chocolate
- 2 tablespoons Earth Balance Butter
- 1/4 cup Lakanto classic sweetener with monk fruit extract*** (only if using additional unsweetened cocoa) See notes below (may substitute 1/4 cup pure cane powdered sugar)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder*** (only if using in combination with monk fruit) See notes below
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1-3/4 cups So Delicious whipped topping, thawed
- 1 prepared gluten-free chocolate cookie crust
Instructions
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the Beauty Bar Chocolate and 2 tablespoons of Earth Balance Butter for 20 seconds, stir, and if not completely melted after stirring microwave 5 to 10 seconds more. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the vegan cream cheese at high speed for about 2 minutes until creamy.
- Add the melted chocolate & butter in a stream into the vegan cream cheese mixture with the electric mixer running, until chocolate is fully incorporated
- *** If using, add the unsweetened cocoa and monk fruit powder and beat until very creamy.
- Add the So Delicious whipped topping and use mixer to beat in. The filling is creamy, but too stiff to fold in whipped topping; you will need to use the electric hand mixer.
- Spread into prepared crust and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. Serve with additional whipped topping if desired.
