This is one of my all time favorite desserts.
Guilt free with consistency of cheesecake, you’ll come back for seconds… just don’t eat the entire pie in one sitting! 😉
And guys, tofu gets such a bad rap. Not anymore. Not when there is cheesecake involved. [And PS: Organic + non-GMO tofu is perfectly fine and healthy for you].
All you need for this delicious recipe is 7 simple ingredients, a glass pie dish, high powered blender, an hour to bake [browse our other recipes while it’s in the oven]. It’s best to let the this dish firm up in the fridge overnight – trust me, that’s the hardest part! BUT you get to enjoy a slice with your breakfast… why not?
Enjoy!
Chocolate Cheesecake
Author: Mrs. Love Chard
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 8-12
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 1 cup whole rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 4 pitted medjool dates
- 2 tablespoons water*
- Filling:
- 1 - 12 ounce package firm or extra firm tofu
- ½ heaping cup raw cacao powder
- 16 pitted medjool dates*
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
- 1 tablespoon raw almond butter or peanut butter
- 1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Combine crust ingredients in a Ninja or other high powered food processor and blend. Crust will be sticky. Add a little more water if it's too dry and crumbly.
- Form into a glass pie dish or 8x8 glass baking dish.
- Bake crust on 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
- Rinse blender.
- Add 16 dates and ½ cup water in a bowl and microwave for 1 minute.
- Combine the microwaved dates and water with the remaining filling ingredients in the high powered blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour filling onto crust and bake on 350 degrees for 1 hour.
- Let cool.
- Cover with lid or paper towels and refrigerate overnight to let firm up.
Notes
*For a more sweet filling, add a few additional dates. If using small deglet noor dates, double number of dates.
Enjoy cold with fresh strawberries and blueberries.
Enjoy cold with fresh strawberries and blueberries.
This looks amazing, any suggestions for alternatives to Oats ?
Thanks, Lisa! You could try finely ground almonds, cashews, or walnuts. 🙂
Great blog! Newly diagnosed…..
Welcome! Glad you found us! <3
Hi Bethany,
Just waiting for my cheesecake to come out of the oven. Smells so good, especially with the rum I added (my husband’s suggestion)! Will post a picture!
Glad you made it! Ahh, be careful with the rum, Sandra! 😉
Do you use tofu that you first squeeze out the water or do you use the silken type?
I use non-silken. Haven’t tried it with silken tofu yet. 🙂
Just made a slightly different version using coconut flour instead of cocoa, mixed in some raspberries, added vanilla and used butter beans instead of black beans. Added some cinnamon to the base too and it was amazing!!! Such a great recipe thank you!!
Love your version! <3