Strawberry Cheesecake Bites
Dairy-Free and No Bake
These Dairy-Free Strawberry Cheesecake Bites are incredibly delicious and easy to make. The creamy center is made with a dairy-free cream cheese alternative mixed with honey, coconut milk and full of strawberry flavor thanks to Nature’s Flavors Organic Strawberry Flavor Powder. The beautiful shade of pink is achieved with their all-natural red food color powder that is made from red radish and red tomato. The crust is simply made with baked brownies. Use your own dairy-free recipe or bake up your favorite boxed brownie mix to push into the sides of cupcake liners.
You can make them a regular size (as shown) or make even smaller bites in a mini muffin mold. The tops are sprinkled with finely chopped freeze-dried strawberries and drizzled with melted dairy-free bittersweet chocolate. Try this simple yet impressive dessert today! This recipe makes six regular cupcake-sized portions or you can make 1 1/2 dozen mini muffin-sized portions. (You will have some brownie leftover either way.)
Visit Nature’s Flavors to find the Organic Strawberry Flavor Powder and Natural Red Food Color Powder. Their products are all-natural and made in the USA by a family owned and operated business of over 40 years.
Let’s begin!
Ingredients:
1 Box brownie mix, baked and cooled (or use your own dairy-free recipe)
8oz dairy-free cream cheese alternative, softened
1 tbsp coconut milk
2 tbsp raw honey
1/8 tsp Natural Red Food Color Powder
1/4 cup freeze-dried strawberries, finely chopped
1/4 cup dairy-free bittersweet dark chocolate chips
1/4 tsp coconut oil
Instructions:
Line six regular size muffin cups with foil or paper liners. Scoop out a little less than an ice cream scoop size into each liner.
Then, using clean fingers, press brownie into bottom and sides of each cup. (It’s best to leave about a 1/4 inch from top of liner to make the liner easier to peel off later.)
Next, mix together cream cheese alternative, honey, coconut milk, flavor powder and food color powder until creamy and smooth.
Fill each cup to almost to the top of brownie with the cream cheese mixture.
Sprinkle with the chopped freeze-dried strawberries and place in freezer.
Freeze overnight or at least six hours.
Remove from freezer and carefully peel off liners, then place each cheesecake bite on waxed paper.
Melt chocolate and coconut oil together according to directions on package. Drizzle melted chocolate on top of each cheesecake and serve immediately or safely store in freezer for up to 5 months.
These would make a perfect Valentine’s Day treat to pull out of the freezer and enjoy after a romantic dinner.
They are perfectly fine eaten straight out of the freezer, similar to ice cream. However, you may also let sit at room temperature for about 15-20 minutes for a softer, “cream cheese-like” experience.
