Vegan Chocolate Cheesecake
This vegan chocolate cheesecake is rich, smooth, and perfect for Easter. Made with vegan cream cheese, dark chocolate, and a buttery biscuit base.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Chilling time6 hours hrs
Total Time6 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: dark chocolate, digestive biscuits, vanilla paste, vegan butter, vegan cream, vegan cream cheese
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 426.38kcal
For the base
- 300 g digestive biscuits
- 100 g vegan butter melted
For the filling
- 400 g vegan cream cheese
- 75 g icing sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla paste
- 175 ml vegan whipping cream
- 200 g vegan dark chocolate
Crush the digestive biscuits into fine crumbs using either a rolling pin or a food processor.
Mix the crumbs with melted vegan butter until evenly coated.
Press the mixture into the base of a springform cake tin using the back of a spoon or the based of a glass to compress the crumbs well.
Refrigerate the base while preparing the filling.
Whisk the vegan cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth and the icing sugar is completely dissolved.
Add the vanilla paste and mix well to combine.
Pour in the vegan whipping cream and beat until stiff peaks form.
Melt the dark chocolate and allow it to cool slightly.
Gently fold the melted chocolate into the cream cheese mixture.
Spoon the filling over the biscuit base and smooth the top.
Refrigerate for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.
Remove from the tin and serve.
Calories: 426.38kcal | Carbohydrates: 37.67g | Protein: 5.69g | Fat: 29.94g | Saturated Fat: 13.66g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5.16g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 0.5mg | Sodium: 315.88mg | Potassium: 212.2mg | Fiber: 5.16g | Sugar: 17.5g | Vitamin A: 325.25IU | Vitamin C: 0.41mg | Calcium: 54.61mg | Iron: 3.66mg