Steemit Culinary Challenge#37: Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cheesecake Bites! 🍓🍰🍫(I Hear Your Stomach Grumbling!) 😉💜
Who is ready for some chocolate covered strawberry cheesecake?
The answer is ME! (And you too since you're here!) Guess what else? They're vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, fresh-fruit-infused healthy treats your kids will actually want to eat! Prepare to enjoy a guiltless pleasure my Steemian friends! Beware: they won't last long! Better double up the batch 💜
(My biggest challenge this time was getting that verification piece of paper in the shots but these mini cakes were made today from the fresh strawberries at the market, yum!) 😉
What You Need:
All about that base
- 1 cup soaked almonds (not necessary to soak but soaking nuts has a lot of health benefits and helps them chop smoother)
- 3/4 cup pitted dates
- A pinch of sea salt (I use pink Himalayan)
Gotta get my fill
1 container of organic strawberries
1 cup raw walnuts/cashew mix (soaked in water overnight)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon coconut oil
1/2 a lemon (just the juice)
1/3 cup maple syrup/honey/agave/coconut nectar (your preference of sweetener)
2 tablespoons water
Can't stop til I'm on top!
1 piece of raw chocolate (like shown here, to be melted)
or
1 cup of unsweetened chocolate chips
2 tablespoons coconut oil
2 tablespoons sweetener (maple/honey/agave/coconut)
What to do!
Part 1: All about that base:
- Take your base ingredients and throw them in a food processor. Press play- go! Now you can let that baby whip up your base without even working up a sweat!
- Meanwhile, you can dance up a storm, sing your heart out or upvote a couple of your friends until the mixture sticks together. You'll know when it's ready based on the noises of your friendly appliance!
- Once you've got a smooth mixture, fill into cupcake containers half way leaving room for your cheesecake on top! (oiled beforehand to avoid any sticky situations!)
- Now freeze! Get those treats into the freezer to settle while you move onto the next phase!
Part 2: Gotta get my fill:
- Take all of the filling ingredients and add them into the food processor.
- Press the button that makes it go!
- Once it looks like a dream come true, a little bit of pink paradise, you can add it on top of the crust and put it back into the freezer.
- Patience is a virtue. Give it a couple of hours to settle and freeze properly for best effects.
- (If you're impatient like me or the kids are begging you for some, you don't have to wait but it does make them prettier and stay together better!)
Part 3: Can't stop til I'm on top!
- Really, if you don't like chocolate all that much, you could just skip this step 😉
- However, if you're like the child in me- and LOVE everything about chocolate, let's go ahead and add it on.
- I used a brick of raw cacao that comes with the cacao butter still within it so it melts into a thick, pasty cream
- If you're using chocolate chips they work the same way- let's get them hot and bothered!
- Add all ingredients to heat until smooth, liquid chocolate appears!
Go on now, and shake that chocolate all over the place!
Now you have a delicious, easy to make treat for the kiddies that is also good for them (but they'll never know it!)
I hope you all like this recipe, I know it's just become one of my new favourites! I love strawberries and am excited to let you know that I bought 2 containers, so that means another strawberry treat is on it's way tomorrow, you know, so they don't go bad 😉
Happy creating my fellow food-enthusiast friends! 💜
Sending you love, through food!
More saliva coming in my mouth then rumbling stomach, oh my god that looks so delicious.
Haha well either way, sounds like you need some :) I hope you get the chance to give them a try! They really are delicious little numbers! Enjoy your weekend! 💜
i LOVE how you colour in signs of proof of photos! very sweet..
YOU ARE AN ORIGINAL !
YUMMMMMY recipe!
Hahaha thanks Alex ;) I like to make things fun! Combining all of my loves into as much a combo as possible! =D
You are so perfect for le ecotrain!
Wow, can I come and eat? yummy indeed, upped.
Of course you can! :) I always have healthy treats around! =D 💙
Great, am on my way..Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Awesome! See you soon! There's also pie here now too ;)
Haha, just missed the flight..might try red bull in order to grow my own wings?
Stay blessed.
just planted these seed's in my aquaponic sprouter

now I have yummy project 1 , thanks
WOAH! So cool! PLEASE send me photos of those when they grow! The colours are amazing! I hope they turn out like that! So cool! WOW WOW WOW! I need these so badly! I'm a colour fanatic =D
Thanks for sharing! Have a super weekend!
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You bet !! First time I laid eye's on the Black one's I went digging found Heirloom's seed pack on Amazon with 12 varieties . Love the Blue one's really excited !!!
Oh wow! I am kind of jealous! Will you please send me tons of pictures when they grow? I really want to see these!
Will Do :)
Looks absolutely delicious. All those strawberries and wonderful nuts, yum yum, then chocolate. OMG. :)X
It's a little bit of my favorite things all jam packed into one ;)
Hope you get a chance to whip some up- let me know if you do!
Have a great weekend 💙
Certainly will. Got to try these, delicious looking yummies! You have a great weekend too. :)X
So yummy that they are all gone now ;) I had to make strawberry coconut cream pie to replace it! I'll share the recipe soon once I get the post made up for it, but it's heavenly. I need more strawberries! 💜
Oh please do it sounds wonderful. :)X
You had me at hello ❤ great recipe! I'm dying over here 😁
I think I am going to have to stop participating in these contests. I end up eating all of it so I can make room for another ;) Good thing they're good for me or I would be in trouble haha
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Hope you try them! They are soo good!
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I want to, I'll let you know if I do ❤
I also just made strawberry coconut cream pie ;) Gotta get the post ready for it but I'll share soon! I had to use my strawberries 💜
you make me hungry
Haha I think the food does! Sorry about that! I wish I could send some virtually ;)
Hopefully you can try them out, they're so yummy! 💜
How do you know that my stomach is grumbling? :-D Oh my, it's really hard seeing your food right now. It looks totally great! :-)
I made an educated guess ;) Happy to hear I was right! Hope you get a chance to try these, they really are delicious!
Have a great weekend- feed that tummy something yummy!
=D
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Yes, I'd like to give it a try some time. Need to buy the mini mould though :-D Thanks for sharing the recipe! :-)
Try an ice cube tray or muffin pan, works just the same ;) Little trick I learned while traveling and not always having the right equipment! Hope you enjoy! 💜
True! I didn't think about that. Thanks again for the tips :-)
But of course :) Enjoy! XO
Kids as well as adults will enjoy these for sure @heart-to-heart! Really love your funny style in presenting the recipe! Love it!
Cheers
@progressivechef
I really am just a big kid at heart chef ;P I know what they like because I like it too! I could eat treats all day if.... wait.... I do do that ;)
Have a wonderful weekend my dear 💙
Yumm yumm😋
I wish I could share them with you 💜