Date Sweetened Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting (Easy Recipe)
What makes cakes and cupcakes so special? The frosting of course! Make your next cake or cupcakes extra special without adding extra sugar with this creamy date sweetened chocolate cream cheese frosting recipe.
A perfect balance of sweet and tangy, this frosting is so good it’s sure to please any cream cheese frosting lover.
What You’ll Love About Date Sweetened Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Date sweetened chocolate cream cheese frosting is the perfect way to add that finishing touch to your favorite baked treats. Cakes, cupcakes, loaves, whatever you want!
Here’s why:
Sweet and Tangy: The cream cheese and natural sugar from the dates come together perfectly to make a sweet yet tangy chocolate frosting.
No Refined Sugar: Thanks to the use of medjool dates you won’t need to use any refined sugar, making this a healthy frosting option.
Easy to Make: You just need 10 minutes to make a batch of this frosting.
Ingredients
Creamy and naturally sweetened, you’ll want to make this recipe far more often than you probably should.
Here’s the low down on what you’ll need to make this:
- Cream Cheese – Smooth, creamy, and irresistibly tangy. Make sure it’s at room temp when making the chocolate frosting.
- Butter – Use unsalted butter so you have control over the amount of salt added to keep things balanced.
- Dates – The variety you’ll want to use is medjool. These type of dates have a high sugar content and when made into a paste, seamlessly incorporate into recipes.
- Cocoa Powder – Makes this go from a basic frosting recipe to an incredible chocolate experience.
- Unsweetened Chocolate – Two elements of chocolate takes the chocolate flavor over the top.
- Vanilla Extract – Since this won’t be heated, it’s worth using a high quality extract.
- Hot Water – Used to soak the dates so that they’ll blend into an ultra smooth paste.
- Salt – Even just a small amount of salt makes things more balanced and enhances the flavor of everything else.
How To Make Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting With Dates
If you can wield a hand mixer and turn on a blender, you can make this creamy date sweetened chocolate cream cheese frosting.
It’s really simple to make, I promise.
Here are the steps:
- Blend. Soak the dates in hot water with chocolate and cocoa powder. After 5 minutes or so, blend it all into a smooth paste.
- Beat. With a hand mixer, beat the butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and salt together until well combined.
- Combine. Add the cooled chocolate date paste and beat until smooth and fluffy.
Tips for the Best Date Sweetened Cream Cheese Frosting
This is a super easy recipe to make, but there are certain things you can do to ensure 100% success.
Below are tips for making chocolate cream cheese frosting that’s sweetened with dates:
- Soften key ingredients. Cold butter and cold cream cheese won’t mix into a creamy frosting. They need to be softened first. Take them out of the fridge about 30 minutes before go time so they’ll be ready to beat into the creamy frosting of your dreams.
- Use full fat cream cheese. If you want the tastiest experience possible, don’t skimp on the fat in the cream cheese.
- Cool date paste before adding to butter and cream cheese. If the date paste is hot in any way, it can melt the butter when you add the two together. To be successful, let the date paste cool down before you mix it in with the butter and cream cheese.
- Chop the chocolate small. You want the chocolate to easily melt, so chop it into small pieces.
- Blend dates until very smooth. In order to evenly sweeten the frosting, you need to blend the dates into an ultra smooth paste. When blending the dates up, stop and scrape down the sides a couple times to make sure there are no chunks.
Creamy Date Sweetened Cream Cheese Frosting
April 13, 2024Equipment
- Blender
- Mixer hand held or stand
Ingredients
- 12 – 13 whole medjool dates (170 g), pitted
- ¼ cup cocoa powder (130 g)
- 2 oz unsweetened chocolate (57 g) chopped
- ½ cup boiling hot water
- 12 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 TBS vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- To a high speed blender, add the dates, cocoa powder, and chopped chocolate. Pour boiling hot water over everything. Let sit for 5 minutes.12 – 13 whole medjool dates, ¼ cup cocoa powder, 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, ½ cup boiling hot water
- In a large bowl, with a hand held mixer on medium-high speed, mix together the cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and salt until well combined.12 oz cream cheese, 1 stick butter, 1 TBS vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp salt
- After the dates and chocolate have soaked for 5 minutes, blend all together until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the blender as needed.
- Make sure the date paste is cool before pouring in the bowl with the butter and cream cheese. Beat the date paste and cream cheese mixture together on high until smooth and fluffy.
