My sister said this vegan "cheese" cake recipe was awesome, so I want to make it chocolate for my omnivore, chocolate, cheesecake loving in-laws! The recipes I found called for semi-sweet baking chocolate, which in my experience contains milk. Could I use vegan chocolate chips instead maybe?? Or is there I way I could turn my plain (unsweetened and no milk) baking chocolate into semi-sweet with soy milk and sweetener, such as do you have a recipe/ exact measurements (I don't want to screw this up as I am trying to impress them)? Thank you!!
http://www.invinciblemuffin.org/vegan_cheesecake.html
2007-12-21 06:41:27 · 7 answers · asked by Sunshine Swirl 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
There is no difference between squares of semi-sweet chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips. So semi-sweet vegan chocolate chips would be fine (assuming they melt properly, never tried them). You could also use vegan regular milk chocolate chips but you might want to reduce the sugar by a tablespoon or two.
Remember 1 square = 1oz
You could probably also use dark chocolate aka baking chocolate (which has no milk and no/less sugar) and just increase the amount of sugar. It isn't like there isn't any "dairy" in the cheesecake to make up for the lack of dairy in the chocolate.
Aha of course this site has the answer!
http://www.foodsubs.com/Chocvan.html
emi-sweet chocolate = semisweet chocolate Equivalents: One cup of chips = 6 ounces; if melting the chocolate, chips and squares are interchangeable. Squares can be chopped up to make chips for cookies. Notes: Americans like this best for their cookies and brownies. It's available in bars, chunks, and chips. Mint-flavored semi-sweet chips are also available. Substitutes: bittersweet chocolate (very similar, but bittersweet chocolate usually has more chocolate liquor.) OR unsweetened chocolate (1 ounce = 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate + 1 tablespoon sugar) OR 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa + 1 tablespoon sugar + 1 teaspoon unsalted butter or vegetable oil (may leave a powdery taste, but makes product moister and more flavorful.) OR 1 tablespoon peanut butter chips OR white chocolate (especially in chocolate chip cookies; more delicate flavor, burns more easily, contains more sugar.) OR milk chocolate
2007-12-22 10:33:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They sell sweetened condensed soymilk in certain stores, I know Whole Foods has some. You can try a little bit of that mixed with vegan melted chocolate chips, or coconut milk mixed with melted vegan chocolate for a coconut-chocolate feel.
You should be fine melting your vegan chocolate chips in either way, but if they aren't sweet enough I'd suggest using a thicker sweetener, and add a little bit of tapioca starch or arrowroot or another thickener, and refridgerate the cheesecake before serving, to make sure it remains firm.
You might end up having to do a few trial runs to get it right though, since you're deviating from a tried-and-true recipe, and there's no way to guess the ingredients.
Maybe you can look online and find a vegan chocolate cheesake recipe instead?
2007-12-21 07:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find vegan semi-sweet chips. Try Stop N Shop, if there is one near you.
2007-12-21 07:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by emily_brown18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is vegan semi-sweet chocolate out there--Callebaut is one brand. Check it out at Whole Foods.
2007-12-21 08:59:52 · answer #4 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It won't work out the same. My suggestion is to melt your chocolate and pour it over your cooled cheesecake after cooking.
2007-12-21 08:25:03 · answer #5 · answered by MJ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Glad I'm not a vegan, seems like they're always stressed out over some food or other. Just use cocoa, it's not complicated.
2007-12-21 06:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋
you stressed to the point to post ..!!!
No one can avoid taking part of consuming some part of some animal... so highly refined are some by-products they can not be avoided like MEDICINE...
all vegans forget they are animals and consumed milk as god required them..
Merry Christmas...â¥
HE eat meat (fish) and the soup of the day lamb..
2007-12-21 07:01:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋