It has been way too long since I have made a protein cheesecake. Back in the early days of MacroChef, I feel like I made a few a month. After making these vanilla protein cheesecake, I remember why. It’s so creamy, delicious, and packed with protein. You wouldn’t even know it’s healthy!
Vanilla Protein Cheesecake
You can make a bunch of variations with this recipe. You can change the flavor of protein powder used, add some chocolate chips or blueberries. Maybe even add different flavored extracts to adjust the flavors. The possibilities are endless!
I stuck with plain vanilla on this one so that the classic cheesecake flavor could shine through. I used my Macro Supps ONE Protein, vanilla ice cream.
You NEED a good whey + casein blend protein powder to make this vanilla protein cheesecake super creamy!
Yes, you can make it with whey protein alone but it will NOT be nearly as creamy. Pure whey protein, if we are being honest, is pretty terrible for baking. It dries out and does not leave a good texture. Macro Supps ONE Protein has a 50% whey and 50% casein blend making it optimal for baking and all of the delicious recipes!
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Anyway, back to the cheesecake.
Crust
For the crust, I used vanilla wafers, They gave a slight sweetness and amazing flavor and crunch for the base. Graham crackers would be delicious as well. I also used light butter. It can be found with all the butter in the grocery. It has only 4g of fat per tablespoon to help lower the fat and calories. Of course, you can use regular butter or even coconut oil if you’d like.
Cheesecake Filling
Like I mentioned above, I used vanilla whey protein in the cheesecake filling. I also used a combination of fat free cream cheese and fat free cottage cheese. This keeps the calories down and increases protein. You could use all cream cheese, but the end product will not have as much protein as using half cottage cheese.
Additionally, for the classic cheesecake flavor, I used sugar free cheesecake pudding mix. This is key to nail the cheesecake flavor since you aren’t using multiple bricks of full fat cream cheese like typical cheesecakes.
Finally, to increase the sweetness a bit I used a few tablespoons of Swerve granular sweetener which is a sugar free sweetener that measures 1:1 with sugar. It is my favorite calorie free sweetener to bake with. I also added 1/4 cup melted white chocolate for a little extra sweetness and flavor. You can omit if you’d like, but it is quite delicious!
