Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecakes

Peanut butter and chocolate. Honestly, is there a better combo? This is one of my biggest cravings, so I love to try to incorporate it when I can. I always tell Nate I have a peanut butter problem. If you love peanut butter and chocolate as much as me, you've got to try these vegan, raw cheesecakes!

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup raw, unsalted peanuts
• 2/3 cup raw almonds 
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 8 medjool dates, pitted and chopped
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup raw cashew pieces, soaked overnight and drained
• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 
• 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
• 1/3 cup pure maple syrup 
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

• Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners 
• For the crust
• pulse peanuts, almonds, coconut flakes, dates, and 2 tablespoons cocoa powder in a food processor or blender until crumbly and it holds together when pressed. 
• **Do not over pulse or the crust will become too soft and chewy. Ideally you would like a bit of crunch for the texture. 
• Press tablespoons of this mixture into the bottom of the lined muffin tins. Place in the freezer and clean the blender.

• For the filling: 
• puree the soaked cashews, coconut oil, almond milk, and maple syrup until smooth. Remove muffin tin from the freezer Spoon half of this mixture onto the crusts. This is the peanut butter portion of your cheesecake
• Place back into the freezer (these will set quickly)
• Add 1/4 cup cocoa powder to the peanut butter mixture in the blender, and blend until combined. 
• Remove cheesecakes from the freezer and spoon and smooth the chocolate filling on top of the peanut butter layer. Decorate with halved peanuts (optional).

• Place back in the freezer until ready to eat. 

I recommend taking these out about 10 minutes before serving them. I also recommend using your fingers to eat them! They get a bit crumbly when serving with a fork. Although, if you want to eat them straight from the freezer they're like an ice cream treat!

These cheesecakes definitely a good way to treat yourself! They're rich and decadent without refined sugar and processed ingredients.

I think you'll love these!