This Death by Chocolate Cheese Ball is sure to be a hit at your Halloween parties!

It tastes incredibly rich and decadent

I made it completely gluten free, with a boost of protein, and free from refined sugars!

With a rich and fudgey cheesecake filling, and dark chocolate chips galore, this is a chocolate lovers dream come true!

Why You’ll Love This Death by Chocolate Cheese Ball

It’s completely no bake
It’s easy to whip up last minute
It’s sure to impress all the chocolate lovers in your life
I kept it lower sugar by using powdered monkfruit, and dark chocolate chips
It’s got a boost of protein
It’s great for dipping apples, strawberries, pretzels, or graham crackers, but it’s just as delicious by the spoonful!

Ingredients

12 oz organic cream cheese, softened – I used Nancy’s organic Probiotic rich cream cheese
1/2 cup cashew butter – I like artisana organics brand
1/3 cup powdered monkfruit sweetener (Lakanto), or organic powdered sugar
1/3 cup chocolate protein powder – Just Ingredients is my favorite brand. Clean ingredients and nothing artificial or added gums. Use code colleenF10 to save!
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup mini chocolate chips – I like Pascha brand 70% dark chocolate stevia sweetened, or their 85% dark chocolate
For coating
Dark chocolate chips
Homemade candy eyes – simply melt white chocolate, use a syringe to dollop a circle-full onto parchment paper, place a mini chocolate chip in the center, and freeze until firm, just a few minutes. I keep a batch in the freezer for the holiday season!
2 white chocolate chips – I like Pascha organic vegan white chocolate
And a gluten free Oreo type cookie for the ears! – I used Goodie Girl gluten free cookies

Use a hand mixer to whip your cream cheese and cashew butter together until smooth
Add remaining ingredients and whip again
Fold in 1/3 cup mini dark chocolate chips
Place in plastic wrap or beeswax wrap and shape into a sphere, and place in the freezer for 30 min to hold shape
Once firm, remove from wrap, smooth out shape with a spatula, and cover in dark chocolate chips, leaving room for eyes, two white chocolate chips for the teeth, and half a chocolate cookie for each ear!
Serve with gluten free pretzels, graham crackers, apple slices, strawberries, etc!

I love how easy it to just add all of the filling ingredients to a bowl, mix, and freeze!

Cream Cheese- a vegan cream cheese will work fine here, too!
Chocolate protein powder – if you don’t want to use protein powder you’ll want to up the cocoa powder to 1/4 cup, and add 2 tbsp extra of powdered sugar
Powdered monkfruit – you can use organic powdered sugar, but it does need to be powdered versus granular or the texture won’t hold up
Cashew butter – you can sub with ghee, or softened butter. You could also use sun butter, or peanut butter if you’d prefer a chocolate peanut butter cup flavor

If you make this Death by Chocolate Cheese Ball I’d love to your thoughts! Or tag me on social media so I can see your creations!

Servings:

Use a hand mixer to whip your cream cheese and cashew butter together until smooth
Add remaining ingredients and whip again
Fold in 1/3 cup mini dark chocolate chips
Place in plastic wrap or beeswax wrap and shape into a sphere, and place in the freezer for 30 min to hold shape
Once firm, remove from wrap, smooth out shape with a spatula, and cover in dark chocolate chips, leaving room for eyes, two white chocolate chips for the teeth, and half a chocolate cookie for each ear!
Serve with gluten free pretzels, graham crackers, apple slices, strawberries, etc