This Vegan Chai Spiced Cheesecake is the ultimate blend of cozy chai flavors and creamy, tangy indulgence, perfect for impressing your guests or treating yourself this holiday season. All you need is 9 simple ingredients and a simple homemade chai spice blend!
Ingredients You’ll Need
For the crust
Vegan butter: A few tablespoons of melted butter binds the cookie crumbs together, creating a wet, sand-like mixture that’s perfect for shaping into a cheesecake crust.
Chai spice mixture: If you have a pre-made chai spice blend you love, feel free to use it (you’ll need it for the crust and cheesecake filling). Or, make our homemade blend with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and black pepper.
Biscoff cookies: The crust is made entirely from crushed Biscoff cookies, and we highly recommend using Lotus Biscoff Cookies for the best results (they’re accidentally vegan!).
For the filling
- Vegan cream cheese: To make a nut-free cheesecake, we chose Tofutti’s vegan cream cheese for its tangy, rich flavor. Kite Hill Cream Cheese is another popular vegan cream cheese, though it does contain nuts. We have not tested this recipe with our homemade cream cheese and aren’t sure if it would work well in a baked cheesecake.
- Sugar: Granulated sugar sweetens the filling without altering the color of the cheesecake. We don’t recommend replacing this with a liquid sweetener – it will make the filling too runny.
- Cornstarch: Helps to thicken the cheesecake filling and ensures it sets properly.
- Non-dairy milk: Any unsweetened or lightly sweetened plant-based milk will work well. We typically use oat milk or soy milk.
- Lemon juice: Adds tanginess to the cheesecake and balances the sweetness. For best results, you want to use freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Vanilla: Enhances the flavor of the sweet cheesecake filling and adds depth.
For the Vegan Whipped Cream (Optional)
- Vegan heavy cream: The base of the homemade vegan whipped cream. We like to use Trader Joe’s Vegan Heavy Whipping Cream (find it in the refrigerated section) or Country Crock Plant Cream!
- Sugar: Granulated sugar sweetens the whipped cream, just like the store-bought whipped cream!
Find the full printable recipe here: Vegan Chai Spiced Cheesecake
