fbpx

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Home » Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

If you like cream cheese frosting, then wait till you eat this amazing chocolate cream cheese frosting. It’s creamy, smooth, chocolatey, and something refreshingly new! 

If you are in for a frosting that isn’t too sweet and has a chocolatey yet a bit tangy flavor, then this frosting recipe is just for you. 

Anyone who is a fan of cream cheese frosting would know that it can be paired with limited desserts like carrot cake or red velvet cake. Adding chocolate flavor opens a whole new option to pair it with different desserts. The chocolate cream cheese frosting would go well with vanilla cupcakes, marble cake, chocolate cake or cupcakes, zucchini muffins, etc. 

So don’t wait anymore and try this frosting with your favorite dessert. 

Why You’ll Love This Recipe? 

  • Texture: The frosting is amazingly creamy and smooth. Unlike basic cream cheese frosting, which may sometimes feel dense, this frosting does not feel as heavy. It has a buttery, Silky texture which I’m sure you will all love. 
  • It’s Pipeable: Adding cocoa powder brings a lot more stability to the frosting. Even after freezing, the basic cream cheese frosting does not pipe as smoothly as we want it. However, piping isn’t a problem with chocolate cream cheese frosting. You easily pipe your favorite border designs on the cake. 
  • Flavoursome: Most frostings are either too sweet or too dark chocolatey in taste. However, this frosting has the perfect balance between sweet, tangy, and chocolatey flavors. You will definitely enjoy pairing this floating with many desserts. 

Important Ingredients Used In The Recipe

  • Cream Cheese: It’s important to understand here that type and consistency of cream cheese really matter a lot while making this frosting. Ensure that you aren’t using a cream cheese spread but using only a cream cheese block. Also, the cream cheese shouldn’t be in a runny state. It should be solid, grainy, and creamy. 
  • Natural Cocoa Powder: Since the frosting isn’t supposed to be too dark or chocolatey, I’m using natural cocoa powder in the recipe instead of Dutch-processed cocoa powder. 
  • Unsalted Butter: The unsalted butter must be at a soft stage. That means you should be able to press it. Using too soft or too hard butter won’t give the appropriate results that we need for the frosting. Beating the butter helps incorporate air making the frosting fluffy. 

How To Make Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Preparation: Collect all ingredients in different bowls that are needed for the recipe. Prepare a hand beater fixed with whisk attachments. 

Creaming: Take soft unsalted butter in a mixing bowl and start beating it with a hand beater at a medium speed until it gets light and fluffy. 

Add Cream Cheese: Add the softened cream cheese to the creamed butter and continue to beat it at medium speed until the cream cheese gets incorporated well into the butter. 

Milk and Icing Sugar: in a different bowl, mix icing sugar and milk. Mix until the sugar gets dissolved completely. 

Add Milk-Sugar Mixture: Now, once the cream cheese and butter have been creamed well, start adding the milk-sugar mixture gradually. Beat it continuously. In the beginning, it may seem that the mixture is not getting incorporated as it is liquid and fat being mixed. However, with continuous beating, the milk will get combined with the butter. 

Add Cocoa Powder and Salt: It’s time to finally add sifted natural cocoa powder and salt to the above mixture. Beat this well, and your delicious frosting is ready.

Chef’s Tips For The Recipe

Tip For Piping

As this frosting is good enough for piping, there’s a key tip to follow to get vest results. Before piping, it is advisable to refrigerate the frosting for 20-30 minutes. This will ensure good piping consistency. 

Sieve Dry Ingredients 

While making the frosting, you must sieve the icing sugar and cocoa powder. Though Icing sugar is getting mixed and dissolved in milk first, sifting ensures there aren’t any hard lumps that may not get dissolved in the milk. 

How To Store Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting 

Use it immediately when prepared. If made ahead of time, then you can store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. 

More Easy Recipes

Experiment with different flavors and textures of frostings with my other recipes – Blueberry frosting and Russian Buttercream. 

Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Chocolate cream cheese frosting: it’s soft, smooth, creamy, and delicious-what more do you want in a frosting?! 

  • Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

Scale
  • 120g Cream Cheese
  • 110g Unsalted Butter
  • 75g Icing Sugar
  • 10ml Milk
  • 40g Natural Cocoa Powder
  • A Pinch Of Salt

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, beat unsalted butter using a hand beater until it’s fluffy in texture. This could take a couple of minutes.
  2. Add the cream cheese to the creamed butter and beat again.
  3. Mix milk and icing sugar in a different bowl so that the sugar dissolves thoroughly.
  4. Now, gradually add this mixture to the creamed butter while beating simultaneously. Beat until you get a homogeneous mixture.
  5. Sieve in natural cocoa powder and salt and combine until they are well incorporated.

Your chocolatey cream cheese frosting is ready !!

  • Author: Chef Mansi Jain
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

“I achieved 10% of my short-term manifestation before my target date”
Before this program I knew a little about manifestations, but as I discovered during the program, I had a lot of limiting beliefs that kept me from fully embracing and accepting myself as a manifestor.
During this program I became more aware of what manifestation is and how powerful I am. I become more aware of my guides, of my highest self and that I can pull the best of my highest self into my present. Since this program I no longer wrestle with trying to convince myself that what I desire will happen. I know that it has happened, it is done and it is mine, here and now. I achieved 10% of my short-term manifestation before my target date, my eyesight has improved and I no longer need glasses for distance vision, only for reading, I gave myself a make-over as part of my commitment to my renewal and I began to de-clutter my space.
Trevor Buikies
Entrepreneur
Durban, South Africa
“My professional and personal life has seen significant positive changes”
Joining “The Art of Manifesting” was a life-changing decision for me. This is now the third time going through the quest and focusing on different areas of manifestation.
Regan is a powerful guide and she walks the talk.
This 28-day journey was a blend of practical techniques and profound energetical activations. I learned to visualize my goals clearly, expand my possibilities, and overcome the limitations holding me back from living a life i desire. The quest’s unique approach to identity hacking helped me align my inner self with my aspirations, making the manifestation process more effective and authentic.
The biggest takeaway for me was the acceleration of manifestation by bending time and tapping into the highest frequencies. The techniques taught in the quest enabled me to see results much faster than I expected. My professional and personal life has seen significant positive changes, and goals that once seemed unattainable are now within reach.
I’m beyond grateful for the wisdom and tools I’ve gained from this quest and Regan. It’s not just about manifesting; it’s about transforming your entire lifestyle. I highly recommend “The Art of Manifesting” to anyone looking to turn their dreams into reality.
Till Infinity
D
Dijana Llugolli
Coach
Stockholm, Sweden
“This course and listening to Regan’s podcasts gave me the tools to acknowledge my blocks and mindsets around drinking”
I have so enjoyed this journey with Regan, I am a new person as a result of this quest. I now have new beliefs & mindsets that I keep working on daily, hourly. A kinder and more compassionate version of me has emerged over this journey, and I love her!
This quest has resulted in me finding the lost me, the me that has been hidden under the voices of doubt, fear or just lack of awareness that I get to run my life not the other voices in my head or family and people around me. When we wire ourselves to the future version of us, then we make different choices and we are already a different person!
Thank you Regan, thank you Mindvalley, thank you tribe!!!! ❤❤, I love you all and wish you a magical Christmas and hope our paths may cross one day at Mindvalley events.
Rachael Courtenay
Orthopedic Physical Therapist
Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
“My family’s net income unexpectedly increased while I was taking the quest”
Before taking this Quest I believed that the prerequisites of success were hard work, long hours, timing and a degree of luck; “1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” was my mantra. Trying to achieve success with this mindset was exhausting, frustrating and unsustainable.

 

I then discovered The Art of Manifesting … and was blown away.

 

The foundational teaching of focusing on your inner world to achieve has been transformative in the way I live my life. I now know that cultivating the feeling of already being in possession of that which you want, accelerates the manifestation of what you desire.

 

My family’s net income unexpectedly increased while I was taking the quest, and have discovered a path to manifest greater abundance in the year to come. But perhaps the biggest shift I experienced during this quest now knowing that I am worthy and deserving of abundance. Regan, I am eternally grateful to you, thank you :-)
Rahim Kassam
Financial Risk Analyst
Toronto, Canada
“Now, my manifestation is showing up right before my eyes in ways I hadn’t even considered”
Before this program, I believed somewhat in manifestation but never knew how to do it, or if it was real, and the little bit I did know ended up being completely wrong! This Quest has not only taught me how to manifest and put me on the path to doing it the right way, but I was actually able to manifest what I had set at the beginning.
I never thought it would actually come true, but I committed myself to the process and gave it 100% every day. And now, my manifestation is showing up right before my eyes in ways I hadn’t even considered. It’s truly blowing my mind.
I had a financial goal for the end of the Quest, and different opportunities for selling my artwork started coming up, and the deals are coming out almost to the exact number I had set.
Not only that, but I have truly transformed into a better version of myself in these short weeks, more than I had in the last few years, that my spouse has even noticed.
I’m so excited for what’s to come next and so grateful for this program. Thank you.
Hannah McGuire Silva
Artist
Olney, United States
“I have written a 50,000-word book, that is now in design”
I joined Mindvalley on New Year’s 2023. I am excited to share how life has significantly changed in the first 90 days of the year. Beginning with the Silva Method, I envisioned and transformed a dysfunctional personal relationship, into a loving, caring separation, allowing me the peace and serenity to follow my path, and my partner to choose his. In February while on the Art of Manifesting Quest I listed my intent to have a book written by May 2023, and have a speaking engagement booked by December 2023.
I have written a 50,000-word book, that is now in design, and a journal for Women seeking a deeper connection with themselves, also in design. Both will be uploaded via KDP Amazon self-publishing by May 1st.
I have booked a speaking engagement for May with the intent of having published books with me for sale.
Most importantly – this morning I changed my profile from ‘Document writer’ to ‘Author.’
Gratitude abounds!!!
Sharr L
Author
Kelowna, Canada