When life throws mangos at you, make a Mango Protein Cheesecake Cup for one. It’s no-bake, no stress and ready to impress your taste buds.

This easy, single-serve high protein snack is sweet and tart and creamy, a delicious healthy dessert that is nutritionally on point for breakfast or a post-workout snack! It’s a great source of protein, calcium and fiber (full nutrition in recipe card).

It all starts with one of my favorite ingredients, blended cottage cheese. A cottage cheese cup is such a powerhouse food providing lots of protein and calcium for a relatively low calorie expenditure.  Vanilla protein powder pumps up the protein even more – use the variety you like best! In this cheesecake cup, I use Nuzest Clean Lean Protein, a plant-based protein powder that’s easy to digest and has a good texture. (Save 15% with code FITFORK)

TIPS FOR MAKING MANGO PROTEIN CHEESECAKE CUP

Container: You’ll need a 10 to 12-oz bowl, mug or jar for this mango protein cheesecake!

Juice: You can use straight up mango juice, or a mango juice blend – I prefer to look for juice with no added sugar.

Chia Seeds: these help the juice gel up and add a great jam-like texture – you can use black chia seeds or white chia seeds, your choice!

Cottage Cheese Tip: Because I almost exclusively use BLENDED cottage cheese in my diet (a texture preference), I pre-blend my cottage cheese when I get home from the market and then put it back in the container, ready to go. However, if you are just blending the small ¾ cup called for in this recipe, you’ll want to use a personal sized blender.

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Mango Protein Cheesecake Cup for one

Prep Time

10 mins

chill

30 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

Mango Protein Cheesecake Cup for One is a no-bake, easy high protein snack that will be your new tropical-inspired favorite for a healthy dessert, post-workout snack or even an easy breakfast that also boasts lots of calcium and fiber.

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack, workout

Keyword: cheesecake, cottage cheese, mango, protein powder

Ingredients

• ¾ cup 2% cottage cheese blended
• 3 tbsp. vanilla protein powder
• 3 oz. mango juice or a no-added sugar mango juice blend I used Naked’s Mighty Mango
• 1 ½ tbsp. chia seeds black or white
• optional garnish Fresh mango, chopped

Instructions

1. Blend cottage cheese in personal-sized blender, scrape down sides as needed.

2. Stir in protein powder. Add cottage cheese mixture to 10-12 ounce mug (or bowl)

3. Add mango juice and chia seeds to small jar and shake. Pour over top, chill for 30 minutes to gel up chia seeds. Add chopped mango, if desired.

Recipe Notes