Would a cheesecake by any other name taste as sweet? The answer is yes, because Daiya's "Cheezecake" [1] is frickin' to die for. We sampled all five of the brand's coconut-based, soy-free, peanut-free, gluten-free vegan cheesecakes and almost blacked out from pure bliss.
New York, Strawberry, Key Lime, Chocolate, and Pumpkin flavors were immediately devoured by our taste-testing coworkers and earned some rave reviews (with a few critiques). Personally, we're blown away by how creamy and smooth the texture was — and how there's not a drop of dairy in these decadent desserts.
A slice will run you roughly 360 calories depending on the flavor, with about 17 grams of sugar (22 for chocolate) and a few grams of protein. Here's what everyone thought of each flavor:
New York (Plain)
- This does NOT taste dairy-free. It's dripping in dairy goodness!
- Changed my entire life.
- There's no dairy in this?!? SO good!
- Pretty good; creamy and rich!
- Favorite! Tastes natural.
- Yum!
- Tastes fantastic!
Pumpkin
Note: This seasonal flavor will be available in stores Sept. 15.
- OMG, YES.
- This is real!!
- F*ck yes!!!
- Tastes like protein powder in cake form.
- Delicious!
- Tastes like pumpkin pie!
- Wow, wow, wow.
Key Lime
- Very zesty! Love.
- Mmm, so good and zesty!
- Love!
- A great, lighter take on cheesecake.
- VERY limey.
- Liked the start, but the end is just too limey.
Strawberry
- If strawberry ice cream and cheesecake had a baby!
- Tastes like strawberry ice cream!
- Tastes like Neapolitan!
- Would like more berry flavor.
- Berry tastes artificial.
- Just like strawberry ice cream. Yum.
Chocolate
- Fudgsicle pie!
- This CAN'T be skinny?!?!
- Good, but I want more chocolate!
- Tastes like fudge!
- Perfection.
- Good but ordinary.
- It's good but could be a bit sweeter!