Cottage Cheese Brownie Dip (Printable Version)

Smooth chocolate dip with cottage cheese, ideal for pairing with fresh fruit dippers.

# What You'll Need:

→ Dip

01 - 1 cup cottage cheese, full-fat or low-fat
02 - 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
03 - 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
04 - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
05 - 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips, plus extra for garnish
06 - Pinch of salt

→ Fruit Dippers

07 - 1 cup strawberries, hulled and halved
08 - 1 cup apple slices
09 - 1 cup banana slices
10 - 1 cup seedless grapes

# Directions:

01 - In a blender or food processor, combine cottage cheese, cocoa powder, maple syrup or honey, vanilla extract, and salt. Blend until very smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides as needed.
02 - Transfer the dip to a bowl and stir in the mini chocolate chips, reserving a few for garnish.
03 - Garnish the top of the dip with extra chocolate chips if desired.
04 - Arrange the prepared fruit dippers on a platter around the dip.
05 - Serve immediately, or refrigerate for up to 2 days before serving.

# Additional Tips::

01 -
  • It tastes like brownie batter but keeps your protein intake honest, which somehow feels like a delicious loophole.
  • No baking required means you can have dessert in the time it takes to wash your hands.
  • The cottage cheese becomes completely undetectable once blended, so even skeptics will ask for the secret.
02 -
  • Over-blending can make the mixture too thin and liquidy, so stop as soon as you can't see any cottage cheese curds anymore.
  • If you forget to serve it cold, pull it from the fridge thirty minutes before guests arrive; cold dip is less flavorful than one that's just cool enough to be refreshing.
03 -
  • Use full-fat cottage cheese if possible; the extra cream makes the texture cloud-like and less grainy, which changes everything about how it tastes.
  • Blend for the full minute even if it looks ready at thirty seconds, because the extra time is what transforms cottage cheese from obvious to invisible.
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