IT’S A DAIYA CHEEZECAKE PARTY! Ahem, sorry was that loud? I get excited about parties. I love them. And I especially love when I can invite beautiful friends over and have a taste-testing party over Daiya’s new line of cheezecakes. And yes, this is a sponsored post so sit back and enjoy. I’m here to bring you ONLY the tastiest products out there for all things allergy-friendly and would never review a product that doesn’t come with the Fork & Beans’ seal of approval. And spoiler alert: My Daiya cheezecake review is exceptional–these cheezecakes are incredibly good!
*Get a $1 off coupon at the bottom of the post or pick it up here!
This is a rather exciting review, actually (see? I told you I’m excited!) for a couple of reasons: 1). These cheezecakes are SOY, GLUTEN, and DAIRY-FREE. I know there are a ton of you out there that cannot tolerate nuts so most of the homemade vegan cheezecake recipes out there made with cashews are off limits*. And then there is another section who cannot have soy so any cheezecake made with tofu is out as well. What’s an allergen-friendly girl (or dude) to do? Well, that answer now comes from Daiya. And the second reason this is an exciting review?
*Do note that these cheezecakes have coconut in them, affecting a certain section of those with tree nut allergies.
2). These cheezecakes are good. Like, REALLY good. Like, everybody who was present at my party was neither gluten-free nor needed to avoid dairy (or any other allergen for that matter) and they still loved the taste. Which is always so relieving because sometimes I wonder if I just get used to certain flavors because it’s the world I’m immersed in, you know what I mean?
So here’s how the party went down. The tables were set with place settings on plates, adorned with decorations, and all four cheezecakes were set out for sampling. We ate. We laughed. We ate some more. And then we took another bite. Oh and we voted! Yup, parties at my house are serious and no one leaves until they state their mind.
I may or may not have forgotten to inform my party guests that the desserts they were sampling were actually allergen-free. That was the most exciting part–to watch everyone take bite after bite, enjoying themselves despite not knowing that these cheezecakes are made specifically for those of us with food allergies. Aaaahhh, sweet victory! Proof that it’s so deliciously rich and creamy, you will never know it’s dairy-free.
So without further ado, here were the contenders: The cheezecakes come plain and unadorned so in honor of my party, I wanted to spruce them up a little bit. I took the Chocolate Cheezecake, decorated it an outline of gluten free pretzel sticks and topped with chocolate-covered chia seeds. My guests described it as: Rich, Silky, Not-too-Sweet but Perfectly Chocolate-y.
The Key Lime Cheezecake was decorated with fresh lime slices, coconut whipped cream, and sliced almonds. We thought it had an ultra-creamy, tart yet slightly sweet bite. The key lime tasted a little artificial but not too off-putting.
The New York Cheezecake had a simple addition of fresh blackberries. We all stopped in our tracks: Smooth, Creamy, there was a lot of “Ooohhing and Aaaahhhing” and a ton of going back for seconds. You can really taste the flavor of the artisan gluten-free crust with this one, which tastes like delicious graham crackers. Trust.
And last but certainly not least, the Strawberry Cheezecake, which got an outline of freshly sliced strawberries and a topping of coconut whipped cream. Like the Key Lime, the Strawberry also had a somewhat artificial taste to it which wasn’t off-putting, just notable, but it didn’t stop us from continuing to sample. Soft, Melt-in-Your-Mouth Good.
After an hour of nibbling devouring, I revealed the truth about the cheezecakes and everyone was shocked. No one saw the allergen-friendly truth! And once the shock wore off, the voting began…
We were all actually surprised by the results. It was UNANIMOUS!
Hands-down, the New York Cheezecake was the winner! It was a favorite for all five of us, which I think surprised us because we all thought prior to trying the cheezecakes we would have chosen a different one.
But science doesn’t lie. Sometimes simple really IS the way to go.
You can purchase Daiya’s new line of Cheezecakes at Whole Foods currently in the frozen dessert section OR you can enter to win one. That’s right, the party is still going! I’m giving four lucky winners a free coupon to try a cheezecake of their choosing, all thanks to Daiya. Simple enter below to win. Can’t wait another week? Pick up your $1 off coupon here! You have until 12:00 am PST on April 23, 2015 to put your name in the drawing and have an opportunity to throw a party of your own. This is open to US Residents only.
This is a sponsored post paid by Daiya. Fork & Beans strives to bring you incredible allergen-friendly products and is supported by companies like Daiya to keep the online doors open over here. As a big thank you, get your $1 off coupon for a dairy-free cheezecake here.
No photo of a slice of the chocolate cheesecake? For shame! Show us that chocolatey goodness! 🙁
It looks really good with your additions though. Those chocolate chia seeds make it so appealing… I wanna eat it!
I’m obsessed with the New York Style Cheezecake. OMG YUM.
My 19 year old daughter has a gluten allergy and can tell within a few minutes tell that she has eaten something that has gluten in it because of the pain in her stomach. So finding desserts that taste as good as the ones she used to eat have always been a little of a challenge …… I bought the chocolate one at whole foods the other day as well as some udi’s chocolate muffins (also her favorite) and she said I was really good …. she said it will not be long before it is gone ….. Hope she save me at least a crumb …. hahahahaha!
I splurged and spent nearly ten bucks on the Key Lime cheesecake and I didn’t like it at all! It left an awful aftertaste; didn’t taste like real lime and the texture wasn’t right either – a little rubbery and not creamy. I didn’t even like the base. I was really disappointed. I use Daiya shredded and sliced cheese products all the time, and love their roast veggie pizza, but their cheesecake is definitely on my “do-not-rebuy”list.
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I already love Daiya cheese and can’t wait to try these new cheezecakes!! And your decorations are just fantabulous. But I think the biggest OMG for me of the whole post is–CHOCOLATE COVERED CHIA SEEDS!!! What an absolutely brilliant idea!! Please don’t tell me you covered those yourself (or if you did, how on earth did you do it??)!. No sign of those babies over here yet, but my eyes will be peeled!!
I like simple, so I would prefer the New York style.
I’ve only had the plain, it was great!
I think i would like the classic New York or the Strawberry. MMMM. Can’t wait to try!!
I think I would LOVE them ALL! But if I had to pick one, it would be New York style too!
key lime PIEEEEE!!!
They all look yummy. I can’t resist key lime!
Ah they all sounds and look amazing!!! If I had to choose just one it would probably be the Key Lime 😀
I have always loved cheesecake. My favorite desert actually. But because of my allergies like you I have been unable to eat many things. New York will most likely be my fave, with a few strawberries and salt. Yumm!!!
I think the plain with some strawberries would rock my world!
I think the New York style would be my favorite.
I think key lime or chocolate!
Key lime for me, please!
i would have said key lime but after your review i think i would choose the plain! i think you’re right sometimes simple is best!
I’ve always loved plain cheesecake, so I’d definitely try that first.
While they all sound delicious, I would trust your judgement and go with the NY Cheesecake. The artificial fruit flavor doesn’t appeal to me, and I’d rather go with a classic and add my own fruit!
Either chocolate or New York!
The plain New York Cheesecake – that way, I could make it my own!
KEY LIME!
Hmmm, they all sound so good. I am a bit disappointed that you all found the key lime and strawberry to be slightly artificial tasting. I would have chosen those as my go-to. But I am thinking that the chocolate would be my choice.
I was never a cheesecake fan as dairy doesnt sit well for me, but these recipes seem too good not to give a go!
Key lime! Thanks for the giveaway!
Key lime. Yum!
If it weren’t for your review I’d say Strawberry. I think I ‘ll try plain first.
Strawberry Cheezecake
Oh I would definitely go with the original.I generally prefer the classics when it comes to food — especially for nostalgic things like cheescake. Don’t mess with my favorites!! Also, congratulations!!!!! <3
I can’t find these in stores anywhere!! I’ve been craving cheesecake for what seems like ages. NY style is my very favorite!
Wow, your decorations on the cheezecakes are beautiful! I am a chocoholic, so I have a feeling that’s the one that will be my favorite! 🙂
Thanks so much for this awesome giveaway! They all look so delicious…chocolate is always a winner!
The key lime sounds soo good! But at the same time I think the New York Cheezecake would be great with a berry coulis over top.
I think it would be a very close race between the NY Style and the Key Lime – with the Key Lime just edging out for the win! 🙂
They all sound yummy, but I might stick with the classic NYC just because you can dress it up lots of ways.
They all look fun, but the nyc looks best.
I think I would like the chocolate one the best!
Key Lime! Yummy!!!!!
The New York style cheezecake would be my jam 🙂 but so would the key lime cheezecake
I think I’d like the new york style best with strawberries on top!
Okay, so this is embarrassing, but I actually don’t like cheesecake. Like, at all. But my children – all three of them allergic to grain & my son to dairy and my daughter to soy – LOVE cheesecake. They’ll flip if I buy them one. So of course, I will! And it will be strawberry because your beautiful photos make strawberries shine & dazzle us. And because children will eat almost anything when it’s topped with sliced strawberries…
I’d probably like the new york style best!
I think I could definitely go for the New York one. I’m a sucker for any kind of cheesecake though
I think Key Lime would be my favorite
I’m a New Yorker so I’ll say the New York cheesecake!
Wow, finally boughten cheesecakes I can safely eat. So few foods are gluten,dairy and soy free. So excited to get to try a bougthen cheesecake! Thank you
The chocolate cheesecake would be my first choice.
Key lime, my alltime favorite cheesecake flavor.
so excited about key lime!
Do you have to be in the U.S. to get this coupon? Daiya is Canadian so that would be weird…
Key lime, probably. I miss key lime pie from my non vegan days!
I would for sure try the NY cheezecake, then I could top it with any flavor or topping I choose. Thanks.
What is a Canadian gal to do? Amazing party! Makes me want to have a cheesecake party of my own. Except I am the only person invited so I can eat all the cheesecake hahaha! I suppose the cat can come too. Can’t wait to see these on Canadian shelves!
Chocolate!
I would love to try any of these! ! Cheesecake is my favorite dessert of all time!! And I’m a sucker for key lime. I miss cheesecake so bad and needing gf and df this is the ticket!
D. All of the above!
Ok but if I must probably New York or strawberry.
Wish I could’ve helped you taste test!
new york style!
I’d be down to try any of them, but the New York sounds especially delicious!
Oooo, I’m rooting for the NY-style cheezecake as well!
the plain nyc style cheesecake sounds amazing to me!
I think my favorite would be the New York style.
My favorite is definitely the original! I was pleasantly surprised how good they were, even my non vegan son LOVED them!
chocolate!
I’d probably also go with the NY style and add my own fruit- maybe raspberries…yum.
I definitely think I would like the NY style the best! I would add my own toppings :-).
I would like to try the New York Style first! I’m sure I would end up making my own sampler platter out of it adding something to each slice to experiment with flavors!
OMG so pumped for these!! I think I’d love the NY style one, too 🙂
New York for sure! and I’d probably put some berries on it as well. 🙂
From your votes at the tasting party I would have to say New York style!! I’m usually hesitant to try these products, but now am excited. And I would have to put the fresh berries on top.
New York would be the first one I try! Have been on a cheesecake quest, trying to make one that tastes like the real thing! Can’t wait to try these!
Hooray! I am so excited to try these, and your review and photos are gorgeous. Can’t even stand the spruced up touches you added. I was already most excited to try the plain one, but now you’ve sold me 🙂
I think I would like the plain cheezecake, but chocolate is always good too!
I think that I would have a really hard time choosing, and that my boyfriend would sway the vote towards trying the original first. I would probably want the chocolate, hahah. I love chocolate. Buuut, I can always sprinkle some PB2 or shaved chocolate on the original NYC flavor, haha.
Chocolate and NY style would be my top two choices. Yum – thanks for the giveaway!
Wait a minute…you adorned the Daiya cheezecakes like a baking pro? Why am I shocked? Ahhhhhh to live inside your brain for even a moment. I’m excited to try the chocolate cheezecake. Mine may not have pretzels, but it will have a spoon and stretchy pants =)
I’m dying to try the chocolate!
Having been born there, New York cheezecake, of course. Am I the millionth comment? Hope so. xoxo
It may be all the food intolerance that I can’t have but this is so exciting!! I really can’t wait to try them!
Probably the New York Style would be my pick. I like being able to dress is up with whatever fruit is in season and strikes my fancy that day.
Chocolate would be my favorite. Yum!
Chocolate is always a favorite in our place! The berry looks good to me!
Probably the chocolate one would be my favorite.
NY would be my pick
I think the plain/NYC flavor would be my favorite, too, because I could fancy it up with any extras that sounded good at the moment! I love your use of the chocolate-covered chia seeds, definitely going to try those on top! With fresh berries now that winter in New England has finally bid us adieu. Thanks for the giveaway!
yum! I want to try the NYC
Key Lime would be my first choice but there is nothing better than the plain one that could be dressed up with other flavors or fresh fruit!
What an excellent idea for a party! I love it, and your decorations are so awesome.
I think I would prefer the plain cheezecake as well, because then you can adorn it with whatever toppings/additional flavors you choose.
I’m a chocoholic through and through but somehow I think I would love the simplicity of the plain one the best
I would like the plain so I could dress it up with any flavor I wanted. Thank you for taking the time to review these and let us know which ones had a bit of artificial flavor to them–especially since they didn’t interfere with consumption. 😎
I think I would like any of the flavors, but the chocolate sounds delicious 🙂
I think my favorite would be the new York. I just really like plain cheesecake.
I can not wait to try them when they come to my local store in Parma, Ohio!
I’ve been wanting to try a vegan cheesecake, but I’ve been too lazy to make one myself.
This looks delicious!
I would devour them all but Key Lime is calling to me
I don’t know which I would pick! Probably New York but how do you choose – it cheesecake for heaven’s sake!
Wow! These look amazing! 🙂
I love your site. You are so creative. Made many of your recipes with my kids. I think that the plain old original cheesecake would be my favorite. Will head over to whole foods and try one. Thank you.
I saw these at whole foods a couple weeks ago and picked up the key lime. It was amazing. The plain was not even on my radar. Now I need to try it!!
I have a feeling chocolate would be the winner for me!! Can’t wait to try these!!!
I would really love to try the Daiya Key Lime Cheesecake. Can’t wait!
I like Daiya shreds in a corn tortilla quesadilla so I think I would agree that their NY style probably tastes the best! Simple always satisfies 🙂
They all look amazing, but I’ve always had a thing for New York cheesecake with berries and chocolate drizzle on top.
I would really like to try all of them, but, since I have to choose one, I will go with “New York”.
They all look scrumptious but if I had to pick one I would pick New York! drooling!
I love plain New York style cheesecake.
I seriously can not contain my excitement. I will be making them all…possibly at once!
trying! not making lol
I am easily swayed by your taste buds! New York style would probably be the one I’m most excited for.
They all look delish, but I would have to try the strawberry!
OMG- this is just what I need!! The new So delicious coco whips will pair perfectly with this 😉
Would like to try Daiya cheesecakes.
NY style all the way!!!!!!!!!! miss that juniors cheesecake
I have a soft spot for Key Lime Cheesecake. Making vegan cheesecake it a hassle sometimes so being able to pick one up in the freezer would be awesome!