Rose Cheesecake Truffles are an easy, no-bake, Indian fusion dessert. These are perfect dessert bites for parties and festivals.
Truffles are one of my favorite desserts, so I wanted to combine my favorite desserts with Rose for its beautiful floral flavor and pretty color. Simply gorgeous and delectable. And the rose truffles recipe was created.
What are Rose Cheesecake Truffles?
Rose cheesecake truffles are delicious dessert bites that are inspired by the Rose Flavored Indian Mithai meets Cheesecake. These cheesecake bites are easy no bake, no cook dessert which is perfect for your parties, or any festivals. The cardamom and vanilla in this recipe elevate the whole flavor palette and compliment the rose perfectly. And if someone from friends/family is having a baby shower, these will be perfect on the dessert table.
Can we Make these Truffles Vegan?
Although this recipe has significant use of dairy. You can totally replace cream cheese with Vegan Cream Cheese to make these.
Ingredients To Make Rose Cheesecake Truffles
You need a handful of ingredients to make these rose cheesecake truffles.
Parle-G / Graham Crackers - I use Parle-G biscuits to add the rustic Indian taste to the dessert, but you can use graham crackers or digestive biscuits, If you can't find Parle-G.
Cream Cheese - Full-fat cream cheese at room temperature works the best for this recipe. It gives a luscious texture to your truffles. If you want to make this recipe vegan, use Vegan Cream Cheese instead.
Rose Syrup - India and Pakistan's most famous Roohafza has been winning our hearts for the longest time now. I use roohafza to flavor this dessert. Roohafza is easily available at any Indian Grocery Store and even on Amazon.
If you can't find roofafza, you can replace it with 1.5 teaspoon of rose water and add a drop of red gel food color, for the pretty color.
Cardamom - Freshly Ground cardamom/ Cardamom Powder cannot be replaced in this recipe. It gives delicious sweet undertones to this recipe, and that Indian dessert kick.
Vanilla Extract - A good quality vanilla will bring a beautiful balance to all the flavors.
Almond Powder - Almond powder will help bind the cheesecake truffles together and will aid them in a dough-like structure. The nuttiness of the almond flour takes these truffles to next level amazing. You can substitute almond flour with cashew powder, or coconut flour.
Powdered Sugar - Using powdered sugar will make sure it incorporates into the mix flawlessly. Castor sugar will be very grainy to use in the truffles. If you don't have powdered sugar, you can blitz some castor sugar in a blender and then add.
Desiccated Coconut and Dried Rose Petals - For Garnishing.
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Variations for These Rose Cheesecake Truffles
- You can stuff these rose cheesecake truffles with gulkand or rose jam, and then roll them into truffles.
- Instead of using rose syrup, you can add 4 tablespoon mango puree and make Mango Cheesecake Truffles.
- You can add edible gold or silver to the truffles to give them a rich Indian Mithai look.
- Use freeze-dried strawberries, and blitz them with the parle-g or graham crackers. And make strawberry truffles.
- Cover the truffles with melted white chocolate and top them with dried rose petals and pistachio powder.
Rose Cheesecake Truffles
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Equipment
- Food Processor
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 40 Parle-G Biscuits 1.5 Cups Cookie Crumbs
- 8 oz Cream Cheese Full Fat At Room Temperature
- 3 Tbsp Powdered Sugar
- 3 Tbsp Rose Syrup I use Roohafza
- ½ Tsp Cardamom Powder
- ½ Tsp Vanilla Extract
- ⅓ Cup Almond Flour
- ¼ Cup Desicated Coconut For Garnishing
- 2 Tbsp Dried Rose Petals For Garnishing
Instructions
- In your food processor bowl, add your cookies. I am using parle-g but you can use digestive biscuits or graham crackers as well.
- Blitz the biscuits until crumbled. You need 2 cups of cookie crumbs to make these truffles.
- Now to this, start adding the rest of the ingredients.
- We will start with adding softened cream cheese at room temperature.
- Next goes in powdered sugar, almond flour, rose syrup, cardamom and vanilla. extract.
- Blitz for 1 minute until everything is well combined. Scrape the truffle mix from the sides of the bowl and bltz again for a minute.
- To roll the truffles, take 1 tablespoon of the rose cheesecake truffle batter, and roll the truffles between your palms. Set all of them aside.
- Now lightly Roll the prepared truffles in desiccated coconut and dried rose petals.
- Keep the Truffles refriegerated. These stay good for 3-5 days in the refrigerator.
- You can freeze the extra truffles, and enjoy them for upto 2 weeks.
Notes
- This is a very easy dessert, that gets ready in 10 minutes.
- I have mentioned substitutions to make this recipe vegan in the blog.
- Other variations of this recipe are also mentioned in the blog.
- Use full-fat cream cheese at room temperature for this recipe, it gives the perfect soft and luscious texture to these truffles.
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Mi Li
I have found this recipe on Pinterest and was thrilled with all the ingredients and the look of this dessert. Unfortunately the truffles look nothing like posted here. Any biscuit used gives a brown not very pleasant color. So they turn out more brown than white/pink as in pictures. I can imagine those were made with a very light biscuits and or just almonds.
Aayushi Patel
I am sorry you feel this way! I do use a very light-colored biscuit to make these, so they come out beautifully pink. I have shared the video on my instagram, so you can see how pink they really are!
Melanie Smith
We were having a Ladies Tea Party at our church, and it was garden-themed. I wanted a lovely rose recipe (because rose flavor is delicious!), and I came across this recipe. I was on the fence as to whether or not our ladies would like it, because they are sometimes not adventurous when it comes to trying different foods. 🙂 I did substitute graham crackers for the Parle-G biscuits. Well, not only were these easy to make and absolutely BEAUTIFUL, they are delicious too! All of the ladies really enjoyed them, and a couple of them asked for the recipe. This is definitely a keeper and will be making an appearance at our next tea party! Thank you for such a delicious treat!
Aayushi Patel
Thank you Melanie for taking the time to write this beautiful note! I am so happy you and your friends enjoyed these rose cheesecake truffles!