Chocolate Sweet Potato Frosting

This 2-ingredient chocolate sweet potato frosting has a creamy chocolate flavor, offers a healthy boost of fiber and vitamin A, and needs no added sugar. Plus the sweet potato flavor is undetectable to the taste buds.

This 2-ingredient chocolate sweet potato frosting is easily made with canned sweet potato puree and melted chocolate chips. The texture is soft, and the flavor is a rich chocolate, depending on the chocolate chips you choose. And you can't taste the potato!

No need to add more sugar - this 2-ingredient chocolate frosting is sweet enough thanks to the chocolate chips and the sweetness from sweet potato puree. Depending on the chocolate chip brand you choose, the recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan and allergen-free.

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• Why Add Sweet Potato to Frosting?
• Ingredients
• Step by Step Instructions
• Recipe Tips
• Substitutions
• FAQS
• How to Use It
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Why Add Sweet Potato to Frosting?

Adding sweet potato to frosting is the perfect idea because the starchy sweet potato provides the perfect balance of fiber and sweet flavor, while still imparting a strong nutritional contribution.

Sweet potatoes are high in fiber and antioxidants, compounds that protect the body from disease. The orange color indicates the presence of beta carotene, so good for vision and immune system. [source]

Ingredients

This frosting is so simple to make. All you need is:

sweet potato puree - Use organic canned sweet potato puree that only has sweet potato in the ingredients. Or you can bake sweet potatoes fresh and puree instead.

chocolate chips - Use a chocolate chip that has between 60% and 70% cocoa solids. This will ensure the correct level of sweet flavor.

Step by Step Instructions

1. Measure sweet potato puree. Either bake the sweet potato or open the can of puree and measure it out. (Image 1)

2. Melt the chocolate chips. Add them to a microwave-safe cup, and microwave for 60 seconds. Stir until lumps are melted and microwave again for 15 seconds if necessary to melt all lumps. Warm the sweet potato puree in the microwave for 30 seconds. Combine the two. (Image 2)

4. Stir or mix the pureed sweet potato with the melted chocolate and stir until you have a thick creamy frosting. (Image 3)

5. Frost or chill. Frost cakes or bars, or dip cookies and cupcakes. To pipe the frosting, you'll need to add cornstarch and chill. (Image 4)

Recipe Tips

1. How much frosting does this recipe make? This batch makes about 1 cup of frosting which is enough to frost about 6 cupcakes.

2.To use canned puree. It's fast and easy to use a quality canned sweet potato puree. Be sure it is an organic brand with only sweet potato in the ingredient list.

3.To use baked potatoes. You can use baked sweet potatoes. Here's two ways to bake them.

First way. Start by preheating the oven to 400ºF. Wash and dry the outside of the sweet potato and puncture the skin three times so it doesn't explode. Set it on a grease pan and bake for 60 minutes. If using a thermometer, cook until the center temperature is 200 F.

Second way. Wash the potato, puncture it, and wrap it in a damp paper towel and microwave it for 5 minutes. Instantly wrap it in foil and let it sit for 5 minutes.

Either way, when they cool enough to handle, scoop out potato, add it to a blender with a few tablespoons of milk or water and blend it into a smooth puree.

4.You can use a food processor or even a cake mixer to stir the frosting together, but you'll get a smoother shinier texture if you use a blender.

Substitutions

Sweet Potato Puree. You can use sweet potato puree from a can or use pumpkin puree from a can. Choose an organic brand, and be sure the ingredients are only pumpkin.

Corn starch. If you want to make the frosting pipable, you need to add corn starch. Arrowroot or guar gum can also be used instead. Or you can stir in 2 tablespoons of liquid coconut oil and chill the frosting for longer.

FAQS

How to Use It

1. Use a spatula to spread it on cakes or bars.

2. Make it pipable to pipe onto cakes and cupcakes.

3. Dip cookies or cupcakes directly into the fresh frosting to coat.

4. Use the frosting as a filling for chocolates made from molds. Visit my holiday chocolate box post and see how I used sweet potato frosting as a filling for chocolates.

5.Use it as a drizzle on ice cream

6.Make a simple fudge - just pour it in a pan, and freeze.

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