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.
Add 1 cup of chocolate chips to a pyrex measuring cup and microwave for 1 minutes.
1 cup chocolate chips
Add 1 cup of sweet potato puree from a can to a bowl, and microwave for 30 seconds.
1 cup sweet potato puree
Stir the melted chocolate chips until the melted chocolate is smooth. Spoon it into the warm sweet potato puree, and stir until smooth. Add to a blender and blend until extremely smooth if you want to.
It is ready to spread on a cake or cupcakes. Frost with a knife right away.
If you want to pipe it, add 2 tablespoon of corn starch or arrowroot and stir again until combined. Then chill for 30 minutes or more to help stiffen the frosting.
Storage
Pour sweet potato frosting into an airtight container and store up to a week in the refrigerator. It can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
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Notes
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 sweet 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 stir the frosting together, but you'll get a smoother shinier texture if you use a blender.5.Storage. This sweet potato frosting can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week in a sealed container, or frozen for three months.