6 Dessert Recipes With 15g+ Protein and the Calories on the Label

The shell game most "high protein dessert" roundups play: shrink the serving to 1/12 of a pan, round protein up, leave calories off the headline. This list doesn't. Six recipes, every one landing 15g of protein or more per serving as written, with the calorie count printed right next to the protein.

Range: 235 to 430 calories per serving, 15g to 21g of protein. Blended cottage cheese does most of the structural work — that's the trick, and the blender step is what makes the texture vanish. No protein powder.

Blended Cottage Cheese Chocolate Cheesecake Jars

Single-serve chocolate cheesecake on a blended cottage cheese base. Denser and more pudding-like than a baked New York slice; closer to a set chocolate mousse. The blender step is doing the work. Don't skip it.

Blended Cottage Cheese Chocolate Cheesecake Jars

Single-serve chocolate cheesecake jars on a blended cottage cheese base. Dense, mousse-like, no protein powder.

cal

279

protein

17.5g

carbs

31g

fat

10.5g

Blended Cottage Cheese Matcha Cheesecake Cups

Cheesecake cups on a blended cottage cheese base with culinary-grade matcha. Creamy and dense — closer to a chilled Basque-style cheesecake than a New York slice. The blender is non-negotiable; it's what makes the cottage cheese disappear.

Blended Cottage Cheese Matcha Cheesecake Cups

Creamy, dense single-serve matcha cheesecakes on a blended cottage cheese base.

cal

325

protein

19g

carbs

22g

fat

18g

Blended Cottage Cheese Horchata Rice Pudding

Cold rice pudding inspired by horchata — cinnamon, vanilla, almond — with blended cottage cheese in place of heavy cream. Texture lands closer to chilled arroz con leche than to stovetop American rice pudding. 15g protein, 265 calories, 4g of fat.

Blended Cottage Cheese Horchata Rice Pudding

Cold horchata-style rice pudding on a blended cottage cheese base. Cinnamon, vanilla, almond.

cal

265

protein

15g

carbs

42g

fat

4g

Cottage Cheese Banana Pudding Cups

Layered banana pudding with blended cottage cheese in place of instant pudding mix. Creamy and thick — closer to set custard than fluffy pudding. Vanilla wafers soften overnight, so eat it the next day for the real banana-pudding effect.

Cottage Cheese Banana Pudding Cups

Layered banana pudding on a blended cottage cheese base. Soften overnight, eat the next day.

cal

248

protein

15g

carbs

35g

fat

5.4g

Single-Serve Cardamom Saffron Rice Flour Mug Cake

A warm mug cake on rice flour and Greek yogurt, flavored with cardamom and bloomed saffron. Closer in spirit to sheer berenj or kheer than to a chocolate mug cake. Tender and a little dense, not fluffy. 21g of protein from yogurt and egg.

Single-Serve Cardamom Saffron Rice Flour Mug Cake

Warm single-serve mug cake on rice flour and Greek yogurt, with cardamom and bloomed saffron.

cal

430

protein

21g

carbs

49g

fat

19g

Blended Cottage Cheese Espresso Cheesecake Jars

Two single-serve cheesecakes on a blended cottage cheese base with a real shot of espresso swirled in. Closer to chilled mousse than to a dense New York slice — lighter, a little tangier, ready in the time a graham crust takes to set. 24g of protein per serving — the highest on this list.

Blended Cottage Cheese Espresso Cheesecake Jars

Single-serve espresso cheesecake jars on a blended cottage cheese base. Mousse-like, with a real espresso swirl.

cal

411

protein

24g

carbs

37g

fat

17g