How to make your own Greek yogurt frosting:
Greek Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting:
It can be soy-free, oil-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, egg-free, and sugar-free
Above, I used it to frost a Low Fat Banana Mug Cake, shown above.
The yogurt takes the place of butter or shortening found in traditional frosting recipes, adding creaminess and texture without all the unhealthy fat.
Many readers have asked for a soy-free version of my original healthier cream cheese frosting recipe.
So, with leftover homemade yogurt after making Greek Yogurt Mac & Cheese, I gave the idea of how to make greek yogurt frosting a spin. And do you know where I ended up using the rest of this frosting???
Carrot cake cupcakes! It’s almost Easter, which clearly means carrot cake needs to make an appearance on the site.
So that will happen soon.
Very soon.
Keep your eyes peeled—no pun intended.
Edit: Here is the healthy carrot cake cupcakes recipe.
Greek Yogurt Frosting
How To Make Greek Yogurt Frosting
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup plus 3 tbsp cream cheese (such as Trader Joes vegan)
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp plain Greek yogurt – I used dairy-free homemade Greek yogurt
- pinch uncut stevia OR 4-5 tbsp powdered sugar
- scant 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
Blend all ingredients together until completely smooth. If a thinner frosting is desired, you can add a little milk of choice to thin it out. If using this greek yogurt cream cheese frosting to ice cakes or cookies, it’s best to serve the items immediately after frosting. Refrigerate leftover frosting for up to 4 days.
Ways To Use The Homemade Greek Yogurt Frosting:
1. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars
Full recipe: Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars
2. Sunday Morning Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Full recipe: Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
3. Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal
Full recipe: Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal
4. Healthy Red Velvet Cupcakes
Full recipe: Healthy Red Velvet Cupcakes
5. Breakfast Granola Cups
Full recipe: Breakfast Granola Cups
Saar says
Maybe I’m just being dense, but doesn’t TJ’s cream cheese have soy in it?
Has anyone tried Daiya cream cheese? I believe that’s soy-free.
Amanda says
It says it CAN be soy-free. I use daiya, so I’ll try it out in this recipe and report back with results.
Amanda says
Verdict? It tastes great with daiya! 🙂
Saar says
Awesome! Thanks. I just thought this recipe was supposed to be a replacement her frosting recipe with soy, so was confused.
Ellie H. says
Once again, this looks great! What sprinkles do you use / where can I buy them?
Chocolate Covered Katie says
Those are just store-bought sprinkles. However, if you’re looking for organic sprinkles, Whole Foods usually sells at least one brand that is vegan and has no food dyes. Look for “Let’s Do Organic” brand.
Cassie says
Beautiful, Katie! I love this!
Toni says
Oh goodness! I just finished making chocolate chip cookie dough bites. Now I need to make something to put this Greek Yogurt frosting on. Yeah! Thanks for posting it.
Tiffany says
Wow, Katie! This looks great!
Did you hear the sad news that whole soy is going out of business this month? Such sad news as I love their product and the company.
Chocolate Covered Katie says
I hadn’t heard, and that makes me really sad to hear. They are/were my favorite brand.
Amanda says
Hey Katie! Great recipe, I was wondering if you know a way to make a thick consistency healthy frosting? One that would hold up as roses for decorating? Thanks!
Chocolate Covered Katie says
I’d think your best bet might be to just combine powdered sugar or maple syrup or powdered coconut sugar with melted coconut butter. You can buy rose candy molds and freeze the mixture in them, then pop right out!
Karen says
If I wanted to make a chocolate version of this would simply adding cocoa do it and would it be sweet enough with that addition or would melted chocolate work better?
Chocolate Covered Katie says
I’ve not tried, but be sure to report back if you experiment 🙂
Sherry says
I’m not a huge fan of Greek yogurt – not sure why, I guess I feel like it’s too thick (I go back and forth with yogurt, sometimes in the mood for it, sometimes not liking it at all, I’m weird! LOL).
Anyway, I’m still curious how this frosting tastes, because I do love cream cheese frostings. And I’d be curious how it tastes on your carrot cake bars, from your cookbook! In fact, I just made them this past weekend because my sister loves carrot cake and came to visit for the weekend. Katie, those carrot cake bars were SO good! Big hit with my sister and with me. There’s still some left, so I’ll try to take a picture and send it in. 😀
Thanks always for the yummy recipes!
Chocolate Covered Katie says
Thank YOU for making them… and for buying the book! I can’t even tell you how much that means to me.
Alyssa @ Renaissancerunnergirl says
Can’t wait to try this frosting – I think it’ll go great with banana bread muffins…
Katalina @ Peas and Peonies says
This is so good and almost guilt free, I can just make the frosting and eat it fro breakfast!
Lovely Sharice says
That looks healthy & delicious….you can’t go wrong!
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Mandie | Mandie's Kitchen says
This frosting looks simply splendid! And those cinnamon rolls! Ooh, I’ve GOT to get your cookbook!
easypeasy says
That is such a cool idea and healthy too! 🙂
Awdur says
I made this to go with your cinnamon roll baked oatmeal. I just realized that in the last five days I’ve made six of your recipes! (This frosting, the oatmeal, your peanut butter bars, greek yogurt macaroni, Texas sheet cake, and your vanilla chai shake). They’ve all turned out really well! Thanks for posting!
Elisabeth says
Can I use vanilla flavored greek yogurt and take out the added sugar and vanilla?
Clementine Buttercup says
I love the idea of this. Can’t wait for your carrot cupcake recipe. Sounds delicious!
Jackie says
I could still taste the yogurt in the frosting. Will try it with vanilla flavored yogurt next time maybe that would help mask the taste. But really great alternative to regular frosting!
Marla says
Would this freeze well??
Marcie says
I am making this for my 1 year old and we have been eating a high fat content yogurt instead of greek yogurt. can I use a regular yogurt instead of greek yogurt? thank you
Janet says
I want to make your zucchini cake and wondered if I could use Fage 0% greek yogurt in place of the homemade version? I’m just desiring to make it without the wait. Thank you it looks so good!! Love your site!
margret says
How much frosting does this make? Will it be enough for one cake?
L says
Hi! I noticed you mentioned the frosting can be dairy-free among other ‘-free’s’. What would you replace the cream cheese & greek yoghurt with to make it dairy-free?
EbsFamily says
I have very rarely put frosting on anything my kids eat and now I can. Yum! Very happy with this recipe. I used xylitol as a sweetener. The recipe worked great to put a dollop of frosting on 12 whole wheat carrot muffins.
Shirley OMalley says
Do you think using a fat fred greek yogurt would work for this frosting?
Noelle says
Hi Katie! This frosting is DELICIOUS – love it. I recently made your carrot cake cupcakes and lamenting the fact that they are now gone (finished the last one yesterday for dessert!). I still have a good amount of the frosting left and don’t have immediate needs for it – have you ever frozen it for later use? If so – how was it? Thanks!
Chelsea says
Thank you for this! I always appreciate the recipes on your website for how healthy but tasty they are. I’ve been using yogurt in frosting for the first time lately but it involves so much powdered sugar and is still runny. My next project will be even better with this fluffy looking frosting :-)!
Linda says
I want to cover a watermelon cake with a Greek Yogurt frosting and make it low calorie is this possible and if so please could you tell me the recipe
Many thanks
Linda
Linda says
do you have a recipe to cover a watermelon cake
Emi says
Hi! This looks delicious! Can you please tell me how much this recipe yields? Was thinking of using it for a double-layered cake. Thanks!
Sarah says
IS it possible to make the frosting the day before using. I know you shouldn’t frost the cake until the day of, but wasn’t sure if you could make the frosting in advance.
Thank you!
Melissa says
Hi Katie! I’m doing a baby shower next weekend and I am excited to try your carrot cake healthy cupcakes and this yogurt frosting! I see that the cupcakes recipe makes nine large cupcakes, does the frosting recipe cover nine large cupcakes if piped on? Or should I double the frosting recipe? Thank you so much! Melissa Beach
Debbie says
Thank you for this. Difficult to get cream cheese here in India so I used paneer (precipitate milk protein using lemon juice and paneer is the solid part). But following this ratio it was very runny. Made again and just reduced the curd and its great. Thanks.
Sam says
Arrgghh what are cups! Can Americans please, please weigh out ingredients! It is so frustrating as there is so much variation between cups and the way people measure. It’s not very helpful to a precise baker/non-American.
Bre says
Is there another alternative sweetener besides stevia? I’m trying to avoid processed sugars and I need an alternative that’s safe for a pne year old. I’m planning my daughter’s first birthday and I don’t care much for stevia or splenda or sweet n low. I normally use raw honey but that’s not considered safe for indants.
Jason Sanford says
What about pure maple syrup?
Eva says
Can I have the recipe in ozs or grams please?
Eileen Chilson says
I haven’ t tried the recipe, but I wonder if you could substitute a little bit of Benecol margarine for a little more flavor? Benecol is good for your heart.
Jason Sanford says
I don’t see why not!
Jason
Eileen Chilson says
I think I will try it. I love frosting!
Melinda says
This was a great topping on my healthy carrot cake! I used 5% milkfat Greek yogurt and just tried not to get too much liquid. It was very easily spreadable and solid enough to ice the sides of the cake.
Rhona says
Totally runny, even when added extra cheese – couldn’t use it ?
Emily says
This recipe was amazing! Thanks so much. Never made icing with Greek yogurt before. All I had on hand was raspberry yogurt, so I used a lemon extract using your recipe and it was soooo good on white cake.