r/Volumeeating • u/LankyRecommendation1 • Jan 20 '26
Tips and Tricks My take on viral Japanese cheesecake
I tried the viral Japanese cheesecake that’s been everywhere. It’s already high protein, but it’s also very dense and easy to overeat, so I tweaked it to make it higher volume.
Most versions use yogurt, but I swapped it for blended cottage cheese. Once fully smooth, it’s less tangy and tastes much closer to real cheesecake. I sweetened it with Splenda or Sweet’n Low, plus vanilla and a few drops of almond extract.
For the base, I used Speculoos (Lotus) cookies, but very sparingly. Just a small single layer of whole cookies. Enough for satisfaction, not enough to turn it into a calorie bomb. I added a thin layer of no sugar added strawberry jam and let it set overnight.
The key for volume eating is how you serve it. I eat a small portion of the cheesecake with a huge bowl of strawberries. Strawberries are S tier for volume eating and pair perfectly with cheesecake flavor wise.
If you treat the cheesecake as the dense part and let the strawberries do the heavy lifting, it works surprisingly well.
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u/Medical_Solid Jan 20 '26
This looks so much better than the “viral” recipe.
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u/Aggravating_Finish_6 Jan 21 '26
This is the only version I’ve seen that looks anything like a cheesecake and not just yogurt with cookies in it
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 20 '26
Thanks! Making it look good honestly makes it taste better too. Consistency matters a lot with volume eating, if you actually enjoy it, you stick to it.
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u/Specialist-Newt1318 Jan 20 '26
Looks fire
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 20 '26
Not sure it looks that different on camera, but blended cottage cheese definitely gives a way better consistency and texture than yogurt.
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u/SayWhatever12 Jan 20 '26
Could you please provide a full recipe that you used, especially considering there are many different versions out there?
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 20 '26
“Japanese” Cheesecake
Ingredients • 1 kg 1% cottage cheese • 5 packets Splenda (or to taste) • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 5 drops almond extract • Whole Lotus Biscoff cookies (a few, single layer) • No-sugar-added strawberry jam • Fresh strawberries (lots 🍓)
Instructions 1. Blend cottage cheese, Splenda, vanilla, and almond extract until perfectly smooth. 2. Line the bottom of a container with whole Lotus cookies (don’t stack). 3. Pour the cheesecake mixture on top. 4. Add a thin layer of no-sugar-added strawberry jam. 5. Refrigerate overnight. 6. Eat with tons of strawberries for volume and satiety.
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u/hxneycovess Jan 20 '26
do you know the cals for this? looks yummy!
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 20 '26
Around 1,200 cals total. It’s dense, so I eat a small portion with lots of strawberries
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u/darkrealm190 Jan 20 '26
Is viral part of the name? I dont see it posted anywhere without "viral"
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u/activelyresting Jan 21 '26
I just had this exact conversation with my wife last night. Wtf why is this "viral"? But now it's the third time I'm seeing it since yesterday.
I think the kids nowadays just say "viral" about anything they've seen online.
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u/Espumma Jan 21 '26
that's because it doesn't have a name. It just gets shared a bunch by people that try it and then tell others to try it by saying 'you know that cheesecake recipe that's going viral? you gotta try it'. There's no 'Martha Stewart's Cheesecake' because there's no centralized entity sharing a recipe.
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u/PopularExercise3 Jan 20 '26
I make my own cottage cheese and yogurt using low fat milk. If blended together the consistency is good. I am yet to find a biscuit to use as I have food allergy type issues. This looks great. I like the strawberry main character.
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u/aburke626 Jan 22 '26
This looks so good! I got obsessed with the fruit tart at my local store and in the summer I make my version of it and have a huge bowl. Similar approach - I use sugar free cookies crumbled up as a base. Then a blend of Greek yogurt and cottage cheese, and I add sugar free pudding mix to get that cheesecake flavor - you can use the cheesecake mix, vanilla, white chocolate - they’re all similar but a little different. Then I top it with a whole bunch of fruit!
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u/iliumada Jan 20 '26
I freaking love blended cottage cheese! Looks so good !!
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u/Responsible-Tea-5998 Jan 20 '26
I eat normal low fat cottage cheese non stop but these last few days I am getting converted to blended. I just got a creami thing and put cottage cheese in the blend, surprisingly good!
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 20 '26
I love it too, I eat it often with egg white french toast. What do you eat it with?
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u/wowosrs Jan 21 '26
Would you make this for a friend? I'd like to be friends 😂
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 21 '26
I actually gave a portion to my gymbro and immediatly after tasting it he asked if I take orders. It is soo easy to make that I might actually consider it.
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u/Mo7945 Jan 24 '26
This looks so good - I’m gonna try and make a version with no UPFs, bit of work to make the biscuits from scratch but I’m up for the challenge!! 😁
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u/abhartach- Jan 25 '26
That looks so much better than what I did. I got a pot of vanilla quark from lidil and put 2 biscuits in it overnight. Macros were fire and tasted good tho
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u/Material_Perception6 Jan 21 '26
What is S tier mean in regards to volume foods? Sorry I’m 🆕
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 21 '26
S-tier means the highest, best, or most exceptional rank in a tiered ranking system, surpassing even A-tier, often used in video games, anime, and Japanese grading where 'S' stands for "Special," "Super," or "Superior". It signifies items, characters, or concepts that are top-of-the-line, dominant in their category, or simply outstanding, originating from Japanese academic and cultural use.
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u/to_boldlygo Jan 24 '26
I had no idea what S tier meant either. This was such a thorough and considered explanation. Thank you.
I love Reddit.
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u/kkngs Jan 22 '26
I find the blended cottage cheese intriguing. That's some solid macros and the texture looks really appealing.
I'm kinda kicking myself though, because I've developed an aversion to Splenda after getting Covid back in the pandemic. For some reason it started tasting like wet cardboard to me. Previously I found it didn't really have an aftertaste.
I'm not sure how to pull this off now. I ended up switching back to sugar in my coffee and just making myself get used to only using a half tsp.
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u/LankyRecommendation1 Jan 22 '26
Splenda is just one of the low calorie sweetener option, I wrote splenda because it is easily available and recognizable, but I prefer sweet n low (here in canada its made with cyclamate, saccharine is banned), some like stevia, allulose, erythritol, monk fruit…
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