Syrki recipe – chocolate covered cream cheese bars

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With its taste and consistency, the sweet syrok is reminiscent of a combination of ice cream and cheesecake. You can make the famous chocolate covered cream cheese bar at home based on the Soviet recipe. It is ideal as a small treat, for dessert, as a snack or to take with you on the go. You can find a detailed syrki recipe with the exact quantities and step-by-step instructions below.

What is syrok?

Syrok (plural syrki) is a small cream cheese bar made from farmer’s cheese or tvorog, sugar, butter and possibly vanilla or other ingredients depending on the flavor. It is covered with chocolate glaze.

Syrki were invented in the Soviet Union, just like the Bird’s milk sweets, the zefir or the famous milkshake, and quickly became very popular. Many supermarkets and grocery stores in the countries of the former Soviet Union still stock them.

In addition to the chocolate covered cream cheese bar, there was also syrok with raisins without a chocolate coating. It was also made from tvorog and had a wide rectangular shape.

Salty syrki were also widespread in the Soviet Union. They were made from processed cheese and also rectangular in shape.

Homemade cream cheese bar instead of store-bought

Although you can buy syrki in many flavors in Russian stores, they now contain much more sugar, flavoring and other unhealthy additives. The situation is similar with the plombir ice cream. So it’s best to make the popular cream cheese bar at home. It’s easy, quick and requires just a few ingredients.

Flavors for syrki

You can make your own syrki in numerous flavors. It is also possible to make them with a filling.

I made the cream cheese bar with vanilla. You can refine the tvorog mixture with, among other things

• grated coconut,
• cocoa powder – for a chocolate flavor,
• chopped pistachios or other nuts,
• dried fruits,
• poppy seeds.

You can also fill the syrok with

• caramel sauce,
• caramelized sweetened condensed milk,
• jam, for example with apricot jam.

To do this, place the tvorog mixture and the filling in a piping bag with a narrow hole. First, pipe a few strips of tvorog close together. Make a strip of filling in the middle of the tvorog strips. Then cover the filling with the tvorog strips.

Where can I get tvorog?

You can easily make your own tvorog from just two ingredients. You can also find the farmer’s cheese in Russian stores.

How to store syrki?

Store the homemade syrki in a food storage container in the fridge. They will keep for around 3 – 4 days.

You can also freeze the cream cheese bars for several weeks. To do this, pack them in a freezer bag or a suitable freezer container after the chocolate glaze has set. You can place baking paper between the syrki to make it easier to remove them individually later. Leave the cream cheese bars to defrost in the fridge for a few hours before serving.

This cream cheese bar is

• creamy,
• tender,
• moderately sweet,
• heavenly delicious,
• made from tvorog,
• with vanilla flavor – also possible in many other flavors,
• in chocolate glaze,
• without unhealthy additives, unlike those from the store,
• easy to make with just a few ingredients,
• ideal for dessert, as a snack or to nibble on between meals.

How to make syrki: tips and tricks

• You can adjust the amount of powdered sugar for the tvorog mixture to taste.
• You can make your own syrki in different flavors. For example, stir grated coconut, chopped nuts, cocoa powder, dried fruits or poppy seeds into the tvorog mixture. You can also make the cream cheese bar with a filling. Read more about this in the article above.
• Instead of using a piping bag, you can spread the tvorog mixture on silicone muffin molds and freeze it. This will give you round syrki.
• You can also leave the syrki in the freezer overnight and only cover them with chocolate glaze the next day.
• Both milk and dark chocolate are suitable for the glaze.
• You can also stir chopped nuts into the chocolate glaze.
• Store the cream cheese bars in the fridge. You can also freeze them.

Have you made sweet syrki using this recipe? I look forward to your result, your star rating and your comment below on how they turned out and tasted.

Also try these treats from the Soviet era:

• Oreshki recipe – Soviet walnut shaped cookies
• Peach cookies – Soviet recipe
• Raisin muffin “Stolichny” – sweet favorite of Soviet children

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