How to Make Vegan White Chocolate

Vegan white chocolate? That’s right, you can believe your eyes! 👀 You can now buy it in stores and online, but you can also make it at home – very easily, too!

This white chocolate is rich, creamy, and silky smooth, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture that will take you back to childhood.

The best part? This recipe only takes around 5 minutes to prepare. The rest is waiting time, which is only another 30 minutes – and perhaps waiting is the hardest part!

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What is White Chocolate?

White chocolate can be traced back to 1936, when chocolate giants Nestlé introduced their white chocolate bar called Galak – known as Milkybar in other parts of the world. Soon after, other manufacturers followed suit.

As the name suggests, white chocolate is light in color, which is due to the lack of cocoa solids in the ingredients. It tends to be made with cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids, sometimes with the flavoring of vanilla.

Can Vegans Eat White Chocolate?

Regular white chocolate is not vegan. This is because it is typically made using milk products.

Luckily, there are so many dairy substitutes nowadays, that replacing the milk products is easier than ever!

What is in Vegan White Chocolate?

Vegan white chocolate requires only a few ingredients, the main one being cacao butter.

If you’ve ever opened a bag of cacao butter, you’ll know it smells just like chocolate! But, as much as you want to taste it, it’s not nearly as delicious as it smells (when eaten on its own).

When mixed with the right ingredients, though… YUM. 🤤

For our plant-based white chocolate, we use the following ingredients:

• Cacao butter
• Powdered monk fruit (or powdered sugar)
• Cashew butter
• Vanilla extract

Is This Vegan White Chocolate Gluten-Free?

Yes it is! There are just four ingredients required, none of which contain any gluten.

How to Make Vegan White Chocolate at Home

While there are store-bought options available, making vegan white chocolate at home allows you to be entirely in control of the ingredients.

All you have to do is add cacao butter to a saucepan, and melt it down with powdered monk fruit (a sugar-free sweetener), cashew butter, and vanilla extract.

Then transfer the mixture to any chocolate bar mold or chocolate truffle mold, and freeze it for at least 30 minutes!

Tips for the Best Vegan White Chocolate

As this recipe requires just four ingredients, there is nowhere to hide if an ingredient lacks quality! So use the best you can afford for each ingredient, which will result in a better flavor and end product.

When you feel confident with this recipe, you can experiment by adding in some other ingredients as the mixture is cooling.

Try adding chopped nuts, dried or freeze-fried fruit (dried apricots and strawberries go great with white chocolate!), edible petals, Oreo cookie crumbs, or even a pinch of salt to add complexity to the flavor.

FAQ

How to Store Vegan White Chocolate

Keep it stored in the fridge and enjoy anytime you are craving a sweet treat. This chocolate will last approximately a couple weeks in the fridge.

If you want to keep it longer, keep it stored in the freezer for up to three months.

Does Vegan White Chocolate Exist?

Vegan white chocolate isn’t as common as you’d expect. I haven’t seen any in grocery stores, but I have found some online!

So yes, although rare, they do in fact exist.

Where to Buy Vegan White Chocolate?

The best vegan white chocolate bars I’ve discovered online (with semi-decent ingredients) are:

iChoc White Vanilla Chocolate

No Whey Foods Milkless Polar Dream White Chocolate

Pascha Organic White Chocolate Chocolate Bars

Yep, there’s never been a better time to be a white chocolate enthusiast!

If you are looking for more delicious plant-based chocolate recipes, check out:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs

Easy 5-Ingredient Vegan Chocolate Fudge

Vegan Chocolate Tart

Chocolate Raspberry Cream Truffles

If you try this recipe, let me know! Leave a comment, rate it, and don’t forget to tag your photos with @healthiir on Instagram! I’d love to hear what you think.