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    Vegan White Chocolate

    Jan 19, 2018 · Updated: Nov 27, 2023 by Dee Dine · Affliate links disclosure.

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    This vegan white chocolate melts in the mouth with a creamy white chocolate flavor, yet it is made with only 3 ingredients, and can be colored easily. I made mine a beautiful pink, perfect for gifts.

    lots of pink hearts and a white heart on marble


    Vegan white chocolate made with three ingredients. White chocolate doesn't get the attention dark chocolate does, right? One reason, the traditional version is not healthy like dark chocolate. This recipe is and it's just such an easy recipe to customize. I added beets to mine but think any color. For traditional chocolate fudge, try my 2-ingredient recipes here and my butternut squash fudge here.

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    • Ingredients
    • Step by Step Instructions
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    • How to Color White Chocolate Pink
    • Other Valentine Desserts
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    lots of pink hearts and a white heart on marble

    Why You'll Love This

    The difference between vegan white chocolate and commercial white chocolate, like Hershey's, is in the processing and ingredients. My recipe has only three ingredients, and nothing processed. It's also vegan and dairy-free and gluten-free.

    Generally commercial white chocolate is full of milk fat and solids. That's because USA laws require anything named white chocolate to contain 3.5 % milk fat and 14% milk solids. I assume those laws were established to prevent artificial ingredients from taking up the entire product. However, it leaves out those who want to ditch dairy, doesn't it?

    Ingredients

    ingredients for vegan white chocolate

    1. Cacao butter: This is the first and most important ingredient, the one that makes this a white chocolate recipe. Cacao butter is yellow and sold in chunks or chips. It smells like chocolate.

    2. Coconut butter: Just blend a bag of shredded coconut to make it. See more below or here is my how to make coconut butter recipe.

    3. Powdered sugar or maple syrup: You won't need much because coconut butter is naturally sweet.

    4. Beets: Pre-cooked or steamed beets are a wonderful way to color vegan white chocolate pink.

    See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.

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    Step by Step Instructions

    For more detail, visit the complete recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.

    Step 1: Make coconut butter. See this post or follow the steps in the recipe card below.

    Step 2. Melt your coconut butter and cacao butter together in a glass pyrex measuring cup sitting in boiling water. This is my version of a double-boiler. Of course, if you own a true double boiler, use that! You don't want to go microwaving coconut butter or cacao butter, both will burn.

    Step 3: Taste test for sweetness. Use sugar or maple syrup. The syrup will darken the color. Since coconut butter is naturally sweet, you won't need much.

    Step 4: Fill molds or a parchment-lined 8x4-inch loaf pan and break up chunks. That's how I made my first version (see picture below). But silicon molds are more fun because this  mixture holds shape beautifully.

    overhead view of steps to make vegan white chocolate

    Recipe Tips

    Making coconut butter. The structure of this recipe is coconut butter. You can buy coconut butter, but it's best to make it fresh. I have a detailed blog post here on How to Make Coconut Butter that you can check out. I even explain how to make chocolate coconut butter in that post.

    About cacao butter. Another important element of this recipe is cacao butter. Cacao butter is found in the superfood area of a market or online, and typically comes in packages, and appears as crushed, yellow solid chips. It smells wonderful, like chocolate!

    Troubleshooting

    With all the liquids or frozen veggies, you might see that the mixture grains up a bit once you add it. That's because those options have a bit of water and water causes cacao butter and chocolate to seize. But you don't have to worry. Either warm it up again in a double boiler, or just press it into the mold. Once hardened, the grain softens and looks quite smooth.

    How to Color White Chocolate Pink

    Uncolored vegan white chocolate is still pretty, but if you want to color it, I have your back! In fact, I have three possible awesome options to turn this treat pink naturally.

    1. Goji berries - Use dried berries found where dried fruits are sold, or use goji berry powder.

    2. Beets - Use steamed or pre-cooked beets, or beet powder. For the pink hearts here I used precooked beets found in the produce section of my grocery store.

    3. Pitayas (dragon fruit) - Frozen pink pitaya meat is in the frozen section of some grocery stores. Or use a dragon fruit powder found where supplements are sold.

    Vegan White Chocolate Made Pink (3-ingredients, dairy-free, refined-sugar-free)

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    If you tried this recipe or any other recipe on my website, please leave a 🌟 star rating and let me know how it went in the 📝 comments below. Thanks for visiting!

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    Vegan White Chocolate

    Vegan White Chocolate

    Created by Dee Dine
    This vegan white chocolate melts in the mouth with a creamy white chocolate flavor, yet it is made with only three ingredients, and can be colored easily. I made mine a beautiful pink, perfect for gifts.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 40 minutes mins
    Course Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 24
    Calories 86 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    • ½ cup cacao butter (quality cacao butter (it's yellow))
    • ½ cup full fat coconut butter (blend into a paste 1 cup of unsweetened shredded coconut)
    • 2-3 tablespoon powdered sugar or maple syrup

    for pink color

    • 1 teaspoon goji berry powder (or more for color)
    • OR
    • ½ teaspoon beetroot powder (or more for color or a tablespoon beet pulp)
    • OR
    • ½ teaspoon pitaya powder (pink frozen version, thawed, liquid only; or more for color)

    Useful Equipment

    • 1 2-cup pyrex measuring cup
    • heart molds
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    Instructions
     

    Prep

    • Line a loaf pan with parchment paper, or set silicon molds out. No need to coat molds.
    • Blend up 1 cup of shredded coconut to create ½ cup full fat coconut butter. I usually blend a bit more because sometimes the ratio is off depending on the moisture in the shredded coconut.
      ½ cup full fat coconut butter

    Make the white chocolate

    • Add the cacao butter to a pot of boiling hot water.
      PRO TIP: Measure out 1 cup melted. I pour it into metal measuring cups to be sure I have exactly 1 cup, and I pour the extra melted cacao butter in a different container, and allow it to harden and return it to the cabinet to be used another day.
      ½ cup cacao butter
    • Stir in the sugar and coconut butter. Stir until all are combined.
      2-3 tablespoon powdered sugar
    • Add the coloring agent you choose. Stir until you have a uniform color. I prefer powder but you can use a thawed chunk of beet - the issue is the slight moisture might make the mixture a touch grainy. It's fine once it freezes though.
      1 teaspoon goji berry powder, ½ teaspoon beetroot powder, ½ teaspoon pitaya powder
    • Taste-test for sweetness. I don't like mine sweet so feel free to add as much as ⅓ cup powdered sugar or ¼ cup maple syrup. Just know the syrup will darken your color.
    • Pour mixture into molds or into a parchment-lined loaf (8x4-inches) pan.
    • Freeze for 30 minutes or more until solid.
      If you used the loaf pan, cut into chunks with a hot knife. Store in refrigerator or freezer if it becomes too soft at room temperature.
    • You can dip chunks or molded forms of this chocolate into dark chocolate so it becomes encased. Then if it melts, it's okay, it's contained in the dark chocolate.

    Notes

    Uncolored vegan white chocolate is still pretty, but if you want to color it, I have your back! In fact, I have three possible awesome options to turn this treat pink naturally.
    1. Goji berries - Use dried berries found where dried fruits are sold, or use goji berry powder.
    2. Beets - Use steamed or pre-cooked beets, or beet powder. For the pink hearts here I used precooked beets found in the produce section of my grocery store.
    3. Pitayas (dragon fruit) - Frozen pink pitaya meat is in the frozen section of some grocery stores. Or use a dragon fruit powder found where supplements are sold.
    Troubleshooting
    With all the liquids or frozen veggies, you might see that the mixture grains up a bit once you add it. That's because those options have a bit of water and water causes cacao butter and chocolate to seize. But you don't have to worry. Either warm it up again in a double boiler, or just press it into the mold. Once hardened, the grain softens and looks quite smooth.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 86kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 4mgPotassium: 46mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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    Comments

    1. Niloufer Khatri says

      July 17, 2019 at 11:44 am

      5 stars
      Hey hi ! Can I use this to make a chocolate drip ? Vegan chocolate drip for a cake

      Reply
      • Dee Dine says

        July 17, 2019 at 5:08 pm

        Hi Niloufer, I am not sure. It will be a very hard coating. If that's your goal, then it's fine. Dee xx

        Reply
    2. Samantha Dean says

      April 20, 2019 at 1:31 pm

      5 stars
      I used dragonfruit to make this pink and it came out much darker. Tasted wonderful. Harder than I expected. How do you break it up?

      Reply
      • Dee | Green Smoothie Gourmet says

        April 20, 2019 at 1:35 pm

        Hi Sam, glad you liked the recipe! I usually cut my frozen no-bake desserts with a pastry scrapper dipped in just-boiled water. A mold for small bites would work best here though. Then the small bites can just melt in your mouth, no cutting or chewing needed. Hope that helps! Dee xx

        Reply
      • Kat says

        February 17, 2021 at 10:38 am

        Dragonfruit is pitaya

        Reply
        • Dee Dine says

          February 17, 2021 at 1:43 pm

          That is another name for it, thank you!

    3. Yvonne says

      April 07, 2018 at 11:45 pm

      Awesome !!!! Send me any recipes! Please and thank you 😁

      Reply
      • Debbie says

        April 09, 2018 at 4:43 pm

        😁😁

        Reply
    4. Sara of Shiso Delicious says

      February 23, 2018 at 4:02 pm

      Yummy Dee! I was googling 'vegan pink chocolate' and your recipe was one of the first three to come up 🙂

      Reply
      • Debbie says

        February 23, 2018 at 4:18 pm

        Aww Sara, that is great news, and so happy I "talked" to you via Google! Dee xx

        Reply
        • Kathy Fujimoto says

          October 01, 2018 at 3:53 pm

          I was wondering if you know of any vegan white chocolate powder brands for cooking? I had recently purchased some white chocolate powder (forgetting it is made with milk) but would prefer to stay vegan. Can't find anything like that online which is disappointing. Your pink white vegan chocolate looks amazing btw...if it were only in powder form 😉 Thx!!

        • Dee Dine | Green Smoothie Gourmet says

          October 02, 2018 at 10:22 am

          Hi Kathy, Thank you for your kind words. I don't know of any vegan white chocolate powders, but what a good idea! Dee xx

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