Vegan chocolate: Five sweet alternatives without milk

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Vegan chocolate is conquering the supermarket shelves: a comparison of five varieties

In addition to the main ingredients cocoa butter and sugar, milk (or whey powder) is very often used to make chocolate. For a long time, people who eat vegan had to do without many products – until now: Due to the increasing interest in animal-free products, more and more manufacturers are relying on plant-based products, including chocolate. Instead of milk, vegan ingredients such as rice, almonds, hazelnuts, oats or soy are used. What was the result? In the following we present five different varieties in more detail.

Vegan chocolate: five types in comparison

1. Lindt Hello

Known for its delicate melt, the Lindt company has opted for vegan chocolate made from oat milk. So far there are four different types: cookie, Salted caramel, Sweet’n Salty Popcorn and Roasted Salty Almonds. The concept was even able to convince the animal rights organization Peta: They presented Lindt with the “Vegan Food Award” for the best vegan chocolate.

2. Hands off my Chocolate

These are also vegan and lactose-free three varieties from Hands off my Chocolate: Caramal Seasalt (contains caramel bits and sea salt), Oat Cookies (contains oatmeal cookie crumbs) and Caramel and Seriously Dark (contains 85% cocoa). Aside from making the packaging recyclable, the company also supports the Cocoa Horizons Foundation for Fair Trade products.

3. iChock

If you prefer white chocolate, this vegan alternative will appeal to you: Made from rice milk, the iChoc range includes delicious variants such as White Vanilla, White nougat crisp, Almond Orange or Chocolate Cookie with ingredients from organic farming. The packaging consists of FSC-certified cardboard and compostable film.

4. Katjes Chocjes

Even the Katjes company now produces vegan chocolate and uses oat drink instead of the usual cow’s milk. The result was five different varieties: Sea Caramel, Into The Dark (with 70% cocoa), cookie lover (with cocoa biscuit bits), Salty Pretzel (with pretzel pieces) and The Pure Thing. And here, too, Peta has already awarded the “Vegan Food Award”.

5. Knight sport

In fact, there have long been two varieties in the Rittersport range that “accidentally” are vegan (but weren’t labeled as such because they may contain traces of milk) – namely marzipan and semisweet. Two more varieties without animal ingredients have recently been added: the Dark Almond Quinoa and the Dark Whole Nut Amaranth.

Another tip: Other manufacturers who produce vegan chocolate are: Rapunzel, Veganz (also as chocolate spread available) and nomo.

Recipe idea: Make your own vegan chocolate

If you want to make your own vegan chocolate, you can choose the ingredients yourself. The only important thing is that you incorporate basic products such as cocoa butter and powder so that the result is right. Here is a recipe suggested by Peta to try:

You will need these basic ingredients:

If you would like to add a certain spicy note to the chocolate, we recommend the pulp of a vanilla pod, some cinnamon powder, fresh sea salt or hot cayenne pepper. You can use other ingredients to decorate (or mix in): such as chopped almonds, hazelnuts, brittle, walnuts or grated coconut.

How to prepare the chocolate:

Source: peta

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