It is always at the top of children's wish lists in cow letters: a nice big chocolate letter from St Nicholas. Yes! He is back in the country, so we can get back to the sustainable chocolate letters. Plant-based is sustainable and you can very well make a big vegan chocolate letter yourself, so get to work! There is more and more choice of vegan sweets in supermarkets. Decorate your letter as festive and vegan as you like. Will you also make a big chocolate letter this year?
A chocolate letter without cow's milk
Finding a vegan chocolate letter in the supermarket is a bit harder than making it yourself. So I got to work with vegan chocolate and plant-based buttercream. By using a piping bag, you get dainty tufts and with some candy as decoration, you make a very pretty letter of your own. Little work with a great result. I used the dark and milk chocolate from Hands off my chocolate and Jumbo white vegan chocolate.
All vegan sweets for the letter: vegan chocolate from Hands Off, white chocolate from Jumbo and pig's heads from Katja.
Vegan sweets for chocolate letters
Why are a lot of sweets in the supermarket not vegan? This is because gelatine is used for many sweets. This is a protein product. The collagen used to prepare it is a protein found in the skin, bones and cartilage of mammals. Fortunately, there are now quite a few alternatives to vegan sweets on the market. I used the vegan dog heads And marshmallows from Jumbo.
Step two is to melt the vegan chocolate and use a cone to make and decorate a letter.
Recipe: making large vegan chocolate letters
Kitchenware
- au bain-marie dish
- piping bagnozzle with serrated edge
- baking tray or large flat plate
- sheet of baking paper
Ingredients
- 200 gr vegan dark chocolate
- 100 gr vegan milk chocolate
- 100 gr vegan white chocolate
- 90 gr vegetable butter
- optional vegan sweets as decoration (such as vegan dog's heads and marshmallows)
Instructions
- Let the butter soften and mash it with a fork.
- Melt ¾ of the vegan dark and milk chocolate au bain-marie.
- Remove from the heat, add the rest of the vegan dark and milk chocolate and let it melt.
- Let the melted chocolate cool slightly.
- Mix it with the butter and let it cool further until it is as thick as chocolate spread.
- Put this in a piping bag and pipe (using short movements back and forth) the desired letter onto a baking tray or large plate lined with baking paper. You can draw the letter on the paper beforehand. Immediately decorate the letter with vegan sweets as desired.
- Melt the white chocolate au bain-marie. Pipe some more pretty white chocolate puffs on the letter.
- Decorate with vegan sweets of your choice.
- Let the letter solidify in a cool place for about 2 hours. Wrap in a flat box for gift night or share with hot vegan chocolate.
Are you making a vegan chocolate letter ?
Will you be working on a big vegan chocolate letter for Christmas Eve? I'm curious to see your letter. Show me which vegan letter you are giving away on 5 December. Share your results with @thegreenlist.nl. A vegan chocolate letter is one way to celebrate this children's festival more sustainably. You can also opt for second-hand gifts with St Nicholas. Check out tips for finding good second-hand gifts for St Nicholas celebrations.
More vegan treats from thegreenlist.nl
- View here the easiest recipe for vegan pepernoten.
- To hand out: popcorn with vegan honey and hot pepper.
- Something to celebrate? Put these Italian vegan drinks board on the table.
- Delicious healthy treats: sustainable school treats.
Photo credits: Anne van Twillert.
