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Vegan Chocolate Frosting

4 · Feb 10, 2020 · 2 Comments

Sweet Treats

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Whisk and bowl full of whipped vegan chocolate frosting.

This vegan chocolate frosting is so easy and only requires two ingredients! You can also make it paleo and frost all your favorite baked goods! 

Vegan Chocolate Frosting in a glass bowl.

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Vegan Chocolate Frosting

This decadent ganache Vegan Chocolate Frosting is thick and creamy and perfect for topping these Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes! This frosting is a delightful vegan chocolate recipe that you can top any treat with.

Melted chocolate and coconut cream for Vegan Chocolate Frosting in a glass bowl with a white spatula.

How To Make Vegan Chocolate Frosting

  1. Use the double boiler method to melt the chocolate and coconut cream by filling a small saucepan with an inch of water. Then place a heat-safe bowl over the top of the saucepan.
  2. Into the heat-safe bowl add the chocolate chips and coconut cream.
  3. Bring the water to a boil to gently stir occasionally, until the mixture is smooth.
  4. Remove the bowl from the heat and chill the bowl for 45 minutes in the fridge.
  5. Remove the bowl from the fridge and stir the frosting with a whisk until smooth. The consistency should be like a thick pudding.
  6. Spread the frosting over your favorite completely cooled cupcakes such as these Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes.
  7. Once you’ve frosted your baked goods store them in a cool place so the frosting won’t melt. You can keep your frosted baked goods covered on a cool counter for a day or up to a week in the fridge.

Chocolate Frosting being whipped with a whisk in a glass mixing bowl.

Tips For Making Perfect Vegan Chocolate Frosting

  • This recipe makes enough for one batch of 12 cupcakes. To frost between the layers of a two layer cake you’ll want to double the recipe. Triple the recipe if you want to frost the sides of the cake as well.
  • Frosted baked goods will keep in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week. 
  • If the frosting gets too thick in the fridge warm it again over the double boiler for 30-60 seconds, just until it stirs easily again, once smooth you can then frost your cupcakes.

How To Make This Vegan Chocolate Frosting Paleo

This frosting can easily be made paleo by using paleo chocolate chips or by mixing 100% cocoa unsweetened dark chocolate with 1 cup of coconut cream and adding 1 Tablespoon of pure maple syrup.

Vegan Chocolate Frosting held up on a metal whisk.

More Vegan Recipes:

  • Sunbutter Cups
  • Cassava Flour Sugar Cookies
  • Mini Key Lime Pies
  • Vegan Cheesecake
  • Vegan Pumpkin Pie

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Vegan Chocolate Frosting in a glass bowl.

Vegan Chocolate Frosting

  • Author: Nicole
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 3 minutes
  • Total Time: 48 minutes
  • Yield: Frosting for 12 cupcakes 1x
  • Category: Sweet Treats
  • Method: Stove Top
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegan
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This vegan chocolate frosting is so easy and only requires two ingredients! You can also make it paleo and frost all your favorite baked goods.


Ingredients

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  • 1.5 cups vegan chocolate chips
  • 1 cup coconut cream (from 2 cans of this coconut milk, it’s the thickest I’ve found)

Instructions

  1. Use the double boiler method to melt the chocolate and coconut cream by filling a small saucepan with an inch of water. Then place a heat-safe bowl over the top of the saucepan.
  2. Into the heat-safe bowl add the chocolate chips and coconut cream.
  3. Bring the water to a boil to gently stir occasionally, until the mixture is smooth.
  4. Remove the bowl from the heat and chill the bowl for 45 minutes in the fridge.
  5. Remove the bowl from the fridge and stir the frosting with a whisk until smooth. The consistency should be like a thick pudding.
  6. Spread the frosting over your favorite completely cooled cupcakes such as these Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes.
  7. Once you’ve frosted your baked goods store them in a cool place so the frosting won’t melt. You can keep your frosted baked goods covered on a cool counter for a day or up to a week in the fridge. Enjoy!

Notes

*Double the recipe if using for just the layers of a 2 layer cake. Triple the recipe for a 2 layer cake if you want to also frost the sides.

*If the frosting gets too thick in the fridge warm it again over the double boiler for 30-60 seconds, just until it stirs easily again, once smooth you can then frost your cupcakes.

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  1. Nichole says

    February 29, 2020 at 9:24 am

    If there is a coconut allergy, what can I use as a substitute for the coconut cream?

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    • Nicole says

      February 29, 2020 at 10:14 am

      Hi Nichole, thank you for your question. This recipe is based around coconut cream so I don’t have a substitute for it. If you’re able to have palm shortening, I’d recommend looking for a recipe that uses that instead of coconut cream.

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