These Vegan Chocolate Bars are rich and indulgent, melt-in-your-mouth silky, super creamy and perfectly sweet.
As much as I love dark chocolate, one thing I have really missed since going dairy-free is super silky milk chocolate. So, I was inspired by the recipe for my Vegan Milk Chocolate Truffles to make these Vegan Chocolate Bars, which have not only a rich chocolate flavour, but also a creamy texture and silky consistency. Using blended cashews, which have a naturally creamy texture and neutral flavour, creates the perfect base.
Why you'll love these Vegan Chocolate Bars:
- they're seriously rich and indulgent
- they're velvety smooth and creamy
- they're undetectably vegan
- they're easy to make
- they're relatively healthy
- they're refined sugar free
- they're gluten-free
- they're paleo-friendly
- they're easily customisable
- they make excellent edible gifts for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Easter, Christmas, and everything in between!
How to make these Vegan Chocolate Bars
Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe including measurements and instructions.
- Soak the cashews in cold water overnight or in boiling water for 15 minutes.
- Add to a food processor along with all the other ingredients.
Tip: You can get hold of cacao butter online, in local health food stores or large supermarkets.
- Whizz until completely smooth.
- Taste and adjust flavour accordingly.
- Transfer the mixture to a one-pound loaf tin lined with baking paper.
- Smooth over the top.
- Decorate with rose petals and chopped pistachios, if desired.
- Place in the fridge for at least a few hours for it to firm up before cutting.
- Remove from the loaf tin and cut into bars - you should be able to cut into 6 bars.
How long do these Chocolate Bars keep for?
These Chocolate Bars keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Substitutions you can make to this recipe:
- the cacao butter can be substituted with coconut butter or coconut oil (though the chocolate bars will have a coconut flavour if you use either of these)
- the cocoa powder can be substituted with cacao powder
- you can use any type of liquid sweetener: maple syrup, agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc.
Ingredients you can add to these Chocolate Bars:
- chopped pistachios
- desiccated coconut
- coconut flakes
- flaked almonds
- cacao nibs
- goji berries
- dried cranberries
- raisins
- freeze-dried strawberries or raspberries
- orange extract or peppermint extract
- chopped candied ginger
- chopped hazelnuts etc!
More vegan chocolate treats:
- Healthy Snickers Ice Cream Bites
- Matcha Chocolate Truffles
- Chocolate Truffles
- Hazelnut Chocolate Truffles
- White Chocolate Truffles
- Strawberry Chocolate Truffles
- Snickers Bars
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Vegan Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
- 120 g (1 cup) raw cashew nuts soaked in cold water overnight or in boiling water for 15 minutes
- 20 g (0.7 oz) cacao butter
- 3 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup to taste (or sub any other sweetener)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Salt to taste
To decorate (optional):
- Rose petals
- Pistachio nuts , chopped
Instructions
- Drain soaked cashews and add to a food processor along with all the other ingredients*
- Whizz until completely smooth
- Taste and adjust flavour accordingly
- Transfer the mixture to a loaf tin lined with greaseproof baking paper (I used a one-pound loaf tin)
- Smooth over the top
- Decorate with rose petals and chopped pistachios if desired
- Place in the fridge for at least a few hours for it to firm up before cutting
- Remove from the loaf tin and cut into bars – you should be able to cut into 6 bars
- Keeps in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days
Notes
Ingredients you can add to these Chocolate Bars:
- chopped pistachios
- desiccated coconut
- coconut flakes
- flaked almonds
- cacao nibs
- goji berries
- dried cranberries
- raisins
- freeze-dried strawberries or raspberries
- orange extract or peppermint extract
- chopped candied ginger
- chopped hazelnuts etc!
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Abeer Kashmeeri
Thank you for this awsome gift.I really enjoy your recipes and your choice of things to make. Keep up the good work. you're doing amazing!
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much, so happy to hear that!