Missing chocolate

[Ragnar]

I'm three weeks into being a vegan and missing chocolate. Are there any truly decent substitutes? I know there is dairy free chocolate but I've tried some and it just doesn't cut it, I've been reading about the horrible process of milking to try and stave off cravings!

There's infinite varieties of dairy free alternative. Are you set on milk? Because good quality dark chocolate is dairy free anyway.

It'll set you back a pretty penny but try Booja-Booja chocolate ice cream, it's the bidness. Stocked in Waitrose and a lot of health food shops.

I find Moo Free rice milk chocolate is pretty rubbish but there are other better versions.

Hotel chocolat high percentage chocolates tend to be vegan don't they?

Also: www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/shop/collections/dietary/vegan-chocolate/

Some of Montezuma's are suitable for vegans:

www.montezumas.co.uk/bars-c1/vegan-t58

And it's nice chocolate !

Have you tried these chocolate bars?

www.therawchocolatecompany.com/shop

I'm not vegan but their truffle chocolate bars are delicious.

Loads of dark chocolate is vegan. It doesn't need to be particularly expensive stuff

Ooops sorry, wrong company!

This is the place I meant

www.rawchocpie.co.uk/

Aldi coconut chocolate 'ice cream' is really good

Sainsburys do a nice own brand chocolate orange bar. It just a little one, think it's only 40p. In the free from section

Make your own: raw cocoa powder, ground almonds and coconut cream or oil depending on the constituency you want.

Add in vanilla essence or brandy, the choice is yours!

Booja Booja are amazing! Their raspberry truffles are better than even non vegan chocolate.

thanks for the headsup about mountezums and hotel chocolat, they are more 'normal' so will give them a go :) im not up for making my own at the moment, its enough of a lifestyle shift as it is for now and I want a grab and go but may be up for that at a later date,

Bourneville, fry's mint cream are vegan and well fit!

This:
www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/vego-good-food-chocolate-bar-60005446
Is bloody awesome

I like ombar. They do buttons and bars. Eat the regularly even though I'm not vegan.

Essy and Bella online. Best milk choc alternative I found (give the lime and sea salt a swerve, but the orange crunch was gorgeous). And booja booja champagne truffles are to die for!

I reckon that Moo Free vegan milk chocolate is much nicer than the Branded milk chocolate bars;they went so far down in quality that it makes Moo Free very good in comparison. A bit sugary but still all the other stuff is twice as sweet!

Vanilla sugar I tried making my own with 75% chocolate and rice milk and it didn't 'set' . Is cocoa the best to use?

Could you give me the method please? Thanks.

Om Bar! Made with coconut milk but doesn't taste coconutty, it's my favourite chocolate even though I'm not vegan :-)

Another vote for hotel chocolat, bloody lovely chocolates!

@ppeatfruit Hemsley & Hemsley chocolate. Method to follow...

Here's the method. You can flavour this with sea salt or rose extract or cayenne & orange extract or peppermint oil.

Soak some cashews for an hour then blend with medjool dates, coconut oil (I use the mild stuff so not too coconutty), raw cacao powder and coco powder. Roll mixture into balls and put in fridge for 4 hours. Honestly they taste better than choc, just like truffles. They will do you a few days worth as well although incredibly moorish!

Thanks very much Vanilla I'll do that!

I'll make yours for Christmas mummar I'm not good with coconut or cashews so I'll use almonds. Thanks for it