Dairy Free Chocolate Frosting
This easy dairy free chocolate frosting is the best vegan chocolate frosting for cakes and cupcakes! Super smooth, easily spreadable, and deliciously delectable.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 774kcal
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 cups powdered sugar*
- 1 can full fat coconut milk
- 1 ¾ cup dairy free chocolate chips
- 1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together the cocoa and powdered sugar. Set aside.
- In a pan, heat up the canned coconut milk (you could also warm in the microwave for 2 minutes)until it starts to simmer. Do not let it boil.
- Remove from heat and add chocolate chips. Stir until the chocolate has completely melted.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Slowly pour about half of the chocolate sauce into the dry ingredients and beat on low until incorporated.
- Pour a little more at a time until you get the desired frosting consistency you want for your cake. Beating until incorporated after each addition.
- Set aside remaining chocolate sauce and use for other things like chocolate covered strawberries or drizzle over doughnuts.
- Use as needed. Store in air tight container in fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional facts based upon 4 cups of powdered sugar.
*You may need to add up to 1 ½ more cups of powdered sugar if the consistency isn't as thick as you like. Do ¼ cup at a time.
*If you want a thinner chocolate sauce, like a ganache, add more of the chocolate sauce.
*If you want a thinner chocolate sauce, like a ganache, add more of the chocolate sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cups | Calories: 774kcal | Carbohydrates: 116g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 221mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 103g | Vitamin C: 0.7mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 6.7mg