Vegan Pralines 101 - Basics & our Top 6 Recipes
You wouldn’t believe how easy it is to prepare vegan pralines yourself. But don’t worry, we’ll tell you today! They are especially great now at Christmas time, since this is a perfect gift for everyone. It’s easy, but your friends and family will still be impressed by this homemade present. Make sure to think about everyone’s taste and prepare the perfect pralines for each of them! They only like white chocolate? They love hazel nuts? Or almonds? We have something for everyone!
Molds
Ideally, molds for pralines should be made out of silicone. There are molds especially for pralines, but they are often quite expensive. Ice cube trays work just fine for this.
Chocolate
The darker the chocolate, the likelier it is that it’s vegan. Use rich, dark chocolate from the supermarket, that’s not expensive. If you want to use vegan white or “whole milk” chocolate, check out online shops or wholefood shops where you’ll find them.
Preparation
To melt chocolate, you’ll have to heat up everything in a bain-marie. Therefor you’ll need two pots, one slightly larger than the other one. Fill in water in the large pot (it’s enough if it’s filled with a quarter of water) and put the smaller pot on it. This is where the chocolate will get heated in. Be careful, that the chocolate does not get in contact with water directly or it will clump.
Melting chocolate
To melt chocolate real creamy, it’s always good to add some more fat. This can be vegan butter, but we love to use coconut oil. Plantbased milk is tricky, since we experienced some trouble with it ourselves. Experience a bit yourself to find your favorite way to melt chocolate.
Our favourite recipes
Crispy Cookie Pralines
Vegan Crispy Cookie Pralines
Ingredients
- 5-6 oreo cookies (without the cream)
- 150 g (5 oz) vegan dark chocolate
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 3-4 tbsp glitter sprinkles
Instructions
- Separate Oreo cookies from Oreo cream. Put cookies in a lockable plastic bag and roll over with a rolling pin in order to crumble them. Of course you could also do this with your hands.
- Heat chocolate and coconut oil in a baine-marie. As soon as it is liquid, remove from heat and stir in crumbled Oreo cookies.
- Take out your pralines molds and start with sprinkles to cover the ground. Afterwards fill in your chocolate Oreo mix.
- Put it in the fridge for at least 3 hours (or just overnight). Afterwards, your pralines should be ready and crispy!
You can either nibble the Oreo creme or use them for our special oreo pralines. Find the recipe in this article below.
Vegan Coconut Pralines
Vegan Coconut Pralines
Ingredients
- 150 g (5 oz) vegan white chocolate
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 100 g (3.5 oz) grated coconut
ALSO
- 100 g (3.5 oz) grated coconut to roll pralines
Instructions
- Heat chocolate and coconut oil in a baine-marie.
- When it's liquid, fill it in a bowl, add 100g grated coconut and stir well.
- Cool down in the fridge for 20 minutes, afterwards form small balls out of it and roll them in grated coconut again.
- Repeat until your whole 'dough' is fine.
- Afterwards let it cool in the fridge for at least 3 hours of overnight.
Vegan Hazelnut Nougat Pralines
Vegan Hazelnut Nougat Pralines
Ingredients
- 100 g (3.5 oz) vegan dark chocolate
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 100 g (3.5 oz) vegan nut nougat spread
- 100 g (3.5 oz) chopped hazelnuts
ALSO
- 4 tbsp chopped hazelnuts for decoration
Instructions
- Heat chocolate and coconut oil in a baine-marie and add nut&nougat spread as well as chopped hazelnuts as soon as chocolate is liquid.
- Let it cool for 2-3 minutes, afterwards fill in pralines molds and sprinkle some more chopped hazelnuts on top.
- Afterwards let it cool in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Vegan Almond Cranberry Pralines
Vegan Almond Cranberry Pralines
Ingredients
- 100 g (3.5 oz) vegan 'whole milk' chocolate
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 50 g (2 oz) almond slivers
- 50 g (2 oz) dried cranberries
- 1 tsp almond flavor
- 50 g (2 oz) chopped pistachio
Instructions
- Heat chocolate and coconut oil in a baine-marie until it's liquid. Then cool down for 2-3 minutes.
- Stir almond slivers, dried cranberries and melted chocolate and add almond flavor.
- Let this cool down in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- Afterwards you'll be able to use a little spoon and create small piles out of it. Put them on baking paper or directly into small paper molds and sprinkle chopped pistachios on it.
- Afterwards let them rest in the fridge for at leat 3 hours or overnight.
Vegan Orep Pralines
Vegan Oreo Pralines
Ingredients
- 150 g (5 oz) vegan dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
FOR THE FILLING
- 12 Oreo cookies (only cream)
- 50 g (2 oz) vegan white chocolate
- 1 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Heat dark chocolate and coconut oil in a baine-marie.
- Now there are two ways to get pralines filled later. Number 1: Fill in liquid chocolate into your pralines molds, then turn over and let all surplus chocolate drip off. Make sure so put a bowl under it, so you can use all the chocolate again later on. Number 2: For me, it's easier to just add a small spoon of melted chocolate into a praline mold and cover the mold all over, yet leave enough space to fill it later.
- If you've covered all praline molds, cool down in the fridge for 30 minutes and prepare filling in the meantime.
- For the filling melt Oreo cream, white chocolate and coconut oil in a bain-marie and let it cool afterwards for 2-3 minutes. Check your pralines. If the chocolate all around has hardened, you can fill in cream-chocolate-mix but leave some space on top.
- Again, put it in the fridge for 30 more minutes. In the meantime, melt again the rest of the dark chocolate so it gets liquid again. Let it cool for 2-3 minutes.
- Now use this chocolate to cover your pralines and let them rest in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- If you like, you can drizzle some more chocolate on them, when they are done.
Vegan White Chocolate Strawberry Pralines
Vegan White Chocolate Strawberry Pralines
Ingredients
- 100 g (3.5 oz) vegan white chocolate
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 100 g (3.5 oz) strawberry marmelade
- 1 tsp jelly sugar
- 3-4 tbsp chopped pistachio
Instructions
- Heat 3/4 of white chocolate and coconut oil in a baine-marie and let it stand aside for a minute.
- In your pralines molds, add chopped pistachio to cover the bottom. Afterwards fill them half with melted chocolate and put it in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
- In the meantime, stir strawberry marmelade and jelly sugar and heat it up in a sauce pan. Let it simmer for 3-4 minutes, and afterwards let it cool down for 5 minutes at least.
- Take out pralines and add strawberry marmelade mix to the top.
- Chop the rest of your white chocolate and add it on top.
- Cool down in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight.
