Vegan Easter Eggs

Since Easter is just around the corner, I thought I would do a post about some of my favourite vegan chocolate to stuff your face this weekend. This Easter will be my third as a vegan, and in those few years I've noticed quite a big difference in the number of vegan eggs available to buy. There was a time when you'd only find them in health food shops, but now all the major supermarket chains are stocking dairy-free eggs. So here's some ideas if you're looking to have vegan time this Easter.

1. Considerit Chocolate - Cream Egg

There was such a big buzz online when Considerit Chocolate starting making vegan cream eggs. Not only that, but this year they also made a giant cream egg which is the equivalent to 13-14 standard eggs. I have to admit, I've already eaten quite a few of these since picking some up at The Flying Duck's Big Vegan Fete a couple of weeks ago. Then I found out Henderson's in Edinburgh was selling them too, so I may have just happened to pass by and pick up some more. If you liked the Cadbury's ones in the past, then you're going to love these.

2. Hotel Chocolat - Dark Easter Egg Sandwich

Hotel Chocolat have had some great dark chocolate eggs in the past few years, but they're also starting to introduce more quirky products into their Easter line too. Not only does it come in a sandwich box, but Hotel Chocolat even used a 3D scanner to replicate granary bread. 

3. Moo Free Chocolates - Cheeky Orange Easter Egg

One of the best things about Moo Free is that their eggs are now available in Supermarkets like Sainsbury's. The egg is infused with orange crystals and reminds me so much of Terry's Chocolate Oranges which is why I think I love it so much. If orange isn't your flavour, then they also have a plain chocolate one and a honeycomb one too.

4. Booja Booja - Fine de Champagne Easter Egg

The Booja Booja eggs are some of the most luxurious vegan Easter Eggs on the market. The eggs are hand painted in India and then filled with some of the most delicious vegan truffles you will ever taste. My personal favourite are the Fine de Champagne truffles, although I'm really keen to try the Almond and Sea Salt Caramel ones too.

5. Sainsbury's  - Freefrom White Chocolate Egg

If it's a white chocolate egg you're looking for then there's a good few on the market you can get your hands on including this one from Sainsbury's. It has a really rich and creamy texture despite the fact it's completely dairy free. It's not a huge egg, but it does some with some white chocolate buttons too.

Blogmas Day 6 - Vegan Christmas Sweets

This Christmas will only be my second since I started following a plant based diet, so I'm still getting used to not being able to eat my way through boxes of Celebrations and bags of chocolate coins in December. Luckily, there's lots of vegan friendly chocolate out there to stuff your face with this festive season, and I've picked out my top 5 for you to have a look at.

1. Booja Booja

I got a box of these as a present when I was leaving my old job, and they were some of the best truffles I've ever tasted. I'm not really a big fan of the ginger or expresso ones, but all the other ones are delicious, especially the champagne ones.

2. Hotel Chocolat 

Hotel Chocolat do a range of dark chocolates which are suitable for vegans, but this is one of the more exciting in the range. It's their chocolate & cranberry slab and it's only £3.95.

3. Moo Free Chocolate

Moo Free chocolate is probably the brand of vegan chocolate I eat the most, especially since there's a shop across from my work that sells it. They also make one of the only selection boxes I've come across.

4. Rudolph's Round Up

Round Ups are vegan wagon wheels that taste so much better than original wagon wheels. I only had one for the first time last month, but I managed to pick up a few at Vegfest Scotland today (I'll do a vegan haul in the next post) to last me through Christmas.

5. Caramel Choices

I got these in an Easter Egg this year, and they filled the void left behind the fact I can no longer eat a Cadbury's Caramel. Trust me, they taste just as good!

The Vegan Life: Week 1

I've been a vegetarian since i was about 12 years old, so i can't actually remember what meat tastes like. There's even some meat products I've never eaten like steak, lamb chops, or even a Big Mac. The vegan lifestyle is always something I've been intrigued by, but it's always been something I've been too scared to do. I'm the sort of person who could eat milk chocolate every single day, and still want more. My favourite times of the year involve chocolate, and i order mozzarella dippers whenever i can find them on the menu. 

Then i read Vegan Freak and realised that i need to stop making excuses as to why it won't work, and just go for it. It's been 8 days, and so far it's been pretty easy. I'm making lots of green smoothies with kale for breakfast, salads for lunch, and things like vegetable chilli for dinner. 

I was disappointed there's no vegan friendly cakes in Costa, although i wasn't exactly expecting them to a giant section especially for me. Luckily, Real Foods is just along the road from work, and today my lovely colleagues gave me all these vegan goodies as an early birthday present. 

So here's to trying the vegan lifestyle. Let's hope i can make a real go of it.