This vegan peppermint crisp pudding recipe is more of a modern British a riff on the peppermint crisp tart, a popular and easy to make South African no bake fridge cake.
Originally penned in 2011, this recipe, like many writings we look back on, deserved improvement. This is an updated post using ingredients from brands that, well, still exist.
Standard recipes call for Orley whip (a dairy free imitation cream), Caramel Treat (local dulce de leche), Tennis biscuits (a nonvegan coconut cookie), and Peppermint Crisp (a minty chocolate bar with a blindingly green interior). As for my recipe, I went with vegan double cream, miso caramel, whatever biscuits you've got, and the best vegan mint chocolate bar you can find. It's not a precise dessert, so you don't need to hold yourself to rigourous standards when making it.
For lack of a better analogy, the peppermint crisp tart is a bit like tiramisu made with coconut cookies, caramel cream, and mint chocolate. I've heard it's exceedingly good for the waistline and should be consumed in large quantities. It's dead easy to throw together so, unlike most diet food, you won't have to spend too much effort.
Vegan peppermint crisp puddings
Ingredients
Method
- Whip the cream with a stand mixer or had blender until it forms soft peaks (holds its shape). Add the caramel and whip together until completely blended.
- Grab a glass, ramekin, or whatever container you've got to hand and add a layer of biscuits to the bottom. You can pop them in whole and/or crumbled.
- Spoon some of the caramel whipped cream over, followed by some mint chocolate. Continue layering in this order (biscuits, cream, chocolate), ensuring the top layer is mint chocolate.
- Cover and refrigerate for several hours (it's ideal if you can make it a day in advance of serving) until the biscuits have softened. That's it.
Panda with cookie says
You had me at peppermint.
SA Vegan says
You had me at South African!
We have the official Peppermint Crisp Dessert in our restaurants, but it's not vegan of course, so the ridiculous ease with which this can be made is a treat in itself - this can satisfy the sweet tooth of a whole family or dinner party with minimal effort from the host, and at a relatively low cost.
I really must make this soon...
Kip says
I haven't made it in ages, but it was seriously good! Can't you get vegan mint aeros there?
Veronica says
This sounds really delish! I posted about it on my blog and linked to this post for the recipe/information, hope you don't mind me using the image? If so, please just let me know and I'll remove it 🙂
Kip says
No worries! Thanks for letting me know 🙂
Sunil Dogra says
Looks so delicious and perfect for parties! Thanks for sharing.
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