I admit I’m a day late with this delicious Valentine’s recipe, but when I got home from work yesterday and got out my mixing bowl I realized I didn’t have an essential ingredient: cream cheese (vegan, natch). And there was no way I was going back out to the store for one item. So apologies for the delay, and I hope the deliciousness makes up for it!
I first got to thinking about red velvet when it started popping up all over my Pinterest board for Valentine’s Day. Chiefly in mind was this recipe from the blog New Mama Diaries–it looked so simple to prepare (always a good thing). But of course, I had to veganize it before I could try it…so here are my results. I bet if you serve these to family and friends, they’ll never guess that they lack eggs and real cream cheese!
What you’ll need:
One package of red velvet cake mix
1/2 cup coconut oil
One 8-oz. package cream cheese
Two cups (or one package) white chocolate chips
Preheat your oven to 375 F. Use a hand mixer to cream together the coconut oil and cream cheese. Add in the red velvet cake mix and beat until ingredients are thoroughly blended; stir in the chocolate chips. Drop onto cookie sheets in rounded spoonfuls; bake at 375 for ten to twelve minutes. Allow to cool before serving (the cookies will be too gooey to pick up when they’re fresh out of the oven!).
A note on ingredients: Many vegans find the Duncan Hines cake mixes to be acceptable, but if you’re looking for a brand that says “vegan” on the box, check the baking aisle of your local health food store (mine has tons of such items that I have not found through online sellers). Alternatively, you could whip up a from-scratch recipe–it will take a little longer than using a box mix, but it will still taste good. Just remember that a wet cake batter won’t need added coconut oil, and you’ll need to adjust the wet-to-dry ratio so the batter won’t be super-runny.
Vegan cream cheese is pretty easy to find at health food stores and even some regular grocery stores. Vegan white chocolate chips can be harder to find, but if you don’t have any on hand, regular chips will work fine too–the taste will be slightly different, but the cookies will still be delicious!
16 Comments
Roaen
red velvet cookies?!?!? drool!
Martha Woods
Yep!
Katrin
I love vegan cream cheese! Martha, I have to admit that I never had red velvet cake. Can you believe this? :) So thanks for sharing, I will give this a try, they look delicious!
Martha Woods
Really? Some people tell me they think it’s overrated, but I like it. I have a friend who’s obsessed with all things red velvet, so of course I had to take him some of these and he was pretty happy with them! I think I need to make another batch already. :D
Amanda Rose
yum yum yum! I’ve never had red velvet before but it sounds delicious!
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Martha Woods
Truly never?! You have to try it! It’s awesome!
Tejinder Kaur
looks yum…yum yum..
my recent one :http://natashabhatt.blogspot.in/2014/02/valentines-day-celebration-2014-with-my.html
Martha Woods
They really are!
Meeghan Mousaw
What a great idea, and it looks delicious! Thanks for posting!
Martha Woods
You’re welcome! :)
Frannie Pantz
Doh! I hate when I am one ingredient short! These look scrumptious though!
Martha Woods
That’s what I get for not double-checking the recipe beforehand! They were worth the wait though!
Lora Ashley
I am sitting here at work drooling on my keyboard. I am going to have to give these a try this weekend!
Martha Woods
They are sooo good. And even, dare I say, a little healthier than regular red velvet cake, since they use coconut oil instead of butter and eggs. I want to make another batch already!
MakeUp Guinea Pig
Those look DELICIOUS!!! :)
Martha Woods
They are!!!!