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Vegan Desserts: Peppermint Slice

November 30, 2014 By Kyra - Vie De La Vegan 4 Comments

My sister (who is not a vegan) sent me a recipe for peppermint slice (which was vegan). She made it and then teased me by sending photos and text messages like “OMG this is so good!”. I knew I had to make it, but I had a few problems with the original recipe.

vegan peppermint slice | vie de la vegan

Firstly, it was tiring just reading the recipe. I like food to be simple. Forget those ten thousand steps that you need to make a dessert you will devour in ten seconds. So I may have just skimmed through it and made my own assumptions about how to make it.

Secondly, the recipe called for 2 cups of cashews. As much as I love cashews, 2 cups of those tasty little nuts cost a lot. While I may or may not have spent about $30 on ingredients for my birthday cake earlier this year (which was definitely worth every cent) I can’t really afford to spent heaps of money on food at the moment. So I racked my brains for something I could use that would be cost effective but also taste effective. Meanwhile I cooked some chickpeas to make some hummus. And then I realised, hey, haven’t I seen vegan desserts before using cooked chickpeas as a healthy base? I’m not sure if I actually have but I have definitely seen desserts using black beans, so I was sure chickpeas would work too.

peppermint slice | vie de la veganIt turns out chickpeas make a great substitution for cashews in this recipe. Even the rest of my family were unsuspecting that this vegan dessert contained chickpeas. The peppermint extract and rice malt syrup overpower the mild chickpea flavour, so you really cannot taste the chickpeas at all. I considered adding a little spirulina for colour but I felt it would turn the slice a weird blue-green colour rather than a light green colour I was imagining. Matcha powder might be ideal if you have some :)

Peppermint Slice
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
4 hours
Total time
4 hours 15 mins
 
A naughty but nice no-bake peppermint slice. Vegan, gluten free (if gluten free oats are used), guilt-free dessert. Adapted from Taste magazine (November 2014 issue).
Author: Kyra Howearth
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 18 pieces
Ingredients
  • BASE
  • 1 cup oats
  • 2 tbs cacao powder
  • 3 tbs coconut oil
  • 4 large medjool dates
  • PEPPERMINT FILLING
  • 2 tbs coconut oil
  • 2 tbs rice malt syrup
  • 2 tsp peppermint extract
  • ¾ cup shredded coconut
  • 1½ cup cooked chickpeas
  • CHOCOLATE TOPPING
  • ⅓ cup coconut oil
  • ⅓ cup cacao powder
  • ⅓ rice malt syrup
Instructions
  1. Line a small dish (approx 3x6 inches) with baking paper.
  2. Make the base by blending the oats in your food processor until fine.
  3. Add the cacao, coconut oil and pitted dates, blend until it comes together in a loose dough.
  4. Press the base into the dish.
  5. Next, make your peppermint filling by blending all the filling ingredients together until smooth. Make sure there are no chunks of chickpea.
  6. Smooth the peppermint layer over the base.
  7. Next, make the chocolate topping by stirring together the topping ingredients in a bowl.
  8. Smooth over the top of the slice.
  9. Refrigerate until firm (about 4 hours) then slice and devour.
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Comments

  1. Terje says

    February 11, 2015 at 11:10 pm

    I love the idea of using chickpeas instead of cashews here – definitely a cheaper option! One recommendation for the recipe list though – write the titles in caps lock so they stick out from the list. I have the same issue, can’t separate ingredients into separate groups. So I use caps lock to make sure that the different parts are visible and people don’t get scared by the seemingly super-long list :)

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    • Kyra - Vie De La Vegan says

      February 12, 2015 at 11:01 am

      Thanks for your feedback Terje! I will edit the recipe to make it easier to read :)

      Reply
      • Terje says

        February 14, 2015 at 12:17 am

        It already looks a lot easier to grasp in a quick glance! I guess this wouldn’t be an issue with a paid recipe card, but I don’t have enough money to invest in all the things ever at the moment. So I’ve just developed some cheapskate tricks to make the most out of free stuff :D

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        • Kyra - Vie De La Vegan says

          February 14, 2015 at 11:41 am

          Thanks Terje! Yes I think the paid recipe plugin would be a good investment for me too, it is the next thing I want to buy for my blog…eventually! For now, I’ll have to make do with cheapskate tricks haha :)

          Reply

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