Rich, creamy, and plant-powered, you can whip up this egg-free eggnog in minutes.
Ingredients
This recipe uses coconut milk, unsweetened almond milk, sugar, aquafaba, nutmeg, and turmeric (optionally, for colour). If you only have sweetened almond milk, leave out the sugar to start with and then add as needed to taste. If you aren’t vegan you can swap out the almond milk for cow’s milk.
About Aquafaba
Aquafaba is the liquid from canned or cooked chickpeas. (Read all about aquafaba in our detailed post.) It has qualities that are similar to egg whites and a very mild flavour that will be unnoticeable in the eggnog.
If you have leftover aquafaba, you might want to make
- 1-Bowl Peanut Butter Cookies
- Ginger Molasses Cookies
- Lemon Pistachio and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Vegan Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1-Bowl Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Buckwheat, Oatmeal, and Maple Syrup Muffins
- Pear Zucchini Bread
- Blend and Bake Vegan Lemon Cheesecake
- Blood Orange and Carrot Cheesecake (Vegan)
- Egg-Free Eggnog with Aquafaba
Using Up Chickpeas
- 3-Ingredient Sun-dried Tomato Hummus
- 15-Minute Thai Chickpea Curry
- Basil Edamame Hummus
- Baked Vegan Lemon Cheesecake
- Roasted Veggies in Curry Cream Sauce
- Savoury Vegan Cheese Spread
- Vegan Curry Maple Chickpea Cakes
You can also freeze the chickpeas for use later.
Making Egg-Free Eggnog
This recipe comes together really quickly. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, spices, and coconut milk, then whisk in the almond milk.
In a second bowl, whip the aquafaba until soft peaks form. This is very much like whipping egg whites. It will take a few minutes for the peaks to form.
Now, gently fold the aquafaba into the other ingredients. Pour into glasses and garnish with additional nutmeg if desired.
Here’s a video!
Making this Recipe for Mixed Groups
This egg-nog is 100% plant-based so it’s suitable for all eaters. If you’re not vegan but you’re allergic to eggs, you can use cow milk instead of the almond milk.
Other Drink Recipes
Looking for some other festive drink ideas?
- Peppermint White Hot Chocolate (Vegan or Vegetarian)
- Beet Latte (Vegan or Vegetarian)
- Make hot chocolate with Brown Butter Chocolate Syrup
- Hot Lemonade
Egg-Free Eggnog
Materials
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk {If you are fine with dairy, you can use regular cow milk here, too.}
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 10 tablespoons coconut milk {the canned kind, not the milk substitute kind}
- 1/2 cup
aquafaba {this is the liquid from canned or cooked chickpeas} - 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon turmeric {optional, this is for colour}
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine together the sugar, spices and coconut milk until smooth. Then, whisk in the almond milk until combined.
- In a second large bowl, whip the aquafaba until it forms soft peaks.
- Fold the aquababa into the contents of the first bowl
- Serve chilled, garnished with more nutmeg.
Video
Notes
- If you are buying canned chickpeas to obtain the aquafaba for this recipe, buy unsalted chickpeas.
- Reserve your chickpeas for another recipe. If you don’t think you can use them right away, you can freeze them.
- This recipe makes about 3 1/2 cups but it will deflate a little bit after sitting.
- If you are OK with dairy, you can substitute regular cow milk for the almond milk.
- If you only have sweetened plant milk, omit the sugar and add some as needed to achieve desired sweetness level.
