Today I have for you a simple recipe to turn these tasty donuts into beautiful works of art. This 5 minute vegan chocolate marble glaze is a simple technique to make your desserts look absolutely stunning. It’s super easy and will impress your family and friends with absolutely no effort.
Have you ever admired some of the beautiful marbled desserts on sites like Pinterest? If so, you’re not alone 😛 Marbled cookies, cake pop, macarons, and meringues, I’ve come across so many gorgeous creations, but never attempted it myself until now 🙂
Achieving a perfectly smooth marbling like this always seemed like it must be super hard to pull off, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. I was able to create this vegan chocolate marble glaze for my donuts in under 10 minutes with only 3 main ingredients.
What do you need to create a beautiful marble glaze.
To achieve this look, you want to choose at least two contrasting colors. A lighter pigmented color will work best as a base that you can add the second color into, which will allow that contrast to come through spectacularly. Normally you’d use sugar icing, but to make it healthier I suggest using vegan/paleo white chocolate, cacao butter or coconut butter.
With a white base, you can add any sort of natural coloring to it: freeze dried raspberry powder, beetroot powder, turmeric powder, butterfly pea powder, matcha powder, etc. There is really no reason to add any artificial food dyes.
For this recipe I simply used vegan white chocolate, coconut butter and dark chocolate. Now that I’ve mastered the marble glaze, I will definitely be experimenting with other colors in the future 🙂
How to create the marble pattern
As I mentioned above, there is really no science behind creating that beautiful marble effect.
First, melt white chocolate/coconut butter and dark chocolate in two separate saucepans. Once you have liquified your chocolate, transfer that into two separate bowls again and set aside.
To create that contrast from light to dark, drop a few teaspoons of dark chocolate into the white chocolate/coconut butter mix. Draw a wooden skewer or spoon through the darker chocolate to make swirl patterns inside the white chocolate. Remember, you’re not mixing this, you’re just lightly making swirl patterns with the darker chocolate in the white chocolate.
Now carefully dunk each donut face down into the glaze and lift right up. Hold the donuts by the side with the tips of your fingers and let the chocolate drip off for a few seconds. When the chocolate is only dripping slightly, transfer your beautiful creation onto a cooling rack or parchment paper. After every other donut, add a little bit of extra white chocolate and dark chocolate into the bowl and create new swirls. Let donuts dry for about 20-30 minutes and serve immediately.
Seems pretty simple, right? Like I always say, it looks a lot harder than it is. Plus it is the perfect activity to do with your kiddos. Be creative and have fun!
Need a healthy donut recipe? Here are some of my favorites.
Paleo Triple Chocolate Donuts
Paleo Pumpkin Donut Holes
Mini Cinnamon Donuts
Lemon glazed Chia Donuts
Almond Butter Donuts
If you happen to make this wonderful vegan chocolate marble glaze, please let me know. I’d love to see what you come up with. As always, don’t forget to tag @delight.fuel or simply comment below.
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Vegan Chocolate Marble Glaze
This 5 minute vegan chocolate marble glaze is a simple technique to make your desserts look absolutely stunning. It's super easy and will impress your family and friends with absolutely no effort.
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a small saucepan heat white chocolate, 1 tbsp of coconut oil and coconut butter over low heat until melted and combined. Transfer about 2/3 of the white chocolate into a small bowl (size of the donuts) and set aside.
- In a separate saucepan heat stevia sweetened chocolate and 1 tbsp of coconut oil over low heat until melted. Transfer into a small bowl and set aside.
- To create the marble pattern drop 2-3 tsp of the dark chocolate into the white chocolate mix. Draw a wooden skewer or spoon through the darker chocolate to make swirl patterns inside the white chocolate. Remember, you're not mixing this, you're just lightly making swirl patterns with the darker chocolate in the white chocolate
- Now carefully dunk each donut face down into the glaze and lift right up. Hold the donuts by the side with the tips of your fingers and let the chocolate drip off for a few seconds. When the chocolate is only dripping slightly, transfer your beautiful creation onto a cooling rack or parchment paper. Let dry for about 20-30 minutes.*
- Serve immediately and store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to two days.
Notes
*After every other donut, add a little bit of extra white chocolate and dark chocolate and create new swirls.
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