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[cherydactyl]

Vegan Truffles

Thanks to the lovely tammylc for finding this company in a discussion of non-dairy truffle making on one of her recent posts. Tammy makes great and interesting truffles herself. I got illyaa some for Father's Day this past June. She included flavors like chile pepper. They were awesome, or so he reports...I only got to try half of one.

Comments

[vretallin.livejournal.com]

You'd get my business as a vegan. :) have some for U*Con? ::hopeful look::

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

Well, if I'm aiming for a truffle batch around Hallowe'en, then yes, I could probably have some for U*Con.

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

Are you hardcore vegan, or just vegetarian non-dairy? Because I've just learned that some processed white sugar is not vegan, and I'm not sure I can find out which kinds of chocolate use which.

(Apparently, some processing plants use a bleaching process for cane sugar that involves the use of charcoal made from animal bones. It's far enough dervied that under Kosher law it's considered non-meat, but is still of concern to some vegans.)

[vretallin.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it then. :) Tis cool. I appreciate the thought and your willingness to try. :) I avoid the animal proteins altogether. So pretty hard core overall. If I knew more about truffle making I might be able to recommend a vegan chocolate, but I really don't know what kinds you need to use. Worse comes to worse get some cacao nibs and go from there. ;)

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to do some research and see what chocolate vegans tend to approve of. So do you avoid all white sugar, then, because it might be filtered with bone char?

[vretallin.livejournal.com]

I don't use sugar at home. I use agave nectar and well when I am out and about and eat things like bread, I just don't think/worry about it. I am vegan for health reasons less political/social issues.

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

I found a bunch of brands that are easily available to me, and check out as fully vegan - Dagoba, Green & Black, Tropical Selection.

See page here: http://www.chefsresource.com/20qtalstaind.html

Some of the ingredient list include "sugar" with the source unspecified, but others specifically mention that they use beet sugar, or non-processed cane sugar. So the experiment can proceed...

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

Oops - wrong link in my last post. Try:
http://www.veganunlimited.com/food-chocolate.html

[vretallin.livejournal.com]

Mmm Green and Black...wonderful wonderful stuff. :) Yayy easly available.