Many people grew up eating bowls of tinned mandarins with evaporated milk. To avoid factory-farmed milk, you can still enjoy traditional puddings. What’s the difference between evaporated and condensed milk? They are the same. It’s just that condensed milk is sweetened, while evaporated milk is not. Sweetened Condensed Almond Milk (Full of Plants) is made with almond milk, and as well as being ideal for Vietnamese coffee, it’s also good to make homemade vegan custard, desserts and fudge.
Keep plant milks/creams away from pets, as they contain toxic ingredients like nuts. Vets at Cornell University say that cow’s milk/cream is not good for cats, as they can’t digest lactose sugar. So despite the image of a cat lapping a bowl of milk or cream, it often results in an upset stomach and diarrhea.
Vegan Condensed Milk (Pick Up Limes) is a recipe for anyone who enjoys pouring condensed milk over tinned mandarins, or using in vegan bakes and cakes. Made with coconut milk and sugar, this can be added to drinks and also poured onto vegan ice cream.
Every time you see a can of any condensed milk, many people feel nostalgia. But remember that outside the marketing, cows are suffering to produce this milk, by having their babies taken away from them, and the calves are often shot at birth. So why not make the effort to make this (choose monkey-friendly coconut milk with no monkey slaves harvesting the coconuts, otherwise it’s just as bad).
You can use condensed milk on oatmeal, pancakes or waffles. It’s also good stirred into iced coffee, or use it to top your vegan baked goods or vegan ice-cream. You can even use it to fill vegan truffles. Once made, it stores for quite a while in an airtight container, in the fridge.
Vegan Condensed Milk (Loving it Vegan) is a recipe from South Africa, by a blogger who loved it so much as a child, that she would drink it straight out of the can!
Vegan Condensed Milk (Addicted to Dates) is made with just 2 ingredients. It’s smooth and thick, and perfect for drinks, baking or ice cream.
Where to Buy Vegan Condensed Milk
Nature’s Charm Evaporated Coconut Milk (unsweetened) and condensed milk (sweetened) are sold in tins. These have a coconutty twist, and are also ideal for making cheesecake. Sold in zero waste tins, they are made by a family in Thailand who never use monkey slaves to harvest the coconuts.
Use it to make these Mocha Condensed Oat Milk Caramel Squares (Peachy Palate). The other brand (Nestle) offers an oat condensed milk then says in the ingredients that it ‘may contain milk?’ So what’s the point?