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Vegan Hershey Kisses

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Remember this post when I made you guess what was peculiar about the picture; if you could find the item that didn’t belong in a gluten-free/vegan diet? Some of you guessed correctly: I ended up making homemade Vegan Hershey Kisses. What, did you forget about it already? I hope not because today is the day I am spilling the beans on how I did it. It’s really simple too! So now for all of you who have missed those little kisses melting in your mouth, now you too can make a Vegan Hershey Kiss right in your very kitchen.

How to make dairy free Kisses 

I have updated the way to make this recipe because back when I first created it in 2012, there were no chocolate molds in the shapes of Hershey Kisses so I had to improvise. Or if there were, I had some terrible googling skills that prohibited me from finding it). I used a mini plastic funnel that I found at a hardware store and did it that way. But now, thank you to Etsy, I found a mold and a quicker way to make your very own vegan Hershey Kisses. If you cannot find the mold (it was only $3!) you can opt for the old-fashioned way by getting yourself a mini funnel. 

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Vegan Hershey Kisses

  • Author: Fork & Beans
  • Prep Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 25 mins
  • Yield: Unlimited Kisses
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Ingredients

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  • 1/2 c. Enjoy Life chocolate chips, melted (*see note)
  • Kisses chocolate mold OR mini funnels (**see note)
  • aluminum foil, cut into 2″ squares
  • strips of paper with Valentine’s message on them

Instructions

If using the funnel method:

  1. Fill the mini funnel with melted chocolate, making sure the chocolate fills a little into the narrowest part. Standing upright, freeze for 10 minutes. Remove the Kisses from funnel by gently squeezing the chocolate mold out. This should easily slip out. If not, freeze for another minute.

If using the chocolate mold:

  1. Add a dollop of melted chocolate into each mold. Use a toothpick to ensure the chocolate is completely inside the tip of the mold. Freeze for 10-15 minutes or until set. Gently flip over and the chocolate should easily come out.
  2. Cut out Happy Valentine’s Day paper strips (you can print them from the computer at size 8 Typewriter font or individually write them yourself).
  3. Place the strip on the foil and place the Kiss on top of it. Fold the foil in until completely covered.

Notes

*If you want to use a raw chocolate recipe, see here. If you need a sugar free chocolate recipe, see here.
**I used a mini plastic funnel found at the hardware store.

If you want to make these healthier, you can take it one step further and use my raw chocolate bar recipe in place of the store bought chocolate chips. AND if you feeling really sassy and want to forego the sugar, you can use this recipe. 

How to make vegan Hershey Kisses

My husband is tortured by the fact that I make him a hand model from time-to-time. 

 

And that is all, folks. See you tomorrow…

 

 

About Cara

Based in Chicago with her husband and son, Cara is the creator behind the site Fork and Beans: A place where kids can have fun with their food.

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  1. Marian Hillyer

    Really cute and I plan to make some. I`ll be using regular chocolate (or carob) chips though as I don`t need gluten free since I don`t have Celiac Disease. Great sounding recipe in time for the Christmas(and Valentines) Seasons. Thanks. Mairnie

  2. Kat

    I realize I am a year and half late but wanted to let people know I found the little funnels at “The Container Store” over Labor day weekend 2013. Thank you so very much for figuring out how to make “fake chocolate kisses”. I had searched and searched for molds but couldn’t find any. Saw your post them stumbled on them while on vacation. Thank you for all the wonderful gluten free recipes.

  4. cadryskitchen

    Congratulations to all of the winners! All of the winning entries look phenomenal. I hope we’ll get to find out which stores the winners choose for their prizes. Inquiring minds want to know! One question loosely about Nora’s dessert – am I the only person who has to sing, “It can congeal like agar” to the tune of “You’ve got the moves like Jagger”?

    • Kelly Klepfer

      Thanks for all the congrats. I’m totally shocked to have won… And cadryskitchen, I haven’t totally decided yet, but I’m thinking I’m going to use my prize money to buy some of the crazy ingredients I have yet to experiment with in Vegan cooking. I have never touched Miso, but want to conquer it. Agar flakes, another slightly scary ingredient. (Clearly it should not be feared…ha.ha.) And I just got an Excalibur (a slightly used one at a great discount YES!!!! Score!!!) and I needed some of the sheets for the trays so I can make roll-ups. Oh. then there’s a tofu press. Would love one of those bad boys. So. Going to do some shopping around..

      • cadryskitchen

        Kelly, those are all such fun ideas! I highly approve! Plus, what better excuse to gift yourself all kinds of fun things for the kitchen than winning a cooking contest. White miso is the bee’s knees for dips, spreads, and cheesy fillings. I fell in love with it last fall. A Tofu Xpress is also incredibly handy. How lucky for you finding an Excalibur dehydrator at a great discount! You’re going to have fun deciding!

        • Kelly Klepfer

          I’ve been wanting one for like two years. My daughter, husband and I decided that would be our Christmas gift to each other and we were going to shell out the 219.00 bucks. But I get the Raw World newsletter and they sent out a clearance email and there were some slightly used ones (like used two or three times) for $165.00. We got it three weeks ago and have been experimenting with a few things. Mostly granolas etc. Strawberries and kiwi. YUM. The plan is to make our own non-dairy yogurts etc. And farmer’s market season. Oh joy!

  5. Heather

    Congrats to all the Winners; everyone did such a fantastic job!

    Thank you Cara for hosting the first ever Fork & Beans Valentines Bake Off- SO much FUN!

    • Cara

      And thank YOU so much for entering one of the most beautiful entries, Heather!! Those tartletts made the competition SO hard, if you only knew…

  6. Laurel

    Congratulations everyone and thanks for the extra 20 lbs. The creativity and variety of the entries was truly amazing. Each and every one of you deserve a standard ovation. Plus my husband thanks you for not having to provide me with any kind of sweets this Valentine’s Day as we have the best Smorgasbord in town. 🙂

    • Cara

      You guys certainly celebrated early this year 🙂 Yes, I completely echo everything you said, Laurel. An impressive bunch of talented people, indeed!

        • Cara

          We ended up dividing it out so we didn’t each have to all make it. Since we all have similar ideas of what we like, it worked out perfectly. As for me, I ended up just taking a bite or two of what I made and that is about it. Thankfully my system hasn’t been sugar overloaded but I cannot speak for the other 2 ladies 🙂

          • Laurel

            We also ended up double and triple teaming some of the recipes and I’m eating every single thing I made, a few at a time. I think I need to go on a juice fast. It could be worse though, I could have turned into Augustus Gluck if Al hadn’t won the arm wrestling competition.

  10. Deanna

    Yum! I thought those truffles looked fantastic, too. Love it when someone makes something that’s raw and healthy and still so insanely good. 🙂

    • Cara

      Absolutely! We were impressed completely by them. Thank YOU Deanna for enetering those cupcakes that were total cranberry/red velvet heaven!!

    • Cara

      You SHOULD have, Frugs. Next year…
      Is Katherine far away that you have to send it? Ugh. That sucks. Greg (the bf of 5 years) is on the opposite side of the country until mid March. So sad. But you are better than I am (again!)–I didn’t get G anything… oops 🙂

  14. naturalnoshing

    Are you serious?!?!?!?!? I am THRILLED and completely honored to be have been chosen amongst all those fantastic entries! EEEEEEEE I have never won anything and I am shocked.THANK YOU SO MUCH to all you wonderful judges!!! Congratulations to all of the other winners; I cannot wait to try all the other incredible 40+ recipes that were submitted!! Thank you again for putting together this Valentine’s Day bake-off, what a fun event! 🙂

  15. Kelly Klepfer

    I am SO excited. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you judges didn’t have to pop Pepto shots to keep your tummies happy with all that cooking and eating you had to do!!! What an honor to be chosen from the talented cooks. And, again, so great of you to put on this contest. Congrats to the other winners and honorable mentions. I will be trying all the recipes (at a more relaxed rate than the judges. : ) )

    • Laurel

      My husband’s doing the Pepto shots. All I got was a small slice before he came home and laid claim to it. I can’t get a fork anywhere in the vicinity of all those fudgy crumbs.

        • Laurel

          I don’t see why, I only doubled the recipe. It had to be tall to impress my Texan. Plus, Mr. double Art major told me he took 11 shots of that cake before he put it up on the net for you to see. Ha!

        • Laurel

          Kelly, he’s in 7th heaven. Plus you inspired me to come up with a tofu replacement I really like. So thank you for entering and making him happy. He’s always buying me chocolate and then eating it himself unless I hide it first. hah!

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