Vegan Whipped Cream Recipe

5 from 8 votes

This Dairy Free Whipped Cream is sweet, silky, and ready in 5 minutes. All you need is 2 ingredients and a whisk. Perfect desserts or drinks!

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Vegan

Cuisine: American

Keyword: coconut whipped cream, dairy free whipped cream, keto whipped cream, non-dairy whipped cream, whipped cream

Servings: people

Calories: 135kcal

228 g about 1 cup full-fat coconut milk from a can (I used the hard cream at the top of 1 can of coconut milk)
25-50 g 1/4-1/2 cup powdered sweetener of choice (see note 1)
1/2 tsp vanilla optional
1/2 tsp flavoring optional, see notes
1/2 tbsp cocoa powder optional

Chill a can of coconut milk in the fridge for at least 2 hours, along with a mixing bowl.
Carefully, without shaking or bumping, remove the coconut milk can from the fridge, open the lid and scrape the coconut cream out, leaving the clear liquid behind (use in curries, oatmeal, or smoothies) and add it to the chilled mixing bowl along with powdered sweetener, vanilla and/or flavouring and/or cocoa if using them.
Whisk with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer for a couple of minutes on high speed or manually until soft peaks form. Keep the electric mixer going to create thicker, stiff peaks!
Use immediately or keep it in the fridge (it will harden) for up to 2 weeks.

I use powdered erythritol by Nkd Living. It has a 1:1 sweetener:sugar ratio. You could use regular powdered sugar or another powdered sweetener.
If your cans of coconut milk are at room temperature you’ll need to chill them before trying to whip them. For best results, chill the cans for 2 hours, or even better results, chill them overnight.
You can also refrigerate the whisk attachment to your hand mixer or stand mixer. This makes this sweet dessert even easier to whip up.
Store any leftover vegan coconut whip cream in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. It will get a little harder but you can either whip it back up or eat it as is.

Flavored whipped cream: Add 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite flavoring. I really enjoy orange or peppermint. You can add it along with the vanilla extract or skip the vanilla.
Chocolate orange: 1 tbsp cocoa powder + 1/2 teaspoon of orange extract.
Snickerdoodle/Cinnamon whipped cream: Add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Perfect on a cuppa chai!
Pumpkin spice whipped cream: Add 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.