I am more than a little amazed, and more than a little scared. Via World Vegetarian and Vegan News, it would appear that Animal Aid is selling vegan creme eggs, which from the sound of things are similar to the Cadbury things that I grew up on (and may have tried to make a candy omelet out of, but reports from that era are sketchy.)
This is very cool, since seasonal products are the kind of thing that sucks for new vegans – they’re often tied to family traditions and shared stories, and as I’ve written about in the past, these are tough things to, well, let’s not say break, but certainly to change. Whatever your thoughts on Easter itself, up until now you couldn’t walk into a store without seeing one of the Cadbury bins (at least where I live) and at some level you’re thinking of how you don’t get to do that anymore.
And now, a solution exists! Sure, it’s mostly useful for people in the UK - I don’t know much more than what’s on the sales page and the blog post that led me to it, but it’s with mixed emotions that I note that Animal Aid charges a flat 25 pound shipping charge on any orders outside the EU. Which is where I am. I cannot begin to fathom the size of the order I’d have to make to get the average cost per egg down to a rationalizable level (though I may try.)
Still, this is a sign of things to come. The technology clearly exists!
What other seasonal snacks are still missing from the vegan pantry? This was a big one for me, but that’s probably because it’s the time of year where you can’t escape creme eggs. I doubt I’ll actually buy any (even if shipping was viable,) but I feel better just knowing they’re out there – both personally and for the benefit of veganism overall.
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I’d sooo hit that.
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I want to build a pneumatic tube that spans the ocean. We could send the vegan eggs across that way.
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I usually try to duplicate any products I miss from pre-vegan days. For instance, my mom loves the black walnut candy eggs from a chocolate shop in Delaware but they’re neither vegan nor close enough to visit. So, I figured out how to make my own black walnut candy from scratch, bought a silicon egg mold (probably intended for cakes) and now I make chocolate covered black walnut eggs for her every year. I’m actually considering whether to make extra and sell them on ETSY this year.
Oh dear. I haven’t even heard of black walnut candy eggs. Now my mind is inventing a magical treat. Silly mind.
I used to buy two creme eggs every year. I would eat one and get too nauseated from the decadence to eat the second one. But that first one was gooooooood.
This was the best and worst news all at once! (Best: that I LOVE cream eggs and Worst: this wacky shipping charge!)
has anyone tried these out yet? when my friend sent me this link, tears of joy welled up in my eyes….
http://vegnews.myshopify.com/collections/snacks/products/air-puffed-vegan-marshmallows
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Thanks for the clarification! I now apologize to the dentists of our non-EU readers
you can make the creme eggs yourself — a friend made them last year for a vegan meetup. I’m not sure where she got the recipe, and I’m sure it’s fairly labor intensive (I believe she used premade vegan chocolate shells from a restaurant supply store, then stuffed them with the “mixture”) but a lot cheaper than $50!
& JB — try the dandies… you don’t know what you’re missing. I love them. Sweet Sara (?) makes vegan marshmallows too — and there is a whole website with recipes and an e-book for how to make vegan marshmallows yourself. (sorry I dont have links or better info!)
Here’s a link to a recipe based on vegan cream cheese that you could play with:
http://blog.vegcooking.com/2008/03/homemade_vegan_easter_eggs.php
Those look tasty, but I’m thinking of the Cadbury eggs that are hollow with white and yellow candy sauce inside (because we all need to train our children to eat raw eggs…)
Which brings up a point – do you suppose the eggs in this post have two-colour sauce? Oh, and since they’re from the UK I think we can all agree that I’m spelling “colour” correctly…
Oh, Vegan Essentals, Pangea, or one of the other vegan online retailers Stateside has GOT to start carrying them. You may pay more for the vegan creme eggs, but you could throw in a few other things and make the shipping a lot less.
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