Vegan Christmas Chocolate Tin (DIY Vegan Quality Street)
We all know the Christmas ritual of opening a tin of chocolates and picking out your favourites (and being left with all the toffee pennies when it gets to the new year). Well just because you are vegan or dairy free it doesn’t mean you have to miss out! Every year I make my own DIY vegan Christmas chocolate tin and the best part is that you get to pick your favourites to go in it so you’re not left with ones you don’t like at the end of it! This post contains affiliate links, marked Ad. If you buy something through one of these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Why Make Your Own Tin?
Every regular tin of chocolates you find at Christmas only has chocolates that contain dairy. You can certainly get a ready made box of vegan chocolates such as ‘Vegan Equality Street’ and Catherines Originals (Ad) which are delicious in their own right. But they are often costly and sometimes you want to pick your own sweets and chocolates to go inside.
What You Need To Make Your Own Vegan Christmas Chocolate Tin
First of all you will need a Christmas themed tin. I have an old tin that had Christmas biscuits in but you could use a Christmas themed cake tin or a vintage Cadbury Roses or Equality Street tin would be extra special. Just remember that the bigger the tin, the more chocolates you will need to fill it. My tin is on the small size but I stuff it to the brim with chocolates. You might also want to consider printing or hand drawing a small piece of card with a picture of each chocolate in its wrapper and a description of what each flavour is. You might also need some foil wrappers (Ad) in different colours as you might want to include some chocolates that are not already individually wrapped.
Which Chocolates To Include
Raspberry Ruffles
I always include Raspberry Ruffles (Ad) because they are one of my favourite chocolates anyway and the shiny pink wrapper looks fantastic in a tin of Christmas chocolates! As well as Amazon, you can sometimes find them in places like B&M and Home Bargains. They have a raspberry flavoured shredded coconut filling covered in chocolate.
Mint Crisps
Any vegan mint chocolate is great in a Christmas tin but my favourite are Elizabeth Shaw Dark Chocolate Mint Honeycomb Crisps (Ad). They re just minty enough but not too overpowering. One thing to consider when deciding whether to add mint flavoured chocolates to your tin is that sometimes the mint flavour can overpower the whole tin and make the other chocolates taste a bit like mint. I usually just add the mint ones at the last minute to avoid this.
Chocolate Creams
In my opinion, strawberry and orange creams are an absolute must have in any chocolate tin. Some supermarkets such as Aldi and Lidl sell different flavoured fondant creams at Christmas but they are not always available. If I can’t find them in a supermarket I buy Whitakers Creams (Ad). They don’t always come individually wrapped so this is where your multicoloured foil wrappers can come in handy. Just pick a colour you will associate with each flavour (e.g. pink or red for strawberry creams).
Chocolate Coins
Chocolate coins as Christmas are a classic but it can be hard to find them. I have heard that the free from brand Moo Free are brining our dairy free chocolate coins this year and they will be available in supermarkets! I will definitely be buying a bag or five!
NOMO Mini Bars
Nomo Mini bars are mini individually wrapped chocolates (think Cadbury Heroes style) in caramel, orange and mint flavours. They re usually about £7 a box but it does mean you are adding three flavours to your tin in one go.
Chocolate Truffles
Mummy Meegz do a bag of individually wrapped chocolate truffles that are vegan and come in pink and blue wrappers. These are available from ASDA and Morrisons among others.
Chocolate Marzipans
I love marzipan so I always add little marzipans covered in chocolate to my tin. Last year I got mine from Lidl.
B&M Chocolates
B&M often have accidentally vegan Christmas themed chocolates that are called ‘chocolate flavoured’. This year I have already found nets of plain chocolate balls with Christmas pudding wrappers for £1 a net. These are a great cheap filler for your tins. Last year they also did white and plain chocolate mini characters in a tube that were not individually wrapped but you could wrap them yourself.
Vegolino Pralines
We’re moving onto more expensive choices now but I thought I would include them and let you choose whether to include them in your tin. These Vegolino pralines (Ad) are quite fancy and taste delicious. They can sometimes be found at Home Bargains (which is a great place to look for vegan chocolates in general).
Kuhbonbon Caramels
I have seen these caramels around for years but they are always on the more expensive side in the UK as they are imported from Germany. I just happened to fly into Munich earlier this year and grabbed a bag from the supermarket there at a much lower price. I have been saving them for this years vegan Christmas chocolate tin so I haven’t tried them yet but will be sure to update you on my thoughts when I do!
Top Tips
Try to think about the colours of wrappers in the tin. It’s nice to have a variety of colours, especially for a Christmas tin. You also don’t want to have too many the same colour so you can differentiate between the flavours when they are all mixed together. If you’d like to know which other chocolates are vegan check out my post here.
