Sugar-Free Vegan Whipped Cream aka Aquafaba Whipped Cream
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It only takes a few ingredients it takes to make this fluffy meringue-like vegan whipped cream. This recipe for aquafaba whipped cream is sugar-free, oil-free, and delicious – It’ll blow your mind!
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I hope your mind is ready to be blown. Cause that is my intent today.
I have been wanting someone to invent some sort of whipped cream that wasn’t full-fat or sugar-laden for the last forever years. But since it hasn’t existed, I have generally just shy-ed away from adding whipped topping to my ice cream sundaes, pumpkin pies, and bowls of fresh berries.
But now! With this vegan, sugar free whipped cream recipe, my spoon is ready to be filled with the heavenly whip so I can swiftly put it in my mouth. My pumpkin pie will no longer be lonely. My sundaes will be complete.
All because of a little bean water…
I don’t know who, and I don’t know how, but someone had the crazy idea to take the “water” that you drain from your garbanzo beans (chickpeas) or White Great Northern beans and whip it up with some sweetener and vanilla. And it turned into a meringue-like fluff!
Seriously! With just four ingredients you can make the perfect vegan whipped cream to top all of your favorite sweet treats, like my dairy free chocolate cream pie, vegan cheesecake, or easy vegan strawberry shortcakes!
Why You’ll Love This Aquafaba Whipped Cream Recipe
- It’s a Bit Bizarre (making sweet whipped cream out of bean water!), but it’s also like magic! The liquid from a can of chickpeas that you’d normally throw away can be whipped into the most delicious and creamy whipped topping. It’s true, and it’s amazing!
- Low Fat – Using aquafaba rather than dairy cream or even coconut cream makes this recipe low in fat, and perfect for topping any of your favorite desserts.
- Sugar Free – This aquafaba whipped cream is sweetened with stevia, one of my favorite all-natural sugar-free sweeteners. In all, this recipe is plant-based, fat-free, low calorie, and all natural!
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Aquafaba: Make things easy on yourself, and use a can of garbanzo beans or great northern beans. Save the liquid for this recipe, and use the beans to make a salad or something.
- Stevia: Powdered stevia sweetener is my favorite for making desserts that are sugar-free.
- Arrowroot powder: This acts as a stabilizer and helps us to whip the aquafaba into stiff, fluffy peaks.
- Vanilla extract: For yummy flavor. Feel free to add other flavor extracts too!
Insider Pro Tips
- You can use the liquid from any white beans. Garbanzo beans or great northern beans both work perfectly. I always grab the canned beans labeled “low sodium” or “no salt added”.
- Be patient! It can take up to 10 minutes, or even longer for the mixture to turn into fluffy whipped topping.
- If you’d like to use sugar instead of stevia, I’ve also made this recipe with about 1/3 cup of powdered sugar.
FAQ
More Easy Vegan Recipes
- Vegan Birthday Cake
- Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
- Vegan Caramel
- Vegan Key Lime Pie
- Vegan Banana Pudding
- Vegan Dirt Cups
- Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
I hope you’re excited as I am about this delicious sugar free whipped cream recipe! And if not excited, at least a little bit intrigued. I’ll be whipping up more recipes using this magical bean water, like vegan vanilla bean ice cream and vegan mayo too!
Sugar-Free Vegan Whipped Cream aka Aquafaba Whipped Cream
Equipment
Ingredients
- The water from 1 15-oz. can of white beans (garbanzo or great northern beans), chilled (about 1/2 cup in total)
- 1 Tablespoon arrowroot powder
- 2 teaspoons stevia
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl, and using the whisk attachment, mix on high for about 14-16 minutes.
- For the first while, it will appear that nothing is happening, until about 10 minutes in. Then you will see that it’s starting to thicken. You can taste it at this point to adjust vanilla and sweetener levels according to your taste.
Notes
- Nutrition values here are for 1/2 of the recipe. Adjust as needed for your serving size.
- You can use the liquid from any kind of white beans. Garbanzo beans or great northern beans both work perfectly. It’s best to use beans without any added salt.
- Be patient! It can take up to 10 minutes, or even longer for the mixture to turn into fluffy whipped topping.
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Hi! Has anyone tried freezing this, thinking it might be a base for some kind of ice cream alternative?
Hi Debra, I have not tried freezing this, but wanted to push the comment through incase anybody else has 🙂
I just tried this to use as a substitute for whipped cream on pudding….didn’t take as long as I expected, and oh my goodness! It is delicious! Thank you 🙂
How long will this hold in the fridge?
You’ll want to use it within 24-48 hours – maybe whip it again right before using it if it starts to separate.
I made some without the arrowroot added vanilla, cinnamon and sugar since I’m not a fan of sweeteners and it turned out just great. Probably taste even better if I used the salt free chickpea water lol!!!
How long will the whipped cream last? Do I have to use it same day?
Thanks, sounds great!! Will try for sure!!
Can I substitute arrowroot powder for cornstarch?
Rima, I haven’t tried that sub in this recipe, but I’m thinking it should. I just can’t guarantee the same results. Let us know if you try!
I used cornstarch and it came out delicious. I even added about a tablespoon of sugar free syrup!
Awesome, thank you for letting us know! So glad you liked it, thanks for sharing what you added 🙂
Has anyone tried glucomannan to stabilize aquafaba to make a non dairy topping that will keep a couple of days without breaking down or gelatin if one is not vegan just wanting to drop out the calorie content.
Just tried this and it worked like a dream. I used cinnamon for flavor because I was out of vanilla (but I VERY randomly had arrowroot powder on hand).
Thanks for the post!
oooh! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Cinnamon was probably a great addition anyway 🙂
i don’t care where it’s from, my dairy free son is going to be one happy little dude!! love it! and thank you for joining us at delicious dishes!
Your son will love this!! Can’t wait to hear what he thinks.
Looks like a great alternative for normal whipped cream, Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty. We would love to have you again next week.
Totally a strange alternative, but it’s so yummy you’d never know how weird it is!
Do you use liquid stevia for this or a granulated type? Thanks 🙂
Hi Caroline! I use granulated stevia.
Good evening, I was wondering if it’s water from a can of beans or water from beans you cooked in a pot?!?! This looks amazing
Hi Emilie! The water is from a can of beans, but I know you can use water you cooked from a post. Here is all the information you need to know about using aquafaba –> http://aquafaba.com/faq.html
ENJOY!
Is there something you can use besides arrowroot powder? Or where do you buy that? Maybe cream of tartar? Looks so cool!
Hi Eden! I have seen different versions using different ingredients like xantham gum or guar guar gum, but I’m not familiar with using those 2 options, as I’ve only tried it with arrowroot. I bought it at a health food store. I believe I did read somewhere that cream of tartar definitely does not work. I would do a search on pinterest for other methods and play with it. Good luck! Let me know what works for you!