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Opinion 15 easy vegan aquafaba recipes: Egg-free & indulgent

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Author: Liv Published: September 6, 2024

Who needs eggs when you have aquafaba? Try these super simple recipes for aquafaba meringues, mayo, chocolate mousse, tiramisu & more.

What is aquafaba?

Aquafaba is the silky smooth, neutral-tasting ‘water’ hiding in your cans of chickpeas and beans – and thanks to its foaming, binding, and thickening properties, it’s liquid gold when it comes to replacing eggs in vegan baking and cooking. 

Check out our beginner’s guide to learn the basics (including how to collect, use, and store aquafaba), then try some of these amazing egg-free recipes on for size: 

1. Fluffy Vegan Chocolate Mousse

Two dessert tumblers of chocolate mousse sit on a wooden tabletop. They're topped with pomegranate seeds and pistachios. A spoon sit on one of the tumblers with a scoop of mousse on it, showing how light and airy it is.
Image: Lazy Cat Kitchen

The fact that aquafaba gets so frothy and voluminous when you whip it up makes it the perfect base for light and bubbly chocolate mousse. Every decadent, delicate spoonful practically melts in your mouth! 

2. Easy Vegan Mayo

A jar sits on a chopping board, filled to the brim with mayonnaise. Chickpeas sit to the side in a small dish, with a spoonful of mayo nearby.
Image: Minimalist Baker

When it comes to making thick and creamy egg-free mayonnaise at home, aquafaba is a must. This recipe absolutely nails the brief texture-wise, and uses mustard, salt, and vinegar to create that classically tangy mayo flavour.

3. Vegan Lemon Meringue Pie

A front on view of a lemon meringue pie with a slice taken out, revealing the cross section. The meringue is light and fluffy, and has been torched beautifully.
Image: School Night Vegan

If you’re after a beautiful vegan dessert that’s guaranteed to impress, you just found it. This deceptively easy recipe uses aquafaba to its full effect in the crispy meringue topping, with a zingy layer of lemon curd hiding beneath.

4. Aquafaba Grapefruit Gin Sour Cocktail

Three grapefruit gin sour cocktails sit on a table surrounded by snacks. They have a creamy head on them, thanks to the use of aquafaba.
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Many bars these days are able to make egg white cocktails vegan by using aquafaba to make them foamy instead – and here’s how to do just that at home. Spoiler alert: It involves a vigorous shake… and that’s about it. Easy as!

5. Mini Pavlova Cups

Three pavlova cups topped with passionfruit, raspberry are served on a mint green dish.

Pavlova and meringues are some of the most popular treats people make with aquafaba, and for good reason: It works beautifully. These delightfully airy, crunchy-on-the-outside mini pavlova cups are the ultimate proof. 

6. Banana Muffins

A banana muffin cut in half is on a plate. One half is slathered with butter, the other facing the camera to show the moist cakey texture.
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Multi-talented aquafaba can also be used as a binding agent in baked goods like muffins! It makes these banana muffins super light and fluffy, which makes the contrasting crunch of walnut crumble on top all the more satisfying.

7. Aquafaba Ice Cream 

A close-up of an ice cream cone with vanilla ice cream dribbling down the side. It's decorated with colourful metallic pink and blue sprinkles.
Image: The Hidden Veggies

Is there anything aquafaba can’t do? Apparently not – this overachieving ingredient excels in egg- and dairy-free ice cream recipes, too. You don’t even need an ice cream maker for this one, just your regular hand or stand mixer.

8. Classic Tiramisu

Two glass dessert tumblers are filled with tiramisu, showing the layers of cream, cocoa, and cake. They're topped with strawberries.

This vegan tiramisu recipe is utterly divine, featuring espresso-soaked biscuits, aquafaba-fluffed custard, melted dark chocolate, and bright pops of fresh berries. Yet another addictive example of what aquafaba can do!

9. Mango Passion Fruit Eton Mess

Overhead view of a glass dessert tumbler filled with Eton Mess - crushed meringue, yoghurt, mango cubes, passionfruit and toasted coconut.

If you’ve never had Eton mess before, it’s definitely time to change that. This classic British dessert is made by crunching up (in this case, aquafaba-based) meringues and layering them with mixed fruit and yoghurt or cream.

10. Okonomiyaki

A Japanese pancake is served on a plate at a table setting. It's topped with sauces, pickled ginger, spring onions and herbs.

Aquafaba is often used to great effect to make pancakes fluffier, and this works just as well for savoury pancakes as it does for sweet. This okonomiyaki recipe is crispy, indulgent, and 100% egg-free. 

11. Southern-fried Jackfruit Drumsticks

Two jackfruit 'chicken' drumsticks are laid on parchment paper.

Another way aquafaba can stand in for eggs is by helping to stick ingredients together – which includes battering and crumbing things like these KFC-style jackfruit drumsticks. The result is a ridiculously crispy outer layer, infused with a not-so-secret blend of herbs and spices.

12. Fluffy Aquafaba Whipped Cream

An overhead view of a bowl full of whipped aquafaba cream. A hand mixer is on the bench to one side with a tea towel. The cream has formed stiff peaks.
Image: Nutriciously

Most vegan creams are made using a rich, coconut-milk base, but aquafaba provides a great alternative if you prefer a lighter, still sweet, but more neutral flavour. Add this fluffy whipped cream to just about any of the desserts on this list!

13. Best Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

An overhead close up of a choc chip cookie. The chocolate is still melted as though it's fresh out of the oven. It has a sprinkle of sea salt.
Image: Okonomi Kitchen

These chewy, melty choc chip cookies are made using aquafaba instead of eggs – and sure, cookies are always delicious, but these cookies are particularly outstanding. We’re convinced no one would ever know they were vegan.

14. Vegan Olive Oil Brioche 

A loaf of brioche has been cut to show how soft and fluffy the centre is.
Image: Holy Cow Vegan

You can actually buy vegan brioche buns in stores these days, but making your own from scratch gives you bragging rights, and is much easier than you’d think. Aquafaba shines in this recipe, volumising the dough to form a super soft, golden bread. 

15. Vegan Vanilla Cake

A slice of vanilla cake is being removed on a cake server. The texture is very moist, light, and fluffy. It's decorated beautifully with a white buttercream layer and frosting, decorated in brightly coloured sprinkles.
Image: Nora Cooks

This bakery-style vanilla cake is perfect for any occasion, and has aquafaba to thank for its dreamy texture. Each bite is velvety, fluffy, and perfectly moist. The vegan buttercream frosting is just the icing on the cake – literally! 

Eggs who? 😉 With aquafaba, the possibilities are endless. For more about using this miraculously versatile ingredient in vegan cooking and baking, check out our beginner’s guide to aquafaba here.

Need even more plant-based dessert ideas to satisfy your sweet tooth? We’ve got you covered!

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Meet Liv!

Having grown up in a “meat and 3 veg” kind of household, Liv’s embarrassed to admit that she was a bit of a one-note chef until she began exploring the world of plant-based food. Vegan cooking has given her a whole new appreciation for the symphonies of flavours that simple, nourishing wholefood ingredients can create. (Even eggplant, once her greatest nemesis, is now — in a delicious, miso-glazed redemption arc — her all-time favourite veg.)

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