The Best Vegan Crepes (French Chef)

These Vegan Crepes are classic French crepes made without eggs or dairy. They are large thin pancakes perfect for a sweet vegan breakfast or delicious dessert ready in under 15 minutes. Plus, these easy eggless crepes are made with only 5 wholesome ingredients.

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As a French mum, crepes are part of our culture, just like Vegan Waffles, Vegan Madeleines, Vegan Cinnamon Rolls, or Vegan Whipped Cream. We eat crepes weekly and these egg-free crepes are our favorite vegan dessert or breakfast on the weekend.

It’s such a tradition that when I was working in my family’s restaurant nested in the Vosges mountains, I was making crepes. This is what almost every single restaurant in France have in common, they make crepes for dessert.

I kept from that experience all the tips and tricks to make them to perfection, but I added my twist to make them delicious in this vegan version.

A classic crepe uses eggs, milk, and butter, and I am here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be the case! These vegan crepes taste exactly like French crepes, and they don’t even need an egg replacer.

They hold perfectly well without a flax egg as long as you are using a non-stick crepe pan. I know I am repeating myself here but trust me, this is the key to success! Otherwise, make sure you are using at least a non-stick pancake pan or a griddle!

What Are Vegan Crepes?

A crepe (in French spelling “crêpe”), is a very thin pancake-style specialty that is typical of the Brittany region of western France. Crepes are much larger than pancakes and also much thinner, similar in shape and size to wraps.

Their texture is very close to a pancake but slightly softer. Crepes are either served with a sweet filling or with a savory filling. This recipe will give you 6 delicious sweet crepes. A classic French Crepe Recipe is not vegan, as it typically contains eggs and milk.

Ingredients And Substitutions

This is a very easy vegan crepe recipe that requires only 5 ingredients. The ingredients you need to make these lovely egg-free crepes are:

• All-Purpose Flour – It gives the best result, or use white spelt flour for extra nutrients.
• Soy Milk or oat milk – this is a dairy-free crepe recipe, and these two milk options work the best. Other options are almond milk or coconut milk, but the texture will be different.
• Crystal Sweetener – sugar can be used, but I prefer unrefined sugar as it’s more natural. I recommend coconut sugar or Monk fruit sugar, or erythritol if you want a sugar-free option.
• Avocado Oil or light olive oil, or coconut oil. Avocado oil is my preferred option because its high smoke point make it one of the healthiest options.
• Vanilla Extract – To add a touch of flavor.

How To Make Vegan Crepes

1. In a large mixing bowl, add the all-purpose wheat or spelt flour and sugar. Whisk with a handheld whisk for a few seconds to remove any big lumps. You don’t need to sift the flour.

2. Add the vanilla, avocado oil, and soy milk (the ingredients must be at room temperature).
3. Whisk vigorously, still with a handheld whisk, until the crepe batter forms with no big lumps. It is fine to have a few small lumps. If you really don’t like these, use an electric beater to get a smoother batter. The batter should be slightly thick but still runnier than a pancake batter. You need that for the crepe to spread on the whole pan.

4. Warm a non-stick crepe pan or non-stick pancake griddle under medium/high heat. Rub some avocado oil on the pan using a piece of absorbent paper. I typically use about one teaspoon of oil for that. This avoids leaving big drops of oil on the pan that might fry the crepes. Alternatively, you can use an oil spray that makes sufficiently small oil bubbles. Avoid just pouring oil.

5. Scoop the batter onto the pan, then tip and rotate it to spread the batter as thinly as possible. Note that 1/2 cup of crepe batter perfectly covers a 28-cm (11-inch) crepe pan and makes a classic thin crepe.
6. Let the crepe brown for 2-3 minutes on one side. You know it’s ready to flip the crepe when the edges are getting crispy and unsticks by themselves.
7. Loosen the sides with a flat tool and then slide a spatula under the crepe to flip it to its other side.
8. Cook for 1 more minute, then put the crepe on a plate and repeat until no more batter is left. You will make 8 large 11-inch crepes with this recipe.

Pro Tip for Perfect Vegan Crepes

There are always two important rules to make a perfect French crepe, vegan or not, you need to:

1. Have all your ingredients at room temperature. This prevents flour lumps in your batter or oil lumps if you are using coconut oil.
2. Use a non-stick crepe pan. A crepe pan is thinner than a regular pan. It cooks food faster, creating thin and crispy crepe borders. Crepe pans have a non-stick coating that prevents the crepe from sticking to the pan. This is a must-have tool to make beautiful, thin crepes.

Vegan Crepe Fillings

These eggless crepes are thin, chewy, and won’t break with any filling. I will share with you the 3 easy steps to perfectly fill crepes as a true French person.

First, always add a soft spread like jam, maple syrup, nut butter, dairy-free coconut yogurt, apple puree, or melted dark chocolate.

Then, add some texture with fruits like strawberries, thin apple slices, pear, pineapple, or crunchy ingredients like sliced almonds, desiccated coconut, crushed peanuts, and chopped dark chocolate.

Finally, add a vegan crepe topping to decorate like icing sugar, powdered monk fruit if sugar-free, whipped coconut cream, fresh mint, or edible flowers!

Best Vegan Crepes Fillings

Below I listed the top 7 vegan crepes fillings to use with this easy dairy-free crepes recipe.

All these combinations are inspired by the French crepes we used to eat when we lived in France.

• Chocolate hemp nut butter spread – see recipe card for the spread recipe – with strawberries and desiccated coconut.
• Baby jam and peanut butter with crushed peanuts
• Fresh strawberries and Vegan Whipped Cream.
• Apricot jam with desiccated coconut and whipped coconut cream.
• Apple puree with toasted walnuts and ground cinnamon.
• Maple syrup, pear slices, chopped dark chocolate, and fresh mint on top.
• Maple syrup, coconut yogurt, pineapple slices, and fresh coconut pieces.
• Date caramel

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These Vegan crepes are easy 5-ingredient French-style thin pancakes for breakfast or dessert.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 5 minutes mins

Total Time: 15 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: French

Servings: 8 crepes

Calories: 283 kcal

Author: Carine Claudepierre

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Ingredients

US Customary – Metric

• ▢ 2 cups All-Purpose Flour - or half all-purpose half wholewheat flour for healthier crepes
• ▢ 2 ¼ cups Soy Milk - at room temperature, or oat milk or unsweetened almond milk
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Avocado Oil - at room temperature, or light olive oil or melted coconut oil
• ▢ 2-4 tablespoons Sugar - or coconut sugar or monk fruit sugar if sugar-free – add 4 tablespoons for very sweet crepes
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Vanilla
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cinnamon - optional, to add some flavor

Chocolate hemp spread

• ▢ 2 oz Dark Chocolate - >70% cocoa, I used 85% cocoa chocolate
• ▢ ¼ cup Peanut Butter (Unsalted) - or sunflower seed butter
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Hemp powder

Instructions

• Before you start, make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature. If you are using cold milk, you will create flour lumps that will require an electric beater to be dissolved.
• In a large mixing bowl, add flour of your choice – I recommend all-purpose wheat or spelt flour for best results. Whisk for a few seconds to remove any big lumps. You don't need to sift the flour.
• Add vanilla, sugar, avocado oil, and soy milk (all at room temperature).
• Whisk vigorously until the crepe batter forms, with no lumps. It is ok to have a few small lumps at the end for a crepe recipe. If you really don't like these lumps, use an electric beater to get a smoother batter. The batter should be slightly thick but runnier than a pancake batter.
• Warm a non-stick crepe pan or non-stick pancake griddle under medium/high heat.
• Rub avocado oil onto the pan using a piece of absorbent paper. I used about 1 teaspoon of oil placed on a piece of absorbent paper. Then, I rub the crepe pan. This avoids leaving drops of oil on the pan that will fry the crepes, so always use this technique to avoid too much oil in the pan.
• Scoop the batter onto the pan, then tip and rotate it to spread the batter as thinly as possible. Note that 1/2 cup of crepe batter perfectly covers a 28 cm (11 inches) crepe pan and makes a thin crepe.
• Brown 2-3 minutes on one side. You know it's ready to flip the crepe when the underside is getting crispy and unsticks by itself.
• Loosen sides with a flat tool and then slide a spatula under the crepe to flip on the other side.
• Cook for 1 more minute on the other side, then put on a plate and repeat this until no more batter is left. You will make 8 large 11-inch crepes with this recipe.

Storage

• Store crepes in the fridge for up to 3 days. Place them flat, on a plate covered with a silicone lid to prevent them from drying out.

Toppings and fillings

• Look at the recipe post for vegan crepe filling ideas.

Chocolate hemp spread

• Place dark chocolate in a small saucepan and melt on low heat.
• Stir in hemp powder, fresh runny peanut butter, or sunflower seed butter until smooth.
• Spread on the crepes or store in the pantry in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Notes

Gluten-free vegan crepes: you can make this recipe using all-purpose gluten-free flour. The crepes will be chewier but delicious. Another option is to use half buckwheat flour and half all-purpose gluten-free flour.

Equipment

Pancake and Crepe Pan

Mixing Bowl

Measuring Cups and Spoons

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Nutrition

Serving: 1crepe (no filling) | Calories: 283kcal | Carbohydrates: 34.6g | Protein: 7.7g | Fat: 12.3g | Saturated Fat: 3.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5.7g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 0.2mg | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 226.7mg | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 7.5g | Vitamin A: 264.4IU | Vitamin B12: 0.7µg | Vitamin C: 4.8mg | Vitamin D: 0.8µg | Calcium: 109.7mg | Iron: 2.8mg | Magnesium: 37mg | Phosphorus: 83.2mg | Zinc: 0.8mg