The Best Vegan Crepes (French Chef) (2024)

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 brownfor 2-3 minuteson 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 for1 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.
• Strawberry chia seed 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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Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, photographer, and published author of a cookbook and founder of The Conscious Plant Kitchen with my husband Damien.Learn more about us.