This dairy-free sweetened condensed milk is another fun, helpful, shortcut recipe that I created for Growing Naturals. Unfortunately, they discontinued their rice milk powder line. However, you can still buy rice milk powder from Namaste Foods, Essona Organics, and Better Than Milk. Soy milk powder may also work well, and readers have said that dairy-free coconut milk powder works, too.
Yes, it really is instant. Just 5 basic ingredients, 5 minutes, and a blender is all that stands between you and dairy-free sweetened condensed milk.
This luxurious no-cook, dairy-free recipe can be used as a 1:1 replacement for 1 can of sweetened condensed milk in recipes. And with the ingredients that I use, it is a top allergen-free and vegan substitute, too.
Special Diet Notes & Options: Dairy-Free Sweetened Condensed Milk
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan / plant-based, vegetarian, and generally food allergy-friendly.
Sweetener options: This recipe for dairy-free sweetened condensed milk really does work best with regular or organic white sugar. For a more caramel-like flavor, coconut sugar can be substituted. I do not recommend date sugar (and most likely maple sugar), which yielded a mixture that was way too thick.
I’m sharing this recipe on Shirley’s Gluten-Free Wednesdays at Gluten Free Easily and Allergy-Free Wednesdays at Whole New Mom!
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons dairy-free vanilla rice milk powder
- ¾ cup sugar (I used organic sugar - see my note in the post above on alternate sweeteners)
- ½ cup hot water
- 2 tablespoons non-GMO canola, rice bran, grapeseed, or melted coconut oil
- Generous pinch salt
- Place the rice milk powder and sugar in your blender.Whiz the ingredients for about 30 seconds, or until powdered.
- Add the water, oil, and salt to your blender and blend for 2 minutes, or until thick and creamy.
- Use as a substitute for sweetened condensed milk in recipes!
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I have always shied away from any recipe that calls for sweetened condensed milk, because I just do not want to put all that time in over the stove waiting for coconut milk to reduce. But then I found this recipe!! I could not believe there was a recipe this easy for condensed milk! I made it with coconut milk powder because that is all I had, and it turned out PHENOMENAL!!! It’s the perfect consistency, and (oh my god) the flavour is unreal, it is just like regular sweetened condensed milk! I had to make myself stop liking the spoon off so I would have enough for my recipe!! It was perfect in my dairy-free Irish cream liqueur. Thank you for the recipe!!
Thank you for the amazing feedback Samantha! So happy you enjoyed it.