This was my first time making protein fluff. I wasn’t sure if it could be done dairy free since dairy can have some magical properties that often can’t be replaced in simple 3 ingredient recipes. I mean sometimes it can. I did make a wicked 5 vegan “2 ingredient” desserts posts recently. But I hadn’t see anything online assuring me it could be done.

Then I bought some xanthan gum for other food projects that I have in mind. Dude, the more I looked into the magical properties of xanthan gum the more I was like, yeah we could totally make some vegan protein fluff.

Side note: an 8 oz bag cost about $11 which isn’t a ton of money when you think how little is needed in any recipe. But $22 a lb for anything is a bit pricey. Natural Grocer had little bags of the stuff with their house label sticker on it for $9 a lb!!! So my little bag cost under $3! Legit.

Even thought I’ve only made this one time I’ve got a list of assumptions to making vegan fluff. (loosely based on other non-hippie recipes)

• Fruit – completely not necessary. Just liquid with xanthan gum.
• Protein – same as above. No necessary.
• Liquid – any liquid! Almond milk, water, coffee, DIET SODA!, smoothies, juice, etc
• Powder – Xanthan gum with liquid is the magic but you can add any additional powders or spices to the mix including protein.
• Processing – I have no idea. 99% of people blend everything then whip it into a fluff with a standing or hand mixer. I’ve seen a video of a chick who just used a food processor. Maybe that’s good enough.
• Ice – Sure, knock yourself out. It’s optional.
• Sweeteners – Yes! Add diet or regular sweeteners if your protein powder or base ingredients aren’t sweet enough on their own
• Toppings – Do it! Sprinkles, chocolate syrup, sliced fruit, crumbled cookies. However you would top your ice cream.

This filled two bowls up!

Last thing before I get into the process. I used frozen strawberries for flavor but only had chocolate flavored protein powder so in the end my fluff didn’t taste like either strawberry or chocolate.

2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1+ cup frozen strawberries (180 grams), 2 ts xanthan powder (6 grams), 1 large scoop vegan protein powder (33 grams)

I topped mine with chocolate syrup since this was totally not sweet enough
(I recommend you add sweetener!)

1. Blended everything in the blender. It was super thick and my blender could not handle it. I almost added more liquid but didn’t wuss out. Actually, mixed in the protein powder because I was worried that it would be too thick for my blender if I tried to blend it all in.
2. Pour the blended ingredients in a bowl. I whipped this with a shitty hand mixer from the thrift store for about 10 minutes. *Everyone says to do this for 10 minutes but I didn’t notice much a difference.
3. Poured this into two bowls and topped with chocolate syrup. ENJOY