Viotto – homemade vegan Giotto

A crispy wafer praline filled with velvety-sweet milk and hazelnut cream. Crispyly coated with crunchy, roasted hazelnut pieces. It can only be Viotto! With my vegan Giotto recipe, you can make these delicious, magical chocolates yourself. And they’re completely plant-based.

Imagine the first bite: You bite into a small, crispy wafer ball, coated in roasted hazelnut pieces, light and crunchy on your tongue. The next moment, the melting (vegan) milk and hazelnut cream unfolds from the inside of the praline – sweet and full-flavored, like a warm hug for your taste buds.

Viotto – vegan Giotto – the moment that makes a day perfect

Imagine sitting outside in the park or on your patio on a sunny afternoon, the sun gently warming your face, and a light breeze carrying the scent of blooming lavender. In front of you, on a small table, is a steaming cup of cappuccino, and next to it, a small bowl of Viotto.

Take a bite, sink deeper into your chair, and realize: Sometimes it’s precisely this little indulgence that makes a day perfect.

Make your own Giotto – absolutely authentic and vegan

What’s that? A crispy, crunchy shell made of wafers and hazelnut, filled with a velvety-sweet milk and hazelnut cream. That’s right! Giotto!
Perfect, thanks to my absolutely authentic recipe for vegan Giotto! This allows you to bake these little gourmet balls at home taking a fully plant-based approach.

Viotto – vegan Giotto – every bite unfolds an intense hazelnut aroma

Each bite unfolds an intense hazelnut aroma that is both nutty and slightly sweet – an ideal accompaniment to many coffee specialties or simply for a quick treat between meals. A perfect harmony of crispy lightness and intense nut flavour. Giotto combines Italian dessert tradition with irresistible flavour and it is perfect for anyone who loves sophisticated, crunchy and creamy treats!

Vegan Giottos are also perfect as gifts.

Ferrero Giotto isn’t just a small, sweet praline – it’s a moment of pure elegance, a touch of an Italian vacation that you can treat yourself to or lovingly give as a gift. Giotto combines the magic of wonderful experiences with the sweetness of special moments. A single bite: a little feast for the senses in your mouth.

Packaged in small boxes or screw-top jars, you can give this delight as a wonderful gift. And best of all: everyone can enjoy it, since my Giotto recipe is vegan.

How do you make vegan Giotto yourself?

Making my own Viotto, or vegan Giotto, isn’t that difficult. You need ready-made wafer plates, which are sometimes also used for cakes or other sweets and baked goods. You can find them in larger supermarkets or in Turkish or Eastern European supermarkets. When buying, it’s important to read the ingredients, as the wafers are often made with egg, so you’ll need a bit of luck to find vegan ones. If necessary, you can also order the wafer sheets online.

I form the wafers into small spheres; the recipe section below explains exactly how to do this. These are filled with homemade milk hazelnut cream and then covered in white chocolate with chopped, roasted hazelnuts. And there you have it, absolutely authentic Ferrero Giotto, but vegan and homemade.

More Recipes for vegan sweets

If you love vean recipes fors sweet treats, check out my ‘sweets and baking‘ section. Right here or Daily Vegan. Or try out these recipes:

• Dandelion honey – vegan, foraged on the meadows and preserved!
• Apple rose tart with shortcrust pastry and marzipan custard filling
• Vegan condensed milk – made from only 2 ingredients
• Peanut butter and salted caramel rolls with cream cheese frosting
• Strawberry cake – vegan, with sponge cake and vanilla custard
• Crunchy pretzel cupcakes with salty peanut butter
• German crullers, a fun fair must eat!
• Pastéis de Nata, Portuguese custard pies

Show me your vegan Giottos

Please follow me on Instagram or Facebook. And I’d be delighted if you made my vegan Giottos and posted a photo of them, tagging my account. Because I always find it really great and exciting to see how my recipes have been prepared in other kitchens!

Viotto – Vegan Giotto – Preparation in Pictures

The following photos show you step-by-step how to prepare vegan Giotto. Afterwards we go straight on with the recipe.

Ingredients for 12 Viotto – vegan Giotto:

1-2 vegan waffle sheets (approx. 20cm x 20cm), also called waffle bases or waffle cake bases. They are available in larger supermarkets, as well as in Turkish and Eastern European supermarkets. Caution! They are often made with chicken eggs.

Vegan Giotto Filling:

10 g vegan hazelnut spread (vegan Nutella)
80 g soy milk
20 g vegan condensed milk
30 g coconut oil, warmed and liquid
1 slightly heaped teaspoon cornstarch

Vegan Giotto Glaze:

80 g vegan white chocolate
100 g vegan hazelnuts

Preparation:

Prepare the round waffles:

1. First, you need a silicone mold with small, half-spheres. These should be roughly the size of Giottos, i.e., about 2cm in diameter.
2. Cut the waffles into squares slightly larger than the diameter of the sphere. You will need 24 of these squares.
3. Spray the waffle squares with cold water on both sides using a spray bottle and let them soak for a few minutes.
4. Once the waffle squares are soft and bendable, place each one in a small half sphere silicone form. Carefully press the soft waffles into the mold to create half a sphere. Trim any excess edges with scissors.
5. Preheat the oven to 60-70°C (140-150°F) fan-assisted heat.
6. Place the silicone mold with the waffles on a rack in the oven. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the waffles are completely dry and crispy again.
   If you only have one silicone form, or if it has fewer than 24 molds, you will need to repeat the previous steps until you have 24 half-spheres.

Viotto Cream:

1. Stir the cornstarch into the cold soy milk until smooth.
2. Then add the remaining filling ingredients.
3. Gently heat all ingredients together and mix thoroughly.
4. Bring to a boil briefly while stirring.
5. Cool to room temperature. Stir occasionally while cooling.

Fill the Viotto:

1. Now fill the wafer halves with the vegan Viotto cream. To do this, fill all halves with the cream.
2. Press two half-spheres together.
3. Chill the balls while preparing the glaze.

Glaze the Viotto:

1. Heat the chocolate in a bowl over a water bath.
   If you want a really crispy shell, you should temper the chocolate now with a kitchen thermometer. The chocolate should never get warmer than 45°C (113°F) and should not fall below 35°C (95°F).
2. Now roll the vegan Giotto in the melted chocolate.
3. Then immediately roll in the chopped hazelnuts.Place the glazed Giotto on a piece of baking paper and chill for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!