Vegan Chocolate Strawberry Scones

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Soft and flakey vegan scones with fresh strawberries and mini chocolate chips. Pair these scones with a cup of tea or coffee for a tasty afternoon snack!

If you’re seeing this around valentines day (or any day of the year really), I guarantee you’ll win over you s/o’s heart with a batch of these lovely scones made by you!

These strawberry chocolate scones are made the traditional way where you cut cold fat into the flour mixture. In this recipe, we are using vegan butter as the fat. When baked, the butter will melt and form soft and flakey layers within each scone!

Mmh just writing this makes me want to bake a batch of scones right away…

Check out my other scone recipes!

strawberry chocolate scones on a cake stand and one on a plate.

Ingredients

The dry ingredients include flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. We will be using any non dairy milk you prefer, and vegan butter as the fat for this recipe.

The mix-ins are fresh strawberries and vegan mini chocolate chips. I find that mini chocolate chips are more evenly distributed in the scones, and you’ll get all the chocolatey goodness with every bite! If you only have regular chocolate chips, that is fine too.

ingredients for strawberry chocolate scones. — Ingredients for strawberry chocolate scones

Steps

Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Add the cold butter and use a pastry blender or two forks to cut the butter into the dry mix. I’ve also heard that using a food processor to pulse the mixture works as well. The texture of the mixture should resemble coarse granola.

texture of butter and flour mixture for scones.

Gradually add your non dairy milk while mixing the mixture with your fork. You don’t want the dough to be too wet, so adjust the amount of milk accordingly. Sometimes the moisture in the air will affect how much milk you need!

texture of scone dough with non dairy milk added.

Without having mixed the dough too much, add the diced strawberries and chocolate chips. Try to distribute the mix-ins into the dough as evenly as possible.

scone dough with strawberries and chocolate mixed in.

Knead the dough inside the bowl a couple of times until you are able to pick up one loose ball of dough. Transfer the dough to a clean and generously floured surface.

If you’re making 6 large scones: form the dough into one thick disk about 6inches in diameter.

If you’re making 8 smaller scones: divide the dough into two and form two separate disks about 4inches each.

Using a pastry knife, slice your dough disk into 6 pieces, OR slice each 4 inch dough disk into 4 pieces each. You can dust the pastry knife with flour prior to cutting to prevent it from sticking to the dough.

Transfer the scones to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Be sure to leave at least 1 inch of space between each scone, as they will rise and expand when baked.

If you want the scones to come out with nice and golden tops, brush each scone with some non dairy milk. For an extra crunch, sprinkle on some raw sugar.

Bake the scones for 25-30mins. As much as you’ll want to devour one right away, they will be very hot so allow the scones to cool for at least 10mins.

Tips for making soft and flakey scones

Make sure the butter is refrigerator cold. It is easier to cut into the dry ingredients, and it’ll melt when baked to create layers of goodness inside the scone.
Don’t worry about cutting the butter into perfect little pea-sized pieces. As long as there are not excessively large chunks of butter in the dry mix, you’ll be good to go.
Speaking of large chunks of butter, you also don’t want to over-cut the butter otherwise the scones will come out very flat and dense.
Don’t over mix/ over knead the batter. The key to fluffy and airy scones is allowing as much air and volume in the batter as possible. As soon as you have kneaded the dough into a workable disk, leave it be, lumps and all.
To get the flakey golden top, I highly recommend brushing some non dairy milk on top the scones before you put them in the oven! You can use a pastry brush, or gently spread the milk with a spoon.

FAQ

Can I substitute whole wheat flour?

For sure, you may need to add an additional 2-4 tbsp of non dairy milk. Test it out and let me know how it goes!

What kind of chocolate chips work best?

I used dairy free milk chocolate chips, but dark chocolate or even white chocolate would work as well.

What is a healthier sugar alternative?

You can use brown sugar as a 1:1 substitute. The scones will turn out a little darker in colour, and have a note of caramel-ly flavour. Coconut sugar may work as well, though I have not tried it yet.