3-Minute Molten Chocolate Vegan Mug Cake

This molten chocolate vegan mug cake will be your new go-to dessert!

If you are new to the world of vegan mug cakes, it is basically putting ingredients in a mug, putting that mug in a microwave for 1-2 minutes, and then waiting while it cools down just a tad before you dig in!

This vegan molten chocolate mug cake whips up in under 3 minutes and is beloved by everyone who tastes it.

It uses no dairy and is one of the easiest vegan mug cakes out there.

A nice crust forms on the top while the inside is ooey and gooey to form that molten-chocolate center.

If you don’t want a molten chocolate center on your vegan mug cake, no worries! Simply continue to microwave the cake until it is fully done and cooked throughout!

If you aren’t interested in chocolate, don’t worry! I even have a Vegan Pumpkin Mug Cake recipe too that tastes just like fall!

One thing that I love about this chocolate vegan mug cake is that it can be customized so easily!

I teach you the basics with this super simple recipe, and then you take it from there.

You can add in whatever mix-ins you want such as chopped nuts, vegan white chocolate chips, dried fruit and more.

You can mix and match this chocolate vegan mug cake recipe to your heart’s content.

Since it whips up in small batches, it is the perfect way to allow everyone to customize their own cake in the way that they want and there is no fighting or arguing that way too!

I hope you enjoy making this molten chocolate vegan mug cake as much as I do. It is truly one of the best vegan recipes out there!

Quick Tips For Making Vegan Mug Cakes

My first tip for making vegan mug cakes is to choose a mug that isn’t too small!

You want to ensure that your cake has room to grow and doesn’t explode in the microwave.

Any medium or large mug should work fine. Your chocolate mug cake may be at the bottom of the mug or only rise halfway if you use a large one and that is totally fine, it is better than it exploding in the microwave.

Ask me how I know! Because I have exploded one too many recipes when testing this!

Next, you will want to put all the dry ingredients first then all the wet ingredients. Some recipes call for a mixture of wet and dry from the beginning I don’t think this works so well personally!

When making this chocolate vegan mug cake recipe, you will want to stir up from the bottom to make sure you got all of the flour or else there will be clumps of it at the bottom once you are done cooking!

Making your own vegan mug cake is fairly simple, so don’t stress!

How To Make This Molten-Chocolate Vegan Mug Cake

Making this vegan mug cake couldn’t be easier!

It takes just 3 minutes of your time and is super fast and simple. The end result is an amazingly tasty molten chocolate cake in a mug!

First, you are going to want to choose a medium-large mug or else you are going to risk exploding it all over your microwave!

Then, you are going to want to combine the dry ingredients in the bottom of your mug.

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For this chocolate mug cake, that would be flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.

Then, you will add your wet ingredients directly on top! Your wet ingredients are the oil and non-dairy milk.

Now, you are going to whisk until combined. Make sure to scoop the flour UP from the bottom of the mug so that it is all incorporated.

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If you don’t do this, the vegan mug cake may have a bunch of flour clumped on the bottom once it is cooked!

Now, drop in 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips and mix until they are combined throughout. You don’t have to add this step, but I think the addition of chocolate chips helps that molten-chocolate flavor.

Now, finish it off by sprinkling some chocolate chips on the top of the vegan mug cake.

Again, you can skip this step if you want, but why the heck would you want to skip more chocolate chips in a chocolate mug cake? You wouldn’t! So throw them on!

Now, all microwaves are different. One may be really powerful and one may be super weak.

You will want to microwave this vegan chocolate mug cake for at least 1 minute.

Then, check the top. It will start to look “cooked” and firm and pull away from the edges of the mug.

If it still looks “wet” and like the batter, the vegan mug cake will need to be cooked more.

I like to cook the chocolate mug cake at 30 second intervals after we reach 1 minute mark.

If you reach the 2 minute mark and your mug cake still isn’t cooked, you will want to reduce it to 10 second intervals.

If you overcook the vegan mug cake recipe, the cake will be gummy and a weird texture so you don’t want to overcook.

If you want that molten-chocolate texture with a ooey gooey center, you will want to cook the cake until the top is just barely cooked so that the center is soft and goeey!

Let your mug cake cool a little bit and then dig in.

When you take it out of the microwave, it will be incredibly hot so you want to make sure to wait just a little bit before eating or else you will burn your mouth!

Then, you can enjoy with your favorite toppings!

What To Top Your Vegan Mug Cake With

The options are endless with what you can top your vegan mug cake with! You can eat it completely plain or you can go all out with something fun.

Here are a few of my favorites as far as toppings go!

• A drizzle of Vegan Caramel Sauce
• More chocolate chips so they can melt right as it comes out
• Vegan white chocolate chips
• Vegan whipped cream
• Vegan vanilla ice cream
• Powdered sugar
• Scoop of creamy peanut butter or Cashew Butter

These are literally just a few of the many topping options that you can come up with! I just wanted to share in case you want to play with how you eat the veagn mug cake.

Variations For The Chocolate Mug Cake

Once you make this vegan chocolate mug cake once time, you are going to want to make it again and again because it is just that good!

If you have company coming over or if you just want to make it for the whole family, you can customize each mug cake with one of the many variations below!

• Stir in vegan white chocolate chips into the batter
• Remove the cocoa powder for a vanilla mug cake
• Add chopped nuts to the batter before cooking
• Add in dried fruit to the batter

These are just a few examples of ways you can vary this molten chocolate vegan mug cake recipe to your tastes!

Did You Try This Recipe?

If so, I would love to keep in touch! I enjoy seeing photos and comments about the recipes that you make! You can follow me on Instagram and I will repost your goodies in my stories and comment on it too! Just tag me at @wowitsveggie and hashtag #wowitsveggie. I can’t wait to see what you make!