Please pinch us, for we must be dreaming.
Either that, or someone has gone inside our brains and snuck out our deepest fantasies.
A cafe in Sydney has created a deep-fried vegan Magnum.
That’s right. Vegan ice cream, covered in chocolate, covered in deep fried batter. Think of how delicious that would be.
Milky Lane cafe is the establishment responsible for this miraculous invention. They take a dairy-free almond Magnum (yes, these exist in the UK. They’re made with pea protein), slather it in maple syrup, coat it in biscuit crumbs, twirl it in coconut milk cream, cover it with cornflakes, then fry it until it’s crispy and golden.
Oh, and then they drizzle vegan chocolate sauce on top, because why on earth not?
The deep fryer isn’t used for animal or dairy products, so it’s all properly vegan.
Naturally, images of this treat have been shared and commented on thousands of times, as vegans around the world rejoice at the land of possibilities in which they now live.
Christian Avant, one of the owners of Milky Lane, said that their decadent deep-fried vegan magnum comes in at 341 calories before it is deep fried – but guessed that the frying process would up the calories to ‘around 400’.
He said: ‘The idea behind this treat was to mimic our famous deep-fried magnums, but obviously making it vegan.
‘We swapped out the egg in the batter for coconut cream and swapped crushed Arnott’s arrowroot biscuits for Arnott’s ‘Nice’ biscuits, which make part of the crumb.
‘It is then deep-fried in our dessert fryer which has no dairy or animal products cooked through it.
‘The reason we have turned to designing more vegan food was that we always said from day one, we wanted Milky Lane to be a place that everyone can enjoy.
‘It took us a little longer than we had first hoped because we had to create separate cooking area, source suppliers and of course, make sure that everything we created was over the top and seriously mouth-watering or indulgent, as with everything we do.
‘Australia is one of the fastest growing vegan nations in the world and we’re excited to now be coming to the table with viral hits that are sending the community into a riot.’
Not all of us could trek to Australia just to sample this delight, but worry not – if you have access to a deep fryer you can easily try your own deep-fried ice cream, vegan or otherwise, at home.
Or just nip to your nearest chippy and ask them if they’d be so kind. It’s worth the potential embarrassment to tuck in.
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