The Guide to Vegan Cookies and Sweet Treats
If you’re looking for help finding vegan desserts, vegan bakes, and vegan cookies, we’ve got the resources for you! While we do have cookies for any occasion, you’re probably inviting a vegan friend to a holiday meal and want to make sure they have something sweet to snack on. Or perhaps YOU are considering a vegan lifestyle, and need reassurance that you’ll still have dessert every night. As plant-based diets become more popular, you need to know:
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Whether you need inspiration for an office potluck, family holiday party, or picnic with friends – we’ve got ideas for great vegan desserts, vegan bakes, and vegan cookies that everyone can enjoy!
1. Cool desserts that are vegan
Chill out with your plant-based friends with these frozen and chilled vegan desserts! Perfect for a dinner party or at-home gathering, simple to make but easy to make fancy!
If you have a blender, you can make “Nice” cream! Frozen bananas form the creamy base of this vegan spin on ice cream, you get creative with the rest! Cocoa powder, peanut butter, fruit like strawberries or mango, get fun and creative!
A simple sorbet is classy and crowd-pleasing. I had a blood orange sorbet at a wedding for dessert this summer during a heatwave, and it was just what everyone needed!
Make a granita: a frozen dessert similar to sorbet or shaved ice, but feels so much more fancy. Serve in individual glasses, garnished with berries or mint leaves. Perfect for summer, easy but unique enough to feel like a truly amazing vegan dessert idea.
Serve individual portions of pudding garnished with fruit, vegan cookies, or vegan candies. Chocolate vegan pudding couldn’t be easier to make: blend silken tofu with melted dark chocolate and chill to set. This wins the prize for the most quick vegan dessert to prepare!
2. Vegan desserts to make for a gathering
If you’re bringing a dish to share with a crowd that includes vegan guests, these are great vegan desserts to consider. Easy to transport to the party, a sweet and inclusive addition to the buffet table at the potluck, whip these up and wow your vegan pals!
Fruit crumble or fruit crisp is a one-pan bake that can be adapted for tastes and seasonal availability of produce. If you have oats, flour, and coconut oil in your pantry, you’re halfway there! A berry crisp for spring, an apple crisp spiced with cinnamon for autumn, these are great vegan desserts that everyone will dig into!
Now that you know how easy it is to make vegan pudding, put it into a vegan pie shell (store-bought is fine) and make a vegan pudding pie! Chocolate is a favorite for all ages, or you can get fancy and make a peanut butter pie – I’m drooling just reading the recipe!
Two words: Ambrosia Salad! This Southern American potluck classic is quaintly vintage, yet easy to make vegan! For the uninitiated, Ambrosia Salad is a mixture of canned fruit, nuts, and sometimes marshmallows, held together by a combination of yogurt and whipped cream. It’s easy to find vegan substitutions (vegan marshmallows, coconut yogurt, and dairy-free whipped topping) or to make your own coconut whipped cream for this dish. So fun!
Vegan fudge is easy to make, and uses ingredients you can find in any store. In lieu of sweetened condensed milk, you can make vegan fudge with melted dark chocolate and sweetened condensed coconut milk, coconut oil, even avocado for a keto-friendly version! Cut into squares and they’ll be grabbed up in no time!
3. Everyone’s favorite: vegan cookies!
Of course, some of the most popular vegan desserts are vegan cookies! A good vegan cookie is a hand-held, personal treat all for YOU. You might be surprised to learn what cookies are vegan that you can find in any cookie aisle:
Oreo: that’s right! Invented right here in NYC, Oreos eliminated animal products from their classic recipe in the early 1990s to become certified kosher and vegan!
Nutter Butter: plant-based and available at every convenience store
Teddy Grahams: except the honey variety, the other Teddy Grahams are vegan!
Biscoff Cookies: If you love speculoos, I’ve got good news for you!
Fig Newtons: all varieties and flavors are plant-based
Girl Scout Cookies: only certain flavors pass the plant-based test. What girl scout cookies are vegan depends on the bakery of origin, so take note: Caramel Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter Patties (NOT Tagalongs), Thin Mints, Lemonades, and Adventurefuls have all been reformulated to exclude animal products from their cookies.
Of course, if you’re looking to impress with desserts vegan guests will appreciate, nothing beats a fresh-baked cookie. But what can you get your guests if they are gluten free? Fear not, we have you covered.
