These Vegan Desserts for Christmas are insanely addictive, healthy and perfect for the festive celebration! Made with plant-based milk, cheese and cream, these vegan desserts are delicious treats that taste similar to the classic desserts so you won’t know the difference!
Christmas is a much-awaited time of the year and celebrating it with desserts makes it much more special. This collection of 50 + Vegan Desserts for Christmas are easy, moist and full of addictive sweet flavor.
From cookies to cake to pie to No-Bake to bread to pudding, these desserts are decadent and can also be made throughout the year too!
What I Love About These Recipes
While I love dairy-based desserts, I have realized that vegan desserts are health packed and help you create guilt-free treats. They can be made without refined sugar and using more maple syrup. Though not low in calories, they are made without butter or processed cheese or egg, which helps you avoid building up bad cholesterol.
In addition, some people dislike the aftertaste that comes from baking with eggs and when I first made these desserts without egg, they went down well!
These kid-friendly desserts can be made in advance as well. This Christmas, you must add a few recipes from my collection of best vegan desserts and trust me, they will be a crowd-pleaser!
50+ Vegan Christmas Desserts
With the huge availability of vegan products, making vegan desserts is like a cakewalk. You don’t have to worry about the outcome like in the old days and with this collection of fail-proof recipes, you can easily enjoy a festive time with your family.
These vegan recipes can be served as breakfast, lunch or a snack.
Vegan Cookies
These chewy and crumbly yet soft cookies designed for Christmas and made with vegan products are vibrant and addictive! You would not know when to stop eating them.
1. Vegan Cookies Christmas Recipe
Vegan Cookies Christmas Recipe
Sweet, crispy, and festive, these tasty Vegan Christmas Cookies are the perfect sweet treat to add to your Christmas menu. Impress your guests with these delicious cookies, and customize them using cookie cutters, icing, and sprinkles. Serve with hot cocoa, eggnog, tea, or mulled wine.
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2. Thumbprint Cookies with Icing
Thumbprint Cookies With Icing
Take your classic thumbprint cookies to the next level by making thumbprint cookies with icing! These are egg-free, gluten-free cookies filled with a delicious two-ingredient vegan icing. They have a soft, buttery texture that melts in your mouth. Natural food coloring makes the icing festive for any holiday, and adding sprinkles on top is the perfect finishing touch.
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3. Vegan Matcha Cookies
Vegan Matcha Cookies
These easy Vegan Matcha Cookies are absolutely delicious little sugar cookies with a caffeinated twist with the addition of matcha (green tea powder). The matcha can also be left out for regular vegan sugar cookies (without changing the recipe!).
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4. Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour
Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour
These are the best eggless chocolate chip cookies! They are soft, chewy, chocolatey cookies made without eggs or your typical flour —hello, healthy protein-rich almond flour! This quick and easy cookie recipe requires 7 simple ingredients to make the perfect egg-free cookie dough that can be eaten raw or used to make the most delectable chocolate chip cookies ever!
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5. Vegan Gingerbread Refined Sugar-Free
Vegan Gingerbread
Refined sugar free vegan gingerbread cookies made with spelt flour and no nuts. They are perfect as a festive treat or edible gift!
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6. Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies
Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies
Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Cookies are gooey and chewy! These cookies are grain free, gluten free, vegan and dairy free. They also taste like a cross between a cookie and a brownie!
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7. Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Best vegan chocolate crinkle cookies, with a crispy crinkly outside to the soft gooey fudge-like center. It is one of the most aesthetically appealing vegan Christmas cookies recipe ever.
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8. Vegan Cranberry Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies
Vegan Cranberry Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies
Vegan cranberry dark chocolate chip cookies are the perfect crowd-pleaser treat! One of the best things about this recipe is that it’s so easy - you only need one bowl and about 20mins from start to finish.
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9. Vegan Snickerdoodles
Vegan Snickerdoodles
These Vegan Snickerdoodles are soft, pillowy, and bursting with sweet cinnamon flavor! This one bowl recipe is quick, easy and does not require dough chilling. These classic cookies are perfect for the holidays, birthdays, and more!
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10. Gluten-Free Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Perfectly soft, chewy delicious vegan almond thumbprint cookies. Gluten-free, no sugar, low carb healthy cookies that are absolutely delicious, perfect for the holidays and ready in just 30 minutes.
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11. Christmas Date Cookies
Easy No-bake Christmas Date Cookies
These Christmas date cookies are also free of added sugar, made of all natural ingredients, raw, paleo, vegan and super easy to make. It really is the perfect gluten-free Christmas cookie recipe for adults and teens!
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12. Vegan Molasses Cookies
Vegan Molasses Cookies
These vegan molasses cookies are made with coconut oil and have the best ginger-molasses flavor with hints of cinnamon. These cookies are so chewy and soft and they have no butter in them! They are sweetened with applesauce for an extra moist texture and are absolutely perfect for the holiday season.
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13. Vegan Salted Caramel Chocolate Cookies
Vegan Salted Date Caramel Chocolate Cookies
Vegan Salted Caramel Chocolate Cookies that are truly INCREDIBLE. Made with delicious date caramel, a vegan chocolate cookie base, dark chocolate chips, and a sprinkle of gourmet salt on top, every single bite is heavenly. This easy-to-make cookie recipe is such a hit!
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14. Gluten-Free Vegan Gingerbread Cookies
Gluten-Free Vegan Gingerbread Cookies
These gluten-free vegan gingerbread cookies are crisp around the edges and chewy on the inside. They’re warmly spiced and perfect for the holidays. They also make great homemade Christmas gifts. These cookies are ideal if you’re accommodating guests with various dietary requirements or if you want a more nutritious option to add to a holiday dessert table.
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15. Soft Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Secretly vegan, but oh so delicious, Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies. If you’re gonna bake some cookies, why not make them rich and decadent, but a little bit healthier too? Made with simple plant-based ingredients, there is no way to resist them! Even non-vegan love these gooey cookies.
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16. Almond Flour Thumbprint Cookies
Almond Flour Thumbprint Cookies
The best Almond Flour Thumbprint Cookies that are grain-free, refined sugar-free, and absolutely delicious! A slightly crispy, buttery cookie base with your choice of jam filling makes these an irresistible pop-in-your-mouth holiday dessert!
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17. Double Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies
Double Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies
These vegan double chocolate chip peppermint cookies are soft, chewy, and perfect for the holidays! Packed with cocoa powder, vegan chocolate chips, and peppermint extract, these mint-chocolate cookies truly embody the festive flavor and require just 15 minutes of hands-on prep! Plus, they’re dairy-free, egg-free, and vegan!
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Vegan Cakes
These decadent vegan cakes amazingly well decorated are addictive and a showstopper for any occasion.
18. Vegan Gingerbread Loaf Cake
Vegan Gingerbread Loaf Cake
The best vegan gingerbread loaf cake is so delicious and festive! And we’re topping this easy vegan ginger cake with a quick orange glaze! So delicious!
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19. Vegan Christmas Cake
Vegan Christmas Cake
The ultimate Vegan Christmas Cake! This classic rich, dark vegan fruit cake is jam-packed with dried fruit and booze (although still delicious made alcohol-free) and can be made the day before, or up to 1 year ahead. Perfect for enjoying at Christmas but also makes a fantastic vegan wedding cake!
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20. Vegan Ferrero Rocher Cake
Vegan Ferrero Rocher Cake (Hazelnut Cake With Ganache)
This vegan Ferrero rocher cake consists of a fluffy hazelnut cake with chocolate frosting and toasted hazelnuts. Covered in a chocolate glaze and homemade vegan Ferrero rocher, the ultimate centerpiece for any special occasion.
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21. Gluten-Free Fruit Cake
Gluten-Free Fruit Cake
This Easy Gluten-Free Fruit Cake will be an ideal addition to your festive celebrations. Although it contains minimal ingredients, it has fabulous flavour and great texture. If you do not have the time or the inclination to make a rich, dark fruit cake, weeks in advance, this cake is ideal as it can easily be made at short notice.
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22. Vegan Armenian Perok Cake
Vegan Armenian Perok Cake
This veganized Armenian perok cake, which looks like a pie and tastes like a buttery pound cake, with a sticky layer of jam, has won approval from everyone who's eaten it.
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23. Easy Vegan Chocolate Pudding Cake
Vegan Chocolate Pudding Recipe
Christmas is around the corner and, if you are both a chocolate lover and a vegan, then this vegan chocolate pudding cake is just right for you! It’s a definite crowd pleaser and it requires minimum effort to whip it up.
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24. Vegan Christmas Cake
Vegan Christmas Cake
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! This Vegan Christmas Cake is rich with fruit and booze and is just as amazing made just a few days before Christmas or up to 8 weeks before! I promise either way it is utterly delicious. Our yummy Vegan Christmas Cake is actually my Mum's recipe (she's amazing!), and she was in turn inspired by Delia Smith.
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25. Vegan Bourbon Apple Skillet Cake with Chai Drizzle
Vegan Bourbon Apple Skillet Cake with Chai Drizzle
This Vegan Bourbon Apple Skillet Cake with Chai Drizzle is beyond delicious! It's the perfect dish for just about every event. Whether it be relaxing at home on a rainy day or celebrating a Birthday, this apple cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
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26. Chocolate & Salted Caramel Frozen Cupcakes
Chocolate & Salted Caramel Frozen Cupcakes
These Chocolate & Salted Caramel Frozen Cupcakes are gluten free, vegan and so delicious!
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27. Vegan Gingerbread Cake
Vegan Gingerbread Cake
A wonderfully spiced vegan gingerbread cake with layers of classic buttercream. The cake melts in your mouth and is made with common ingredients.
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28. Vegan Pumpkin Sheet Cake
Vegan Pumpkin Spice Sheet Cake
This Vegan Pumpkin Spice Sheet Cake is easy to make and is topped with a delicious vegan cream cheese frosting. Sweet and spiced, this fall treat is sure to become your favourite pumpkin cake recipe!
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No-Bake Vegan Desserts
If you are short on time then this collection of no-bake vegan desserts is a time-saver. Make ahead of time, and save energy for your Christmas party and guests!
29. No-Bake Mini Chocolate Christmas Puddings
No-Bake Mini Chocolate Christmas Puddings
These no-bake mini chocolate Christmas puddings use only six ingredients and are so easy to make. We wouldn’t have a Christmas without them! Vegan mini Christmas puddings are bite-sized mouthfuls of delicious Christmas pudding, chocolate and maple syrup.
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30. No-Bake Vegan Nanaimo Bars
No-Bake Vegan Nanaimo Bars
These homemade no-bake vegan Nanaimo bars are surprisingly easy to make with just a handful of ingredients. These amazing sweet treats are rich, decadent and taste just like the classic Christmas dessert!
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31. No-Bake Vegan Rum Balls
No-bake Vegan Rum Balls
These no-bake vegan rum balls are easy to make with wholesome ingredients like cocoa, dates, nuts, almond butter and dark chocolate for a healthier take on the classic Christmas dessert.
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32. Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Bars
Vegan Peppermint Crunch Bars
Crunchy cereal bars with lots of chocolate and a subtle peppermint flavor. These Chocolate Peppermint Rice Crispy Bars taste like your favorite peppermint mocha!
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33. Fudgy Vegan Truffles Recipe
Fudgy Vegan Truffles Recipe
This vegan truffles recipe creates fudgy, creamy, and velvety truffles that are just 3 ingredients! Easy, and versatile, they can be made for a special dinner or just because you want a healthy chocolate treat. These fudgy truffles are so rich and creamy that your friends won't know they are vegan!
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34. Holiday Yogurt Bark (Vegan)
Holiday Yogurt Bark (Vegan)
This holiday yogurt bark is an easy and delicious cold treat. Make it festive by adding chopped pistachios and dried cranberries.
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35. No-Bake Gingerbread Date Balls
No-Bake Gingerbread Date Balls
Gingerbread Date Balls are easy little no-bake treats that take just minutes to make … and will disappear even faster! Filled with yummy, holiday gingerbread flavor, they’re indulgent enough to nibble for dessert or add to festive cookie trays, yet nutritious enough for snacking, too! No guilt in these little indulgences! Bonus: since these date balls are so quick and can be made ahead and frozen, they’re perfect last-minute, homemade DIY gifts, too!
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Syrup Coated Desserts
Do you love peaches that are dunked in sugary syrup or maple candied pecans? You would love these vegan sugary recipes for them.
36. Spiced poached pears (without wine)
Spiced Poached Pears
These spiced poached pears are made with apple juice, and so without alcohol, for a fun dessert perfect for fall. Vegan, gluten free and low histamine recipe. Makes 4 servings.
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37. Candied Maple Pecans
Candied Maple Pecans
5 Ingredient Candied Maple Pecans. The perfect snack or appetizer to serve during the Holidays. These candied pecans are addictive. They keep for up to 2 months!
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38. Poached Pears in Red Wine
Poached Pears in Red Wine
These delicious Poached Pears in Red Wine are an elegant and easy-to-make dessert, especially over the holidays and for special occasions. Simmer fresh and ripe pears in fruity red wine, spices, and vanilla bean to enhance the natural sweetness of the fruit.
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Vegan Pudding
Puddings are humble desserts that can be made quickly and decorated easily! These vegan puddings are super amazing and worth every minute of your time!
39. Tembleque (Coconut Pudding)
Tembleque (Coconut Pudding)
Tembleque is going to change the way you look at jello molds. This popular holiday dessert is pure coconut, laced with warm spices and a hint of citrus. It’s a staple in Puerto Rico and many other Latin American countries, especially around Christmas, but I’m not a fan of sticking to the calendar rules, so I make it year-round. Once you see how easy it is to prepare, I know you will, too.
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40. The Ultimate Vegan Christmas Pudding
The Ultimate Vegan Christmas Pudding
The Ultimate Vegan Christmas Pudding. It's dark, rich, fruity, moist & boozy & so much lighter than the dense, heavy puddings you might have tried in the past!
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41. Vegan Risalamande (Coconut Rice Pudding)
Vegan Risalamande (Coconut Rice Pudding)
This traditional rice pudding is perfect for the holidays and is vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free.
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42. Vegan Banana Pudding
Vegan Banana Pudding
This vegan banana pudding is a plant-based version of a Soul Food classic dessert. Use overripe bananas for the best flavor.
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43. Instant Low Carb Chocolate Tofu Pudding
Instant Low Carb Chocolate Tofu Pudding
Quick all-natural sugar free pudding can be made using tofu. This instant low carb chocolate pudding has only four ingredients with no artificial sweetener.
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Special Desserts
Christmas is a special festival, so it calls for special treats! This collection includes addictive pies, drinks, brownies, bread, Baklava and tarts, all made fully vegan and from scratch!
44. Creamy Vegan Eggnog Recipe
Christmas Vegan Eggnog
This smooth, Creamy Vegan Eggnog Recipe is the perfect Christmas drink for the holiday season! Make this fuss-free Christmas classic in 35 minutes and decorate them with cinnamon sticks and powder.
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45. Vegan Gingerbread Chocolate Tart
Vegan Gingerbread Chocolate Tart
This vegan gingerbread chocolate tart is perfect for the holidays. A creamy light spiced chocolate filling on a gingerbread spiced shortcrust pastry. It's easy to make, nut-free, and can also be adapted as gluten-free.
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46. Cranberry Cherry Crisp
Cranberry Crisp
This Cranberry Cherry Crisp could truly not be easier and has the added bonus of being Vegan & Gluten Free! What a perfect holiday dessert, that is also pretty healthy! Lot of antioxidants and fiber!
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47. Raw Peppermint Vegan Brownies
Raw Peppermint Vegan Brownies
These healthier raw vegan brownies have a rich peppermint fudge layer. The perfect treat to make in the summer when you don't want to turn on the oven! These are best served right out of the freezer, to maintain their fudgey texture.
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48. Cranberry White Chocolate Tart
Cranberry White Chocolate Tart
This cake combines the flavours of cranberries and white chocolate with a crust made of macademias. It's vegan, refined sugar free and consists mainly of wholefood ingredients.
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49. 6 Ingredient Vegan Mince Pie Baklava
6 Ingredient Vegan Mince Pie Baklava
A lovely twist on the Christmas Classic that everyone will love. Loads of spiced fruit mince layered with buttery, flaky filo pastry into a yummy Baklava!
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50. Vegan Scottish Smiddy Dumpling
Vegan Scottish Smiddy Dumpling
A Scottish smiddy dumpling is a curious name for a sultana cake but a vegan Scottish smiddy dumpling is even curiouser! But delicious none-the-less! And some may argue delicious-er!
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51. Vegan Sweet Potato Pie (Gluten-Free)
Vegan Sweet Potato Pie (Gluten-Free)
This Vegan Sweet Potato Pie is healthier than most, yet so delicious no one will mind! With a light and silky filling and the best gluten-free pie crust. This pie is free from gluten, oil, soy, and coconut and holds up beautifully if you need to prep it a day or two in advance.
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52. Perfect Vegan Hot Chocolate
Perfect Vegan Hot Chocolate
Have you thought that Vegan Hot Chocolate can be so good? Indeed, you don’t need dairy to make this tasty and cozy treat. The current recipe is not only delicious and very easy to make, it is also healthier and incredibly rich in cocoa! Here is the Perfect Vegan Hot Chocolate that even non vegans would love!
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53. Vegan Banketstaaf
Vegan Banketstaaf
Vegan Banketstaaf or Dutch Almond Pastry is a traditional Christmas dessert consisting of flaky pastry wrapped around a zesty almond paste log. Classic Dutch dessert gets a vegan makeover and is sure to please a holiday crowd.
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54. Vegan And Gluten-Free Thin Mints
Vegan Thin Mints
This Gluten-Free Thin Mints recipe is perfection. A mint chocolate cookie covered in creamy mint chocolate. You’re going to love this holiday favorite!
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55. Vegan Monkey Bread
Vegan Monkey Bread
Gooey, pull-apart, delicious Vegan Monkey Bread is probably the most fun dessert to make and eat! Perfect for a holiday breakfast or dessert -- or any time of the year.
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56. Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Growing up my family didn't celebrate Thanksgiving. We didn't have a lot of money, so a turkey dinner was a treat that we saved for Christmas. After giving birth, I started reducing my dairy intake and started making vegan pumpkin pie, which turns out, is just as delicious as the classic Thanksgiving dessert!
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57. Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge Bites
Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge Bites
These Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge Bites are vegan truffles and you definitely need to make them this holiday season! You only need 3 ingredients for these and they're all pantry items! Dates, cacao powder, and hazelnuts. The hazelnuts are roasted and processed to almost hazelnut butter so the result is somewhere between cookie dough and fudge. So incredibly delicious!
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58. Mexican Buñuelos
Mexican Buñuelos
Mexican buñuelos are golden and crispy on the outside, but light and tender on the inside. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar for the perfect holiday-inspired treat at any time of the year!
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59. Vegan Chocolate Pie (No Tofu, No Coconut)
Vegan Chocolate Pie (No Tofu, No Coconut)
This no-bake vegan chocolate pie is rich, dense, fudgy, and made without tofu or coconut milk. It's a chocolate-lover's dream and SO easy! Simply blend the filling, pour into a prepared crust, and chill. That's it! And unlike softer chocolate cream pies, this one holds up beautifully at room temp, perfect for potlucks and parties.
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FAQs
Q1. What is the most popular dessert at Christmas?
People from different parts of the world tend to gravitate towards different desserts however, a few worldwide favorites include fruit cake, cheesecake, cookies and puddings. These desserts help to make Christmas time feel a little bit more special and festive.
Q2. What are vegan desserts made of?
Vegan desserts omit animal-based products like egg, honey, milk or any dairy products, cheese and gelatin. Vegan substitutes are used instead to make these desserts.
Q3. What pastries can vegans eat?
No-Bake Cookies, Almond Flour dairy-free cake or fudge, and several more.
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Janet
Can’t wait to try some of these recipes 😍
Marta
What a great roundup of vegan desserts! I can't wait to eat my way through it this holiday season!