Whilst the holiday season can be a challenging time to be vegan, there's no reason to compromise when it comes to desserts!
Celebrate with these recipes for delicious desserts and share them to show just how awesome vegan treats can be.
Christmas pudding
About as traditional as you can get when it comes to festive desserts, this easy vegan Christmas pudding recipe is packed full of different fruits and spices, and can be made with or without alcohol.
Vegan vanilla ice cream
The perfect accompaniment to the Christmas pudding is this decadent vegan vanilla ice cream recipe. This delicious recipe takes vegan vanilla ice cream and adds in glace cherries, other dried fruits and chocolate chips to make a delicious and colourful addition to your pudding.
Fruit cake
Feeling fruity? Fruit cakes are ideal vegan festive desserts -– they're easy to make, store well for use across the festive season and, most importantly, are scrumptious! Both of these recipes contain heaps of delicious fruit and you have the choice of a "boozy" cake or an alcohol-free alternative.
Mincemeat baklava
If you're looking for an alternative to mince pies, mincemeat baklava is a suitably sweet and sticky treat. This recipe has only a handful of ingredients and works well as a dessert – but a plate of these little baklava nibbles might last all afternoon!
Tip: this dessert can be made gluten-free simply by using gluten-free vegan pastry.
Cherry and almond cake
Combining lots of winter fruits and spices, this simple cherry and almond cake recipe is a classic dessert and a worthy option in our list of great festive vegan desserts.
Cranberry cheesecake
Vegan cheesecake? Yes, vegans can enjoy cheesecakes too! This easy recipe for a cranberry cheesecake is a fitting candidate for your dinner table. The filling uses vegan cream cheese and vegan yoghurt, while the base is simply made from vegan biscuits and vegan margarine.
Tip: this dessert can be made gluten-free by choosing gluten-free vegan digestive biscuits.
Christmas tree meringues
Vegan meringues?! Thanks to the fabulous ingredient aquafaba, yummy meringues are now a great vegan option. Make a festive version of this recipe by adding in some green food colouring (or try spirulina for a superfood hit!), forming the meringues into Christmas tree shapes and then decorating with some vegan sprinkles. Vegan meringues will certainly surprise any non-vegan guests - and they'll never guess you started out with a can of chickpeas to make them! They're gluten-free too.
Christmas chocolate log
Every dinner table over the holidays needs a centrepiece, and, when it's time for dessert, this spectacular chocolate log certainly fits the bill.
Based on a vegan chocolate sponge forming the log, it's then smothered in a decadent vegan chocolate mousse made from vegan dark chocolate, coconut cream/milk, avocado and aquafaba. There are a few steps in this recipe, but it's worth the effort!
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This blog was written by Lee Hawkins.
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