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50+ Vegan Christmas Desserts

posted by Christina on Nov 24 2022 (last updated Nov 04 2024).

In this incredible collection of vegan desserts for Christmas, you're guaranteed to find the perfect recipe for the festive season. With easy no-bake, gluten-free, and holiday classics, you can continue your Christmas tradition without using animal products.

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In this incredible collection of vegan desserts for Christmas, you're guaranteed to find the perfect recipe for the festive season. With easy no-bake, gluten-free, and holiday classics, you can continue your Christmas tradition without using animal products.

Whether you're going all out with a fully vegan Christmas dinner, you're trying to impress your omnivore family, or you have a vegan guest attending and aren't quite sure what to make for them, this round-up is for you.

The best thing about these recipes is no one will be able to tell they are entirely eggless and dairy-free!

🍞 Easy Christmas Baking

If you're short on time this Christmas season, these easy vegan baked loaves and cakes require minimum prep.

Vegan Gingerbread Cake Loaf

This vegan gingerbread loaf is incredibly moist and fluffy. Full of festive flavors with molasses, warming gingerbread spice, and non-dairy cream cheese icing.

a loaf of gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting and a few slices taken from it.

Chai Bread

Fluffy vegan chai bread infused with orange zest, masala chai, and warm spices. Easy to make, and coated with an orange cardamom glaze. It only requires 15 minutes of hands-on prep!

a loaf of sweet chai bread with orange segments, star anise, and icing on top of a wooden board.

Moist Vegan Biscoff Banana Bread

This quick bread is loaded with puddles of gooey biscoff cookie butter and crunchy lotus cookies throughout the batter.

biscoff banana bread on a brown ceramic dish with melted biscoff spread poured over the top.

Vegan Chai Cake

This fluffy and light spice cake is packed with vanilla flavor and warming chai spices. Best served with vanilla bean cream cheese frosting.

sliced vegan sheet cake with chai spices and cream cheese frosting.

Orange Loaf Cake

Fluffy and easy vegan orange cake drizzled with zesty orange icing. Made in one bowl with pantry staple simple ingredients.

orange loaf cake with icing and orange segments on top of a marble board.

🎁 Edible Christmas Gifts

These DIY Christmas gifts make a thoughtful present for loved ones. I recommend keeping a few at home, so you always have that special gift ready for visitors!

Chocolate Truffles

These delicious vegan chocolate truffles are creamy, smooth, and perfect as a gift for Christmas.

chocolate truffles with raspberry powder in a terracotta bowl.

Vegan Mince Pies

These amazing vegan mince pies are perfect for Christmas and the holiday season. Made with boozy homemade vegan mincemeat and flaky buttery pie crust.

cross section of a vegan mince pie with more mince pies on a tray behind it.

Vegan Pistachio Truffles

These vegan pistachio truffles have a creamy pistachio white chocolate ganache filling and crunchy pistachio white chocolate shell. Naturally dairy-free, gluten-free, and so easy to make!

pistachio ferrero rocher-style truffles on newspaper with a bite taken from one showing the creamy ganache filling.

Homemade Vegan Baileys

This is the absolute best homemade vegan Baileys recipe you will try! Thick and creamy, it's made without nuts or dairy with no blender required. Delicious served over ice or with desserts, just like the real thing!

a glass with ice and baileys being poured inside.

Vegan Gingerbread House

Homemade vegan gingerbread house with easy instructions and my egg-free royal icing. This recipe makes a perfect holiday project that the entire family can enjoy.

gingerbread house with snow.

Vegan Ferrero Rocher

These vegan Ferrero rocher (chocolate hazelnut truffles) are gluten-free and can be adapted as refined sugar-free. They're so easy to make and come together with just 7 ingredients.

stack of homemade ferrero rocher truffles with gold leaf.

Easy Vegan Eggnog

This thick and creamy vegan eggnog is perfect for when friends are calling around for holiday drinks. Made without eggs and lightly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and real vanilla bean.

two glasses of eggnog with a cinnamon stick and whipped cream on top of each of them.

🍮 Classic Desserts

Vegan versions of classic French, British, and Italian desserts are a guaranteed crowdpleaser at the holiday table.

Vegan Sticky Toffee Pudding

Vegan sticky toffee pudding with moist date sponge cake drenched in buttery toffee sauce. A delicious spin on a classic British pudding made without eggs or dairy!

a slice of vegan sticky toffee pudding on a white plate with a scoop of ice cream on top and toffee sauce poured over it.

Best Vegan Tiramisu

Delicious vegan tiramisu recipe with layers of espresso-soaked homemade ladyfingers and vegan mascarpone custard.

a serving of homemade tiramisu on a ceramic plate with a spoonful missing from it.

Vegan Christmas Trifle

With layers of ladyfingers, boozy raspberries, white chocolate custard, and whipped coconut cream this is the ultimate layered dessert. Easy to make, eggless, and dairy-free!

a trifle jar with layers of homemade ladyfingers, macerated raspberries, coconut white chocolate custard, and vegan whipped cream topped with raspberries and fresh mint leaves.

Vegan Panna Cotta

A delicious take on a classic Italian dessert, this vegan panna cotta is creamy, light, and easy to make.

panna cotta with strawberry sauce pouring on top.

Homemade Nutella Tiramisu

This recipe combines the nutty flavor of homemade nutella with classic tiramisu, all without dairy or eggs! It has layers of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and rich homemade chocolate hazelnut mascarpone cream.

a slice of nutella tiramisu showing a cross-section against a marble background.

Vegan Crème Brülée

Thick vanilla custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar. Easy to make with just 6 ingredients and requires no baking.

three ramekins with creme brulee and vanilla pods and mint leaves on top.

Vegan Mousse Au Chocolat

Fluffy vegan chocolate mousse with aquafaba. Made without tofu, avocado, or nuts.

dairy-free chocolate mousse in a small glass jar with chocolate shavings.

Pistachio Tiramisu

Lusciously thick and creamy with tangy pistachio mascarpone cream and sweet amaretto pistachio syrup-dipped ladyfingers topped with a layer of crushed pistachios.

a slice of pistachio tiramisu with pistachio butter dripping over the sides.

Vegan Flan

This delicious vegan flan has the most incredibly creamy consistency thanks to a smooth vanilla custard base, with a rich amber caramel layer at the bottom.

a large fluted flan with caramel sauce dripping down the sides on an earthenware plate, there are raspberries on top and a slice is being lifted away with a cake server showing the creamy consistency.

🍪 Vegan Christmas Cookies

Vegan cookies are a must for holiday snacking. They also make a lovely homemade gift and can be combined into a festive cookie box to hand out when that unexpected visitor arrives!

Vegan Vanilla Crescent Cookies

These cookies are based on my Mom's recipe, using blanched almonds for a delicate tender crumb. They feature homemade vanilla sugar which makes these easy vanilla crescent cookies so incredibly delicious.

a stack of vanilla crescent cookies on a ceramic plate with a butter dish and a bowl of blanched almonds in the background.

Vegan Speculoos Cookies (Homemade Biscoff)

Crunchy, thin, aromatic, spiced cookies with a deep caramelized flavor similar to homemade Biscoff, all while being eggless and dairy-free.

stack of homemade biscoff cookies with cookie butter dripping over them and coffee in the background.

Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

These soft and chewy delicious cookies come together in one bowl. Flavorsome and full of gingerbread spices with a hint of orange zest. Decorated with homemade eggless royal icing.

vegan gingerbread cookies with different expressions in a loaf pan.

Vegan Meringue Mushrooms

These vegan meringue mushrooms are perfect for topping your vegan yule log or tree stump cake. Made using aquafaba, they're completely eggless and dairy-free.

mushroom meringue cookies with chocolate.

Easy Cut-Out Vegan Sugar Cookies

These vegan sugar cookies are soft, light, and buttery with a slightly tangy vanilla bean flavor. Decorated with naturally colored vegan royal icing, these easy sugar cookies make a fun Christmas baking project!

christmas tree cookies on a tray with parchment paper.

Vegan Coconut Macaroons

These easy vegan coconut macaroons are soft and chewy on the inside with a crisp caramelized toasted caramel shell. Dipped and drizzled with dark chocolate, they are the perfect easy treat for coconut lovers!

two chocolate coconut macaroons stacked on top of one another on a wire rack.

Vegan Linzer Cookies (Linzer Plätzchen)

Soft and tender cookies with jam filling sandwiched between buttery vanilla almond shortbread cookies. These easy cut-out cookies are customizable from the fillings to the shape, they're the perfect festive cookies!

apricot and strawberry jam filled linzer cookies on a metal baking sheet, with a bite taken from one of the cookies.

Molasses Cookies (Vegan)

Soft vegan molasses cookies that are chewy on the inside and crinkly on the outside. Perfectly spiced with cinnamon and flavored with cashew butter.

molasses cookies in loaf pan on light grey surface.

🍰 Vegan Cheesecakes

These cheesecake recipes can be made a few days ahead of the holidays making them the perfect vegan Christmas dessert idea. A great option if you want to have little preparation left to do on the day of serving!

No-Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake

This delicious gingerbread cheesecake is the perfect festive dessert for your holiday table. A creamy gingerbread filling on top of a no-bake ginger cookie crust.

Christmas cheesecake on a plate with gingerbread men on top.

No-Bake Vegan Pistachio Cheesecake

This vegan pistachio cheesecake has a triple hit of real pistachio flavor. The smoothest creamy pistachio cream cheese filling with a crunchy biscoff pistachio crust and dairy-free pistachio white chocolate ganache topping.

a slice of vegan pistachio cheesecake with pistachio ganache dripping down the sides.

Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

Made with dairy free cream cheese, dark chocolate and fresh oranges which are reduced for an intense chocolate orange flavour explosion.

45 degree angle hero shot of a completed no-bake chocolate orange cheesecake on a serving plate with a pie server removing a slice from the right side.

Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake

Made with a crunchy Biscoff cookie base, a cinnamon sugar swirl layered between a rich cashew-cream cheese filling, and topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting.

side-on hero shot of vegan no-bake cinnamon roll cheesecake with a slice being removed.

No Bake Baileys Cheesecake (Vegan)

Delicious vegan Baileys cheesecake made with homemade dairy-free Baileys Irish cream. No-bake, easy to make, and perfect for special occasions.

baileys cheesecake with cream and chocolate shavings on top of a ceramic plate with a glass of baileys next to it.

Baked Vegan Cheesecake

This creamy baked vegan cheesecake is light with a fluffy filling and buttery crust. Perfect served with tangy and sweet homemade cherry compote.

baked cheesecake with cherries on top against blue background.

Vegan Tiramisu Cheesecake

This deliciously rich cheesecake consists of creamy layered mascarpone and coffee cheesecake on a no-bake biscuit crust.

45 degree angle shot of a vegan tiramisu cheesecake with a quarter of it removed, showing the distinct layers of crust, cocoa coffee filling, soaked ladyfingers, vanilla rum filling, vegan whipped cream, and cocoa powder dusting.

Vegan Eggnog Cheesecake

The creamy "eggnog" cheesecake filling is infused with whiskey, nutmeg, and vanilla. Buttery pecans, cinnamon, and coconut sugar make the delicious base.

eggnog cheesecake with slice taken out of if on a light grey surface.

🎂 Vegan Christmas Cakes

These vegan Christmas cake recipes all bring that wow factor. They make the perfect centerpiece for your holiday table.

Woodland Cake

Vegan tree stump cake with chocolate sponge, chocolate cremeux, coffee meringue buttercream, chocolate bark, and meringue mushrooms.

tree stump cake with meringue mushrooms on top.

Date And Walnut Cake

This incredibly moist date and walnut cake is easy to make and uses mostly pantry-staple ingredients. Made entirely eggless and dairy-free, it's the perfect accompaniment to your afternoon cuppa!

Vegan Black Forest Ice Cream Cake

Easy vegan ice cream cake made with fresh cherries, and chocolate and covered in a boozy kirsch-infused cherry compote.

cherry chocolate ice cream log on white wooden backdrop

The Best Vegan Chocolate Cake

This decadent, moist, and rich vegan chocolate cake will be your new go-to recipe! Loaded with lusciously easy chocolate frosting, it is every chocolate lover’s dream while entirely eggless and dairy-free.

Side on view of a 3-layer chocolate frosted vegan chocolate cake topped with berries on a marble cake stand with a cake server removing a slice.

Vegan Ferrero Rocher Cake (Hazelnut Cake with Ganache)

Fluffy hazelnut cake with chocolate frosting and toasted hazelnuts. Covered in a chocolate glaze and homemade vegan Ferrero rocher,

chocolate glazed cake with hazelnuts and ferrero rocher on top.

🥧 Festive Pies & Tarts

These vegan tarts and pies are all easy to make and can be prepped ahead of time. Let's face it, there's already enough to be done on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning!

The Best Vegan Pecan Pie (No Corn Syrup)

With a sticky gooey sweet filling and caramelized pecans in a buttery pastry crust, this vegan pie is the ultimate dessert for the holidays.

a slice of vegan pecan pie with a scoop of ice cream on top and a few bites taken from it showing the gooey filling.

Vegan Sweet Potato Pie With Meringue Topping (No Coconut)

This delicious vegan sweet potato pie is made without dairy or eggs. A spiced sweet potato filling in a homemade flaky buttery crust is topped with cloud-like torched meringue.

sweet potato pie in a glass dish with toasted meringue topping.

Vegan Chocolate Gingerbread Tart

This vegan gingerbread chocolate tart is perfect for the holidays. A creamy light spiced chocolate filling on a gingerbread spiced shortcrust pastry.

slice of chocolate tart with gingerbread cookies and pomegranate seeds on top.

Vegan Lemon Meringue Pie

This vegan lemon meringue pie is sure to impress your guests. With a crisp buttery shortcrust pastry, tart and fresh lemon curd filling, and the most perfect Italian meringue topping.

a close up side shot of a slice of lemon meringue pie showing a flaky crust and tall layers of bright yellow lemon curd filling and torched meringue topping.

🎄 Holiday Finger Food

These homemade sweet treats are delicious served with a glass of wine or a coffee after your Christmas meal.

Vegan Biscoff Fudge

Easy no bake vegan cookie butter fudge made with just 5 ingredients.

stack of vegan biscoff fudge with lotus cookies.

Gingerbread Caramel Slice

Delicious vegan caramel slice with gingerbread as the base. All topped with chocolate and homemade vegan gingerbread cookies, this caramel slice recipe is a festive twist on classic millionaires shortbread.

chocolate caramel slices with gingerbread on top of a wooden table.

Vegan Gingerbread Cupcakes

These easy vegan gingerbread cupcakes are a must for your holiday bake list. Topped with vanilla cinnamon cream cheese frosting and caramel, they are moist, fluffy, and full of gingerbread spice flavor.

gingerbread cupcakes with swirled frosting and a gingerbread man on top. There is caramel drizzled and a mint leaf on top of them.

Vegan Fudge (3 Ingredients)

This easy peanut butter vegan fudge is creamy and delicious. Made with just 3 ingredients, without special equipment, and 10 minutes of hands-on prep time.

stack of peanut butter fudge on a plate with peanut butter in the background.

🌾 Gluten-Free Christmas Desserts

These vegan gluten-free desserts will ensure that coeliac and gluten-sensitive folks aren't left out!

No-Bake Chocolate Tart with Pistachio Paste

This no-bake chocolate tart with pistachio paste is gluten-free and easy to make. It's the perfect make-ahead vegan dessert for gatherings and uses less than 10 ingredients.

chocolate tart with pistachios cut into slices on a marble platter.

Vegan Millionaire Shortbread (Gluten-Free)

This delicious vegan millionaire's shortbread is rich, decadent, and irresistibly good. A thick gooey caramel filling sits between buttery shortbread and rich dark chocolate.

caramel slices on a metal tray with sea salt and melted chocolate.

Vegan Mint Chocolate Tart

A baked cacao crust topped with layers of mint white chocolate and dark chocolate ganache. This tart is vegan, gluten-free, and tastes like an after-eight chocolate!

flatlay of sliced mint chocolate tart with fresh mint leaves.

Vegan Pavlova

This vegan pavlova has a crisp outer shell with a chewy, soft marshmallow center. Made with aquafaba and without eggs. Topped with strawberries and non-dairy cream for the ultimate vegan dessert for gatherings.

vegan pavlova on a ceramic plate with coconut cream and strawberries.

Vegan Forest Fruits Chocolate Tart

This delicious and indulgent tart consists of a gluten-free crust, and a sweet cherry raspberry jelly layer followed by a smooth and creamy chocolate ganache. This vegan dessert is gluten-free and easy to make!

flatlay of chocolate tart with fresh cherries and berries on grey surface.

I hope these recipes help you choose the perfect vegan holiday dessert this Christmas.

And don't forget all the extra trimmings that help make your holiday dessert even more special:

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Christina

Hey there, I'm Christina
I’m the face behind all the recipes here on the blog addictedtodates.com (which happen to be mostly desserts, yay!). I also have a background in Culinary Arts.

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