The best vegan desserts taste as good as desserts made with eggs and dairy—and they just might be hiding among everything else at the grocery store. From non-dairy ice cream to inadvertently vegan cookies, these are the best vegan sweets and plant based desserts we’ve tried in our many taste tests.
As always, we are not nutritionists—only taste testers. We did our research, but if you’re a strict vegan, always double check ingredients for yourself.
- Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert
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Ben & Jerry are the kings of ice cream packed with delicious mix-ins—and their non-dairy frozen desserts are no exception. This vegan take on the jam band homage Phish Food contains ribbons of caramel and (presumably, gelatin-free) marshmallow that wend their way through chocolate non-dairy ice cream packed with little chocolate fish. When Sporked’s Jordan Myrick reviewed this, they couldn’t come up with a single flaw. This is one of the best vegan desserts if you want something even non-vegans can get behind.
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- Outshine Fruit Bars
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As long as they don’t contain cream, popsicles are reliably delicious and highly refreshing vegan desserts. We particularly love these Outshine Fruit Bars, which come in a variety pack with three flavors: cherry, tangerine, and grape. They’re all fruit-forward and taste like real fruit rather than a bunch of artificial flavors, but the tangerine is a standout. “The tangerine tastes like biting into a juicy whole piece of citrus fruit,” Jordan wrote. “This is the first popsicle I would reach for if I was really, really hot (temperature-wise, not looks-wise).” When summer rolls around, add these to your list of the best vegan sweets.
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- Back to Nature Peanut Butter Creme Cookies
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The best peanut butter cookies we tasted in our peanut butter cookie taste test just happen to be one of the best vegan desserts—we love when that happens. These plant based cookies are super nutty and perfectly balance sweet and salty—we liked them better than Nutter Butters! Sometimes vegan sweets really give non-vegan sweets a run for their money.
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- Mint Oreo
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If you’re vegan, you’re probably aware that Oreos are among a very few vegan-friendly cookies in the cookie aisle (though there is a chance there might be a trace amount of milk due to cross-contamination in the factory). And while, yes, regular Oreos are great, we think you should mix things up and try Mint Oreo cookies if you’re seeking out new, interesting vegan desserts. They’re minty and refreshing but they don’t taste like toothpaste. Truthfully, we like these better than Thin Mints—please don’t tell our nieces or that surly little girl next door!
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- Vanilla Dairy Free Oui by Yoplait
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If yogurt seems like a healthy breakfast food we simply wedged into this list of the best vegan desserts, you clearly haven’t had vanilla Dairy Free Oui yet. This stuff is downright luscious. It’s creamy and smooth—really, it’s more like a vegan vanilla pudding than yogurt. Top this with some non-dairy whipped topping, vegan granola, or even a dollop of strawberry jam and that’s dessert.
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- Philadelphia Plant-Based Strawberry Non-Dairy Spread
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If you’re only using cream cheese on bagels, you’re missing out on one of the best vegan desserts. This plant-based strawberry cream cheese from Philadelphia is creamy, spreadable, and tastes like fresh strawberries. Plus, it doesn’t have that weird aftertaste a lot of vegan cream cheese has. Spread this stuff on some graham crackers and, voila—instant strawberry cheesecake. If you use it right, this can really be one of the best vegan sweets.
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Best Ice Cream
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Best Popsicles
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Best PB Cookies
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Best Chocolate Cookie
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Best Yogurt
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Best Sweet Cream Cheese
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