Looking for Vegan Dessert Recipes?
I’ve posted loads of vegan dessert recipes on the blog, so I’ve decided to compile a big list of my favourite 60 vegan dessert recipes!
There’s a huge selection of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, puddings, trifles, cheesecakes, truffles, brownies and pies, and whether you’re looking for something for a birthday party, bridal shower, Mother’s Day, baby shower, Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, dinner party or just every day, you’re bound to find something you’ll love!
All of these vegan dessert recipes are also refined sugar free and gluten-free.
Each recipe includes notes for how long the dessert will keep for and how to store it.
1. Chocolate Mousse Cake
This Chocolate Mousse Cake is the best secretly healthy yet seriously indulgent dessert: think moist chocolate sponge, topped with rich chocolate mousse and silky chocolate ganache.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
2. Key Lime Pie
This Key Lime Pie is a great no-bake dessert: it’s sweet and tangy, rich and creamy and has a nutty crust. Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
3. Chocolate Truffle Cake
This Chocolate Truffle Cake is a dense, fudgy chocolate sponge covered in a luxuriously creamy chocolate buttercream frosting. It’s also grain-free, paleo, date-sweetened and oil-free optional.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
4. Apple Pie
This Apple Pie is loaded with sweet, juicy apples and subtly spiced with toasty cinnamon!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
5. Chocolate Cheesecake
This Chocolate Cheesecake is seriously indulgent yet secretly healthy. It’s rich and creamy, tangy and perfectly sweet. It’s also grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
6. Pecan Pie
This Pecan Pie is crispy, buttery and flaky, loaded with toasty pecans, super fudgy and tastes like caramel!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
7. Chocolate Mug Cake
This Chocolate Mug Cake requires just 5 ingredients and takes only 5 minutes to make – it can be made either in the oven or in the microwave.
How long does it keep for?
Enjoy immediately!
8. Peanut Butter Pie
This Peanut Butter Pie is no-bake, incredibly decadent and secretly healthy! A chocolate crust filled with a sweet and tangy creamy peanut filling. Grain-free.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
9. Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
These Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes are moist and fluffy, filled with jammy blueberries and slathered in a delicious “cream cheese” frosting!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days. For fluffy frosting, make the frosting and apply just before serving.
10. Lemon Pie
This Lemon Pie has a crispy, flaky crust filled with sweet and tangy lemon curd and topped with fluffy coconut whipped cream.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days. For fluffy whipped cream, make and apply it just before serving.
11. Fruit Tart
A buttery pastry crust filled with velvety custard and topped with sweet fresh fruit covered in a shiny apricot glaze!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
12. Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy, fudgy, seriously indulgent chocolate cookies filled with pockets of even more chocolate! Also grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
13. Coconut Macaroons
These Coconut Macaroons are soft and chewy, fragrant and nutty and require just 5 ingredients to make! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps in an airtight container for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
14. Chocolate Tart
A crispy pie crust with a seriously indulgent melt-in-your-mouth chocolate filling!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
15. Purple Sweet Potato Cheesecakes
These Purple Sweet Potato Cheesecakes are vividly colourful, perfectly sweet and surprisingly healthy! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
16. Sugar Cookies
These Sugar Cookies are soft and chewy, slightly fluffy and covered in a rich, creamy cashew frosting. Plus they’re super pretty and colourful!
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
17. Chocolate Brownies
These Chocolate Brownies are seriously indulgent, fudgy and gooey and made with a secret ingredient. Grain-free.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
18. Banana Cream Pie
This Banana Cream Pie is loaded with creamy custard, two layers of sweet bananas and topped with rich coconut cream.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days. For fluffy frosting, make the frosting and apply just before serving. To make sure the banana slices on top don’t turn brown, place them on top just before serving.
19. Chocolate Fudge
This Chocolate Fudge is seriously indulgent, perfectly rich and creamy and secretly healthy. An easy no-bake dessert! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
20. Strawberry Pie
This Strawberry Pie is beautifully colourful – a buttery pie crust filled with sweet and fruity strawberry jelly packed with plenty of fresh strawberries.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
21. Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crispy, chewy and “buttery” cookies studded with chocolate chips! Also grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
22. Chocolate Silk Pie
This no-bake Chocolate Silk Pie has chewy, crunchy chocolate crust with rich, creamy chocolate filling topped with fluffy clouds of coconut whipped cream. Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected. For fluffy whipped cream, make and apply it just before serving.
23. Madeleines
These Madeleines are elegant, perfectly sweet and so fluffy!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
24. Chocolate No-Bake Cookies
These Chocolate No-Bake Cookies are fudgy, chewy, rich and satisfying. They’re super easy and take just 15 minutes to make!
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
25. Coconut Cream Pie
A crispy pie crust filled with rich, creamy custard and topped with coconut whipped cream and toasty desiccated coconut.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days. For fluffy frosting, make the frosting and apply just before serving.
26. Matcha Brownies
Fudgy, gooey matcha brownies drizzled with a sweet, white chocolate frosting! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
27. Chocolate Truffles
These Chocolate Truffles are the most delicious treat – they’re melt-in-your-mouth silky, super creamy and perfectly sweet. Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
28. Fudge
This Fudge is perfectly sweet, seriously rich, melt-in-your-mouth creamy and tastes like caramel! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
29. Healthy Snickers Ice Cream Bites
4-ingredient Healthy Snickers Ice Cream Bites: they’re insanely moreish, taste deceptively indulgent and unbelievably quick and easy to make.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps in an airtight container in the freezer.
30. Chocolate Baked Donuts
Cute, bite-sized, fluffy chocolate donuts covered in a shiny chocolate glaze.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
31. Tiramisu
This Tiramisu is aromatic, super creamy and much healthier than the traditional version!
How long does it keep for?
Best freshly made – the sponge and the frosting can be made a day in advance and stored separately in the fridge, but best assembled on the day you want to serve it.
32. Carrot Cake
This Carrot Cake is super moist and fluffy, perfectly fragrant and covered in a tangy “cream cheese” frosting!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
33. Coconut Cake
This Coconut Cake is moist and fluffy, sweet and creamy and wonderfully coconutty!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
34. Strawberry Trifle
This Strawberry Trifle is fresh and fruity, and every bit as rich and indulgent as the traditional version.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
35. Blueberry Cheesecake
A crunchy, salty-sweet crust and a creamy, tangy filling covered in a jammy blueberry sauce. Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
36. Strawberry Cake
This Strawberry Cake is pretty and elegant, fresh and fruity and naturally coloured!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
37. Chocolate Mousse
This Chocolate Mousse is super rich and creamy, seriously indulgent and melt-in-your-mouth velvety! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
38. Apple Crisp (Apple Crumble)
This Apple Crisp (Apple Crumble) is tender and juicy, crispy and chewy, perfectly spiced and tastes like caramel.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days if you want to serve it cold, or if you want to serve it hot you can make the apples and the topping and store them separately in the fridge, then assemble and bake just before serving.
39. Banana Cake
This Banana Cake is seriously moist, fragrant, packed full of sweet raisins and covered in a delicious “cream cheese” frosting!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days. For fluffy frosting, make the frosting and apply just before serving.
40. Chocolate Cherry Trifle
This Chocolate Cherry Trifle is so easy to make, fruity, creamy and chocolatey!
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
41. Apple Cake
This Apple Cake is perfectly spiced, packed full of sweet, juicy apples and is so easy to make!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
42. Rice Pudding
This Rice Pudding is rich and creamy, perfectly sweet and subtly spiced. It’s the best easy, comforting dessert that can be enjoyed hot or cold!
How long does it keep for?
Make it fresh if you want to eat it hot, but it can also be enjoyed cold and keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
43. Pear Dark Chocolate Pudding
This Pear Dark Chocolate Pudding is made of a fudgy, gingery pudding topped with sweet pears, earthy dark chocolate and crunchy hazelnuts. Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Make it fresh if you want to eat it hot, but it can also be enjoyed cold and keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
44. Vanilla Cake
This Vanilla Cake is moist and fluffy, covered in a silky buttercream, and is bound to be a crowd-pleaser!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
45. Sweet Potato Brownies
These Sweet Potato Brownies are seriously indulgent, rich and fudgy and super easy to make. They’re also very nutritious and perfectly satisfying! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
46. Red Velvet Cake
This Red Velvet Cake is so much healthier than the traditional version, but every bit as delicious. It’s sweet, salty, sour and chocolatey, and seriously addictive. Plus, this one is naturally coloured using beetroot powder!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
47. Orange Cake
This Orange Cake is bright, citrusy and filled with an aromatic orange buttercream!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
48. Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This Pineapple Upside Down Cake is super easy to make, fragrantly fruity, and just as delicious as the traditional version!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
49. Chocolate Lava Cake
This Chocolate Lava Cake is seriously indulgent, filled with a magical chocolate sauce and is surprisingly easy to make. The perfect dessert for a special occasion!
How long does it keep for?
Enjoy immediately!
50. White Chocolate Truffles
These White Chocolate Truffles are velvety, creamy and perfectly sweet! They make the best pretty and elegant treat! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
51. Raw Brownie Bites
These Raw Brownie Bites are fudgy and chewy, perfectly sweet and seriously satisfying!
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
52. Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
This Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake is moist and fluffy, fresh and fruity and covered in a rich “cream cheese” frosting! An impressive-looking dessert to suit any occasion.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days. For fluffy frosting, make the frosting and apply just before serving.
53. Lemon Curd
This Lemon Curd is rich and creamy, sweet and tangy and naturally sweetened!
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
54. Black Forest Cake
This Black Forest Cake is super chocolatey, seriously rich, and filled with sweet, juicy cherries.
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
55. Salted Caramel Pudding Pots
These Salted Caramel Pudding Pots are smooth and creamy, salty-sweet and simple yet elegant.
How long does it keep for?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
56. Coffee Jelly Ice Cream Sundae
This Coffee Jelly Ice Cream Sundae is a sweet and aromatic dessert that secretly contains a lot of health benefits!
How long does it keep for?
The Coffee Jelly keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – assemble the sundae before serving.
57. Chocolate Pudding Pots
These Chocolate Pudding Pots are super indulgent, a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, and almost effortless to make. They require just 5 ingredients to make, and come together in 15 minutes.
HOW LONG DOES IT KEEP FOR?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
58. CHOCOLATE TORTE
A seriously rich, fudgy and decadent chocolate torte that’s easy to make and even easier to eat! It’s also grain-free, paleo, date-sweetened and oil-free optional.
HOW LONG DOES IT KEEP FOR?
Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days – taste and texture are largely unaffected.
59. BOSTON CREAM PIE
A vanilla sponge cake filled with creamy custard and topped with rich chocolate ganache!
How long does it keep for?
Best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
60. Chocolate Sweet Potato Ice Cream
A rich and indulgent chocolate ice cream made with magical sweet potatoes – you won’t be able to taste them I promise! Grain-free and paleo.
How long does it keep for?
Enjoy immediately!
If you try out any of these vegan dessert recipes, I’d really love to hear any feedback! Please give it a rating, leave a comment, or tag a photo @rhiansrecipes #rhiansrecipes on Instagram! Thank you.
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