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20 Easy Plant-Based Dessert Recipes

By Heath Goldman

| Jan. 4, 2019

From the easiest brownies to peanut-butter mudslide ice cream, here are 20 essential dessert recipes that make eating a plant-based diet a no-brainer.

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Strawberry-Mango Hawaiian Shave Ice

DIY, no special machine necessary.

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Avocado Chocolate Mousse

The creamiest dark chocolate you’ll ever taste.

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Vegan Golden Mylk Cheesecake

Gussy up the popular beverage into a gorgeous dessert.

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Half Baked Harvest

Six-Ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies

Free of added sugar, loaded with chocolate and beyond delicious.

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Broma Bakery

Vegan Peanut Butter Mudslide Ice Cream

With chocolate ganache. And graham crackers.

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Gluten-Free, Vegan Lemon Cake

Just trust us on this one.

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Minimalist Baker

Four-Ingredient Easy Vegan Brownies

Sound the alarms.

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Ambitious Kitchen

Best Ever Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake with Vegan Ganache

Coterie member Monique Volz cautions you might need some serious self-restraint.

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Feed Me Phoebe

Vegan Black Sesame Milkshakes

Coterie member Phoebe Lapine brings you this trendy, sophisticated treat.

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Jerelle Guy/Black Girl Baking

Sea Salt Butterscotch Tart

Is your mouth watering?

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I Am A Food Blog

6-Ingredient Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

Quick and easy = our kind of baking.

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A House In the Hills

Vegan, Gluten-Free Apple Tart

No one will ever guess.

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Snixy Kitchen

Vegan Lavender Earl Grey Blackberry Ice Cream Floats

We’re swooning.

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Cookie and Kate

Vegan Banana Nut Scones

Stash the extras in the freezer to reheat on the fly.

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Gimme Some Oven

Berry Almond Crisp

A timeless, no-fuss classic.

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Jerelle Guy/Black Girl Baking

Macadamia, Brown Butter and Cashew Cookie Dough

We want to dive right in.

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Sally's Baking Addiction

Chocolate Coconut Almond Tart

It’s only seven simple ingredients.

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Pinch of Yum

Strawberry Oat Crumble Bars

Your kid’s lunchbox called. It wants in.

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Averie Cooks

Vegan Carrot Cake Muffins

A healthier, grab-and-go twist.

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The Simple Veganista

The Best Vegan Snickerdoodles

Slightly crisp around the edges with soft, chewy centers.

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