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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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Henry Hargreaves/Avocaderia

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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20 Easy Plant-Based Dessert Recipes

Strawberry-Mango Hawaiian Shave Ice

Avocado Chocolate Mousse

Vegan Golden Mylk Cheesecake

Six-Ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vegan Peanut Butter Mudslide Ice Cream

Gluten-Free, Vegan Lemon Cake

Four-Ingredient Easy Vegan Brownies

Best Ever Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake with Vegan Ganache

Vegan Black Sesame Milkshakes

Sea Salt Butterscotch Tart

6-Ingredient Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

Vegan, Gluten-Free Apple Tart

Vegan Lavender Earl Grey Blackberry Ice Cream Floats

Vegan Banana Nut Scones

Berry Almond Crisp

Macadamia, Brown Butter and Cashew Cookie Dough

Chocolate Coconut Almond Tart

Strawberry Oat Crumble Bars

Vegan Carrot Cake Muffins

The Best Vegan Snickerdoodles

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20 Easy Plant-Based Dessert Recipes

Strawberry-Mango Hawaiian Shave Ice

Avocado Chocolate Mousse

Vegan Golden Mylk Cheesecake

Six-Ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vegan Peanut Butter Mudslide Ice Cream

Gluten-Free, Vegan Lemon Cake

Four-Ingredient Easy Vegan Brownies

Best Ever Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake with Vegan Ganache

Vegan Black Sesame Milkshakes

Sea Salt Butterscotch Tart

6-Ingredient Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

Vegan, Gluten-Free Apple Tart

Vegan Lavender Earl Grey Blackberry Ice Cream Floats

Vegan Banana Nut Scones

Berry Almond Crisp

Macadamia, Brown Butter and Cashew Cookie Dough

Chocolate Coconut Almond Tart

Strawberry Oat Crumble Bars

Vegan Carrot Cake Muffins

The Best Vegan Snickerdoodles

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