10 of Our Top Vegan Dessert Recipes from May 2024!

What if life was just desserts? Well, it can be with these desserts from May 2024! Featuring delights like these, you’ll find yourself adding these to your dessert rotation. Plus, they’re all vegan!

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1. Triple Lemon Pound Cake

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This vegan Triple Lemon Pound Cake by Olga Kouloufakos is truly extraordinary! It’s a delightful treat that beautifully captures the essence of citrus, and what’s more, it’s completely egg and dairy-free.

2. Single-Serving Key Lime Pie

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This Single-Serving Key Lime Pie by Olivia Robertson-Moe is like a flavor bomb in your mouth—sweet, nutty crust, topped with a creamy tart filling and fresh whipped cream. It’s everything we love about Key lime pie, but with much less sugar, naturally gluten-free, and can be made dairy-free if needed. This recipe makes five single servings that can be eaten right away, or stored in the freezer and thawed when you want a taste of summer on a Florida beach! For easy storage, assemble these directly in a small Mason jar that you can add a lid to.

3. Smoked Peaches with Vegan Rum Whip

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In the South, especially where I’m from in Georgia, peaches are readily available. So here’s another peachy recipe!

4. Filling Khajur-Kāju Smoothie

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This thick and creamy concoction is made with dates, cashews, and plant milk. The sweet dates give this Filling Khajur-Kāju Smoothie by Anusha Moorthy Santosh a rich, caramel flavor. Growing up in the Middle East, I was familiar with many varieties of dates, and I remember having chilled glasses of jellab at Lebanese restaurants. The first time I had a date smoothie in a small restaurant in Mumbai, it transported me back to my childhood days of jellab. With the heat and humidity on high in the city, this drink was the much-needed cooler. It was refreshing and downright delicious and is now a summer staple in my house.   Credit: Reprinted with permission from Vegan Treasures of India by Anusha Moorthy Santosh. Page Street Publishing Co. 2023. Photo credit: Anusha Moorthy Santosh.

5. Caramel Gingerbread Thumbprint Cookies

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These Caramel Gingerbread Thumbprint Cookies by Julie Zimmer are made with almond flour, almond meal, rolled oats, granulated sugar cane, and unsweetened apple sauce. These little gems are easy to make and delicious.

6. Raspberry and Rhubarb Panna Cotta

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This Raspberry and Rhubarb Panna Cotta by Adriana Zifarelli made with fresh tofu is the perfect treat for satisfying your sweet tooth! It’s also quite healthy!

7. Chickpea-Nut Butter Ice Cream

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This Chickpea-Nut Butter Ice Cream by Caroline Doucet is made with plant-based milk, dates, peanut butter, and chickpeas. Yes, chickpeas. Don’t worry, you won’t taste them! This frozen dessert is a mix of ice cream and freezer fudge and has a rich peanut butter flavor while being sweetened with dates only. It’s ice cream with fiber, healthy fats, and no added sugar! What could be better?

8. Cashew Butter Buckeye Brownies

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These Cashew Butter Buckeye Brownies by Lauren Kirchmaier are three layers of deliciousness that you need in your life. They’re vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, oil-free, and refined sugar-free with just 9 simple ingredients!

9. Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie

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This Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie by Shanika Graham-White is the best version of pie you’ll ever enjoy! Made from the best Fall flavor duo— cranberries + apples, this pie comes with a delicious, flaky vegan crust (infused with hints of citrus) and topped with a crunchy brown sugar crumble that simply melts in your mouth with every bite. Just like with your other favorite pies, a generous scoop of vegan vanilla ice cream makes everything better!

10. Black Bean Brownies

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These Black Bean Brownies by Julie Zimmer have a fudgy texture but are not overly gooey. They hold together nicely, they melt in your mouth and they are as decadent as a brownie should be. You can eat them with your fingers or with a scoop of ice cream using a fork.

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