This is the ultimate dairy free Christmas desserts collection! Christmas is my favourite time of year, and I hated feeling like I was missing out, so here you’ll find a range of traditional and modern festive desserts, all completely dairy free. Many recipes are also egg free, vegan, or gluten free, because everyone deserves a delicious dessert this holiday season!
Whether you’re hosting Christmas or bringing treats to a holiday party, this collection has something for every festive occasion.
From traditional flavours like gingerbread and peppermint, to plenty of chocolate and cinnamon, these dairy free recipes are full of the indulgent flavours that make Christmas so special.
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30 Easy and Delicious Dairy Free Christmas Desserts
1. Chocolate Gingerbread Bundt Cake
This chocolate gingerbread bundt cake is the perfect easy yet impressive centrepiece for your Christmas dessert table. With a rich, dark chocolate cake filled with the warming spices of gingerbread, this is the perfect cosy cake to enjoy after dinner. Made dairy free and vegan, this festive cake is sure to be a favourite.
2. Mini Pavlova
A traditional Australian dessert in bite-sized form, perfect for entertaining. The meringues are perfectly crisp on the outside and marshmallowy on the inside. Finished with dairy free cream and fresh berries, these are a festive addition to holiday tables and are guaranteed to be popular!
3. Gingerbread Cupcakes
These simple spiced vegan gingerbread cupcakes are topped with a swirl of creamy vegan cinnamon buttercream. They make the perfect treat over the holidays, especially when topped with mini gingerbread cookies!
4. Rum Balls
An Australian Christmas treat, these traditional rum balls are made using dairy free alternatives making them the perfect for everyone! Made with just 5 ingredients, these chocolate and coconut balls are the easiest dessert or snack to have on hand in December.
5. Chocolate Puff Pastry Christmas Tree
This simple pastry Christmas tree uses just 3 ingredients making it the perfect last minute festive dessert! This crispy, pull apart pastry is so easy and fun to make, plus this version uses a dairy free chocolate hazelnut spread and can easily be made vegan if needed!
6. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Chocolate crinkle cookies are the perfect addition to any holiday celebration. These classic holiday cookies are rich and fudgy like brownies with soft cakey centres and crunchy edges coated in powdered sugar. It’s no wonder these easy cookies are a favourite with everyone!
7. Vegan Choc Ripple Cake
This classic vegan choc ripple cake is one of the simplest cakes you can make needing just 4 ingredients and 15 minutes of prep. It’s a no-bake dessert that everyone can enjoy, vegan and non-vegan with an option to make it gluten free as well!
8. Easy Rocky Road
Everyone loves this easy rocky road recipe! This is my go-to version that I make every single December. With rich dark chocolate and loaded with mini marshmallows, glace cherries, and crunchy pistachios, it’s a family favourite that’s perfect for sharing at home, taking to family events, or simply enjoying whenever you need a sweet treat.
9. Vegan Gingerbread Cookies
These vegan gingerbread men are everything I love about Christmas baking! Perfectly spiced, with crispy edges and soft, chewy middles, they’re also the ideal base for decorating with a simple icing that dries hard. Plus, they’re dairy free, egg free, and even have a gluten free option, so everyone can join in the fun!
10. Gingerbread Loaf Cake
A soft and moist vegan gingerbread loaf cake filled with warm, cosy spices and finished with a simple tangy orange glaze. This easy dairy free cake is the perfect festive recipe for enjoying with a cup of tea or coffee.
11. Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
These soft and delicious vegan cinnamon rolls are the ultimate sweet treat – I guarantee no one will even know they are vegan! Making just 6 rolls, this small batch recipe creates big, soft, fluffy rolls with a gooey cinnamon sugar filling and finished with a sweet, simple icing. With full step-by-step photos and instructions, let me show you how easy it is to make these incredible dairy free cinnamon rolls at home!
12. Dairy Free Sugar Cookies
These dairy free sugar cookies are soft, chewy, and super simple to make. This recipe is perfect for any occasion, and there’s no need to chill the dough!
13. Chocolate Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies
These chocolate peppermint thumbprint cookies are made with a simple, chocolate butter cookie and a rich, dark chocolate peppermint ganache filling. These cookies are super simple but make the perfect after dinner treat or addition to your Christmas dessert table.
14. Easy Gingerbread Snack Cake
This easy snack cake comes together in just one bowl and is perfect for last minute get-togethers over the holiday period. With a moist, dense texture filled with warming spices and a sweet and creamy vegan cream cheese frosting, this cake is sure to be a hit to whoever you serve it to.
15. Snickerdoodles
These snickerdoodles are the classic cinnamon sugar coated, soft and chewy cookie you know and love, just without the dairy! These cookies are so easy making them a great recipe to bake for all skill levels.
16. Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Festive and fun red velvet crinkle cookies are perfect for Christmas baking. With a snowy coating of icing sugar, a perfectly crinkled top and the combination of chocolate with an undertone of vanilla, these pretty holiday cookies will be sure to be a crowd favourite.
17. Chocolate Cherry Cake
A rich, chocolate cake soaked in sweet cherry syrup and covered with a velvety smooth chocolate buttercream. Finished off with fresh cherries, chopped dark chocolate and a light dusting of icing sugar, this cake is the showstopper you need on your Christmas table.
18. Jam Drops
Jam drops were one of my favourite cookies growing up! These are a buttery shortbread style cookie with a sweet filling of strawberry or raspberry jam, just like the ones you would go searching for in grandma’s biscuit tin. Whether you call them jam drops or thumbprint cookies in your part of the world, one thing is certain, everyone loves them!
19. Upside Down Christmas Fruit Cake
This is my favourite dense and rich traditional fruit cake with a crunchy topping of nuts and cherries. This cake is perfect to enjoy after Christmas dinner or to slice up and serve for morning tea.
20. Snowflake Sugar Cookies
Make these easy cut out soft snowflake sugar cookies decorated with my favourite royal icing recipe as a pretty and festive treat for the holidays. These cookies are almost as fun to decorate as they are to eat!
21. Gingerbread House
Ever wanted to create your own festive gingerbread house? This post has everything you need including a printable template and step-by-step instructions, including how to bake, construct and decorate your house from scratch!
22. Chocolate Pavlova
This chocolate pavlova has a crisp and chewy chocolate meringue filled with rich pockets of dark chocolate, served with a silky whipped coconut cream, more chocolate and vibrant fresh raspberries. The perfect extra special and decadent twist on this summer classic.
23. Biscoff Fudge
This vegan biscoff fudge is the perfect sweet treat to share with friends and family over the holiday season, or simply make anytime a sugar craving hits! Made using just 5 ingredients, you’ll love just how quick this fudge is to make.
24. Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes
These vegan chocolate peppermint cupcakes are perfect for Christmas baking. They have a soft and rich chocolate cupcake, topped with a creamy and cooling peppermint buttercream frosting and then are finished off with a sprinkle of crunchy, crushed candy canes.
25. Passionfruit Sponge Cake
This passionfruit sponge cake is two layers of a light, vanilla sponge cake, filled with an easy passionfruit and lemon curd and whipped coconut cream. This classic sponge cake is easy to make and the perfect not too sweet cake for afternoon tea or dessert.
26. Vegan Ferrero Rocher
This recipe for vegan ferrero rocher is easier than you think, with that great chocolate hazelnut taste you expect from the classic gold covered chocolate. This recipe is vegan, dairy free and gluten free and made with just 6 ingredients! Plus they make the perfect special treat or edible gift for the holidays.
27. Rocky Road Ice Cream
A chocolate lovers delight! Silky smooth and creamy chocolate ice cream, loaded with mini marshmallows, peanuts and chunks of dark chocolate. This ice cream is completely dairy free and vegan but I guarantee everyone will love it!
28. Gluten Free Chocolate Peppermint Brownies
These easy chocolate peppermint brownies come together in just 30 minutes, they are packed with chunks of rich dark chocolate and a hint of peppermint extract for maximum flavour. They’re topped with a lush dark chocolate peppermint ganache and finished with crushed candy canes for the ultimate festive treat.
29. Chocolate Truffles
Vegan chocolate truffles are made using just three ingredients and are a really easy way to turn regular chocolate into a special occasion treat.
30. Poinsettia Christmas Cupcakes
The classic holiday flavours of chocolate and gingerbread combine in these soft and delicious vegan cupcakes, finished off with a festive poinsettia piped in buttercream.
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