18 Dairy Free Dessert Recipes – the best easy and delicious desserts that you can make with almond milk, coconut milk or oat milk.
18 Dairy Free Dessert Recipes
These dairy free dessert recipes will satisfy your sweet tooth. You can make any of the dairy-free dessert recipes to enjoy as a post meal dessert for any day or even a special occasion.
You may be wanting to make the easy recipes because you’re following a dairy-free diet yourself or making a sweet treat for someone who has a dairy allergy.
Or you may have noticed that the price of dairy products has gotten quite expensive lately and you’re looking for alternative ingredients to still be able to enjoy desserts, but without the extra expense.
1. 2 Ingredient Chocolate Truffles
All you need is coconut milk and dark chocolate to make decadent chocolate truffles with only 2 ingredients. Just ensure the chocolate that you include is dairy free.
The indulgent, bite sized dessert is perfect to have ready and waiting in the fridge for when those sweet cravings strike.
You simply chop dark chocolate, pop it into a bowl, heat coconut milk until bubbling, pour the heated coconut milk over the chocolate and stir until you have a melted bowl full.
Then, it’s just a matter of pouring the truffle mixture into a dish, popping it in the fridge to set, before cutting into bite sized chocolate truffles.
2. Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding
This creamy vegan chocolate pudding is made with oat milk but you can use any plant-based milk you like instead.
Simply combine together cocoa powder, sugar, salt and corn starch then pour over your dairy-free milk of choice, heat until thickened then mix through dark chocolate chips to create the perfect dessert that you can enjoy warm or chilled from the fridge.
3. Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
This chocolate peanut butter fudge tastes like peanut butter cups that you can find at the grocery store and has only a few ingredients.
4. Coconut Panna Cotta
This indulgent coconut panna cotta make impressive gluten free dairy free no bake treats that you can create with coconut milk and your non-dairy milk or cream of choice.
5. Coconut Milk Whipped Cream
This creamy coconut milk whipped cream is a great alternative to dairy cream that’s simple to prepare by whipping fridge chilled unsweetened full-fat coconut milk in a bowl with an electric mixer until you have light whipped cream.
Enjoy the dairy-free treat with a bowl of fresh berries or as a hot chocolate or smoothie topping. You can also add cocoa powder and stevia or sugar to create a 3 ingredients coconut milk chocolate mousse.
6. Hot Chocolate
A hot chocolate is the warming dessert that I enjoy most often through the chilly wintery months. I’ve shared easy recipes for oat milk and almond milk hot chocolates that are quick to prepare.
7. Coconut Milk Chia Seed Pudding
This easy recipe needs only chia seeds and coconut milk to create a healthy chia seed pudding with coconut milk.
You can keep it simple with just the two ingredients, or you can mix through dairy free friendly ingredients like maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest, fresh berries, cocoa powder or dark chocolate for a flavored pudding.
8. Blueberry Chia Pudding
This blueberry chia pudding blends together healthy main ingredients including blueberries and lemon juice together with coconut milk and almond milk to create the perfect texture and one of my favorite treats.
9. Aquafaba Whipped Cream
A dairy free whipped cream alternative, aquafaba whipped cream is created by whipping up the liquid from a can of chickpeas, along with vanilla and maple syrup, to create a creamy treat that you can enjoy with vegan desserts, fresh fruit or even as a dairy-free frosting.
10. Vegan Strawberry Cheesecake Mousse
To make the vegan strawberry cheesecake mousse, simply fold fresh berries into creamed coconut milk and dairy free cream cheese to make the perfect dessert.
11. Daiquiri Smoothie
This dairy free and paleo friendly Daiquiri smoothie makes a healthy and refreshing drink that will satisfy your sweet craving.
12. Mango Ice Cream
This delicious dairy-free recipe for mango ice cream has only 2 ingredients – frozen mangoes and coconut milk. Blend the two simple ingredients together to create a creamy ice cream without the need for an ice cream maker.
13. Chocolate Magic Shell
Homemade chocolate magic shell is a super quick sweet treat to make and the chocolate sauce only needs 2 ingredients – chocolate and coconut oil. You can use chocolate chips or break up a bar of your choice of chocolate from milk chocolate, dark chocolate or semisweet chocolate.
Simply melt the 2 ingredients together then drizzle over dairy free store bought or homemade ice cream. It tastes just like the real thing and makes the perfect solution for when sweet tooth cravings strike.
14. Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes
These flourless chocolate cupcakes have only 4 ingredients and are gluten free, low carb and keto friendly too.
15. Almond Cake
This light and fluffy almond cake is easy to prepare, is gluten free and dairy free and looks impressive to serve at a special occasion or a birthday party.
16. Almond Cookies
The easy recipe for these almond cookies has only 4 ingredients – ground almonds, egg, stevia and vanilla extract.
17. 3 Ingredient Dairy Free Cookies
You can make delicious cookies with only 3 ingredients by combining together almond butter, peanut butter or your nut butter of choice, together with an egg and stevia or sugar until you have a cookie dough.
Then drop a tablespoon per cookie on a baking sheet and bake until you have perfectly baked 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies or almond butter cookies.
18. Chia Jam
This chia seed jam with frozen fruit makes the perfect dairy free topping to simply enjoy with your favorite yogurt or dairy free pudding treat such as cake, pancakes or waffles.
Easy Dairy-Free Dessert Video
Here the video where you can watch how to make some of the decadent desserts. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube.
Disclaimer – this post is meant for informational post only and should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health professional before making any dietary changes.
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